The Improv Players will return to the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre on June 30.

Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre’s Improv Players, led by master actor Todd Vittum, will take center stage June 30 at the Jupiter center for a return engagement.

The show will come with a warning to those in the audience: “Laughing is mandatory.”

“Improv Live” debuted in front of two sold-out crowds in April. The response was overwhelming. The players’ return is much-anticipated because the improvised show is driven by audience participation. Their “no scripts, no rules” approach always is a big winner with the audience. The spontaneity of response – unguarded and unfiltered – is the stuff of legend.

“Most people think improv is only about being funny,” Vittum said. “It isn’t. However with my troupes, the humor comes from the honesty of the scene and funny just happens.”

The good times start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 — or $10 if guests bring a prop for the actors to use in their skits.

For information, call (561) 385-1584.

Master actors will take the stage June 9 at the Burt Reynolds Institute.

Master actors from the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre will reenact The Maltese Falcon in much the same way it was presented during the golden age of radio. The Airplayz

Using specially designed props and some traditional and not-so-traditional devices for sound effects, the performers will bring to life those days when radio was the dominant form of entertainment. And, to add to the fun, the audience will become part of the show. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. June 9.

The Maltese Falcon, written in 1930, by Dashiell Hammett, is considered by many critics to be one of the finest radio dramas ever presented. The popularity of Hammett’s main character, Sam Spade, endures today.

The evening will be hosted and directed by award-winning actor Gordon McConnell, an instructor at BRIFT. McConnell’s career has taken him from Los Angeles to London to Amersterdam to New York City and, eventually, to South Florida, where his performances have earned him the prestigious Carbonell Award.

Tickets are $15. For information, call (561) 385-1584.