Laughing Matters (Volume 7): Cranes Over Paradise

Cranes Over Paradise is the seventh volume of Laughing Matters, Florida Studio Theatre's homegrown revue of song parodies and original sketches drawn from the headlines and from Suncoast life. This round's targets include artificial intelligence, weight-loss shots, pickleball and traffic circles. Rebecca Hopkins returns as head writer. Sarah Durham, Kevin Allen, Stephan deGhelder, Nick Santa Maria and Jim Prosser contribute material, and Prosser also arranges the music. The previous edition, Paranoia on Parade, went after inflation, social media and Sarasota's rapid development. The new one runs about 90 minutes with an intermission in FST's Court Cabaret on First Street.