The 2021 Countdown Improv Festival ran from October 20-23 and featured 50 separate improv groups from 17 different states.
All in-person shows took place at the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building, 1411 E. 11th Ave, Tampa, Fla.
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WED, OCT. 20 ✦ THU, OCT. 21 ✦ FRI, OCT. 22 ✦ SAT, OCT. 23
Wednesday, October 20
Shows streamed for free online at twitch.tv/countdownimprov
➤ 8:00 p.m. ET: CatBomb (Long Grove, Ill.), Casey J. Newman (The Villages, Fla.), I’m With Her (Phoenix, Ariz.), Wisconsin Laugh Trip (Richmond, Va.)
➤9:40 p.m. ET: Ross Childs (Chicago), The Third Thought (St. Petersburg / Boulder, Colo.), Leaves of Three (San Francisco / Los Angeles, Calif.), Rat Kween (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Thursday, October 21
HCC Mainstage Theatre
➤ 7:00 p.m. ET: Matt Walker Just Got Some Bad News (St. Petersburg), The Haiku Lady (Tampa), Kevin Michalski (St. Petersburg), Honk & Wave (St. Petersburg)
➤ 8:20 p.m. ET: Kevin Michalski (St. Petersburg), Screaming Armadillo Comedy Presents THAT VOICE IN YOUR HEAD! (Boca Raton), Cheeze&Crackerz (Sarasota), Michael Ondrick: Gritty Hamburglar (Pittsburgh), Unconsciously Coupled (Sarasota)
➤ 10:00 p.m. ET: Okay Google (St. Petersburg), FST Improv (Sarasota), Kevin Michalski (St. Petersburg)
Friday, October 22
HCC Mainstage Theatre
➤ 6:00 p.m. ET: Interpretive Word (St. Petersburg), NC-17: Nick and Conor (Houston), Ophelia’s Rope (Houston)
➤ 7:20 p.m. ET: ¡Punctuation.Marks! (Miami), Playtime with Patrick and Preston (Chicago), Big Bang (Boston)
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➤ 8:45 p.m. ET: Bryan vs. Music (Portland, Ore.), Cuzzins (Miami), Inimitable Aluminum Anemones (St. Petersburg)
➤ 10:05 p.m. ET: I Am the Show (Chicago), From Justin to Kelly to Nathan Stubbs (NYC/West Palm Beach), Ant Farm (Delray Beach, Fla.)
Saturday, October 23
HCC Mainstage Theatre
➤ 5:00 p.m. ET: Meta?Nigma (St. Petersburg), From the Heart with Jill and Jackie (Oakland/Marin, Calif.), Impromptu (Sarasota)
➤ 6:25 p.m. ET: Together/By Myself: A Solo Improv Experience (Coconut Creek, Fla.), The Kevin Michalski Improv Trio (St. Petersburg), The Project (Austin, Texas), It’s All About Amy (St. Augustine, Fla.)
➤ 8:00 p.m. ET: Sweaty Dee (Seattle), Daddy’s Little Nest Egg (Boca Raton), Sharon & Darren (Washington, D.C.), Hot Mess! The Musical (Chicago/Kansas City)
➤ 9:45 p.m. EDT: Solovela (Plantation, Fla.), The wUw Show (Omaha), Kevin Is Subjected to a Series of Minor Annoyances While Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Plays in the Background (Feat. COVEN) (St. Petersburg), Four First Names (Orlando), The Magnificent 7 (St. Petersburg)
Commodore Stage
➤ 8:00 p.m. EDT: Right-Hand and Man (St. Petersburg), Yes, And, You: A Journey into Improv-eing Your Life with Buddy Lee Schoenbrunn-Gnadenhutten (Pittsburgh), CatBird (Boynton Beach, Fla.), Improvised Phone Calls with Steve Horton (Chicago)