The 2024 Countdown Improv Festival featuring 102 different trio, duo, and solo acts from 19 different states (plus the District of Columbia), and took place from Wednesday, August 7 through Sunday, August 11. All shows were held the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building at 1411 E. 11th Ave. in the heart of the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Fla.
2zin Tarandon (St. Louis, Mo.)
3’s Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
The Absent-Minded Professor (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Alexander (Jacksonville, Fla.)
anděl sudik’s “an improvised life” (Chicago, Ill.)
B&B (Portland, Ore.)
Big Bang (Boston, Mass.)
The Bigger Siblings (Orlando, Fla.)
Bingewatch (San Francisco, Calif.)
Bryan vs. Music (Portland, Ore.)
Camera (Madison, Wis.)
Carpool (Orlando, Fla.)
CatBird (Boynton Beach, Fla. / San Antonio, Texas)
CatBomb! (Chicago, Ill.)
Cats & Dogs (San Francisco, Calif.)
CHEAP SUITS (Anaheim, Calif.)
Cheeze&Crackers (Sarasota, Fla.)
ChemisThree (Miami, Fla.)
Chicago Bill, Chicago Chris, and Chicago Danny (Chicago, Ill.)
CLUTCH (Miami, Fla.)
Cowboy Kevin’s Last Ride (Riverview, Fla.)
Crossed Wires (Madison, Wis.)
Cuzzins (Miami, Fla.)
Da’Boyz (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Daddy’s Little Nest Egg (Boca Raton, Fla. / New York, N.Y.)
Dancing with Disaster (Chicago, Ill. / Schenectady, N.Y.)
Door Mats (Orlando, Fla.)
Neil Dorsey (Austin, Texas)
Dorsey/Zárate (Austin, Texas)
Dueling Richards (Boynton Beach, Fla. / Statesboro, Ga.)
Duh-NANDA-daM (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Echo Chamber+ (Madison, Wis.)
Flava Flavor Flavour (Chicago, Ill.)
Fleeting Reminiscence (San Francisco, Calif.)
Foolhardy (San Francisco, Calif.)
Four First Names (Orlando, Fla.)
The Friendship Show (Raleigh, N.C.)
From Justin to Kelly (New York, N.Y.)
Gamesome Frolic (San Francisco, Calif.)
Greg Deming-Henson (Atlanta/NYC)
The Grownups (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Hannah LIVE! (Baltimore, Md.)
The Harmonica John Show (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
He Said They Said (State College, Pa.)
Honk & Wave (Tampa/St. Pete, Fla.)
Hot Mess! The Musical (Chicago, Ill./Kansas City, Mo.)
I Am the Show (Chicago, Ill.)
ImprompTwo (Sarasota, Fla.)
Improñol (Chicago, Ill.)
Los Improviachis (Chicago, Ill.)
It’s All About Amy (St. Augustine, Fla.)
Ivories Guy (Naples, Fla.)
Jackie: The Improvised Martial Arts Movie (San Diego, Calif.)
Jary (St. Louis, Mo.)
Johnny Toothpick: Bumbling Improv Gumshoe (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Kapusta Improv Troupe (Bradenton, Fla.)
Kat and Kelly (West Palm Beach, Fla. / New York, N.Y.)
The Let Down (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Life Less Frightening (San Diego, Calif.)
LimboLand (New York, N.Y.)
Loops and Lols (Bellingham, Wash.)
The Magnificent 7 (Chicago, Ill. / St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Making Space (Madison, Wis.)
Mama’s Favorites (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
The Kevin Michalski Improv Trio (Riverview, Fla.)
Photo: Patrick Jackson
Mixed Emojis (Clearwater, Fla.)
Mopes (Madison, Wis.)
Nashbuff (Tampa, Fla.)
NC-17: Nick and Conor (Houston, Texas)
Not Therapy (San Francisco, Calif.)
Ophelia’s Rope (Houston, Texas)
The Persimmon Seeds (Oakland, Calif.)
Playtime with Patrick and Preston (Chicago, Ill.)
Please Only Take What You Can Eat From The Buffet (Madison, Wis.)
¡Punctuation.Marks! (Miami, Fla.)
Purple Couch (San Francisco, Calif.)
Ralph Squared (Naples, Fla.)
Ready Set No! (Baltimore, Md.)
Sean for Good (Various)
Self Portrait with Evening Palm (Tampa, Fla.)
Sharon and Darren (Chicago, Ill. / Washington, D.C.)
Shrubzy and the Boy (Orlando, Fla.)
Shut the Front Door (State College, Pa.)
Sloogle (St. Louis, Mo.)
Splonge (Sarasota, Fla.)
Solovela (Plantation, Fla.)
Statuesque (Palm Harbor, Fla.)
Surviving Consciousness (Chicago, Ill.)
Sweaty Dee (Seattle, Wash.)
Swept Away! A Soap Opera (Madison, Wis.)
Synchronicity (Sarasota, Fla.)
Tacklebox (Los Angeles, Calif.)
That’s What She Said Improv (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Together/By Myself: A Solo Improv Experience (Coconut Creek, Fla.)
Too Shy Guys (Dallas, Texas)
The Tritones (Baltimore, Md.)
Wallares (Chicago, Ill. / Apopka, Fla.)
Wisconsin Laugh Trip (Detroit, Mich.)
WITH (Apopka, Fla.)
Wreck League (Orlando, Fla.)
Your Crazy Man (St. Louis, Mo.)