Testimonials

…impromptu hilarity.
Best of Summer Issue, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine

Wow … the offices are still buzzing about how much fun people had. You exceeded our expectations on the training, and the improv show was a classic. I am sure you might have off or on nights with your troupe, but that was an ON night. Thank you for bringing your ‘A’ team to our event. You are the best.
Richard Renikoff, Regional Manager, Wells Fargo

“…gut-busting, unpredictable comedy.”
Where Twin Cities

“You are an asset to your industry. The audience enjoyed the entertainment and walked away with more than a few smiles. It was an unqualified success.”

Kevin Farrell, Honeywell

“The Stevie Ray’s Comedy Troupe can pull laughs out of thin air.”
Carolyn Petrie, Mpls Star Tribune

“Thank you for an excellent Miss Minnesota pageant. Your MC-ing made it our best show ever! I appreciated your combination of humor and respect for the contestants. I know the entire board looks forward to maintaining and building our partnership.”

Kim Knuttila, Executive Director, Miss Minnesota Association

“By using audience ideas as a platform, Stevie Ray’s troupe manages to create some of the most spontaneous, wacky, witty, and entertaining improv imaginable.”
Ryan Knoke, Pulse of the Twin Cities Newspaper

“I want to take this opportunity to commend you and the troupe for an outstanding performance. It was evident from our audience response that they thoroughly enjoyed your very unique comedy presentation.”

Linda Eisenhart, National Education Association

“It works! A recent appreciative audience was thoroughly amused with close to two hours of spontaneous, wholesome fun.”
Gary Johnston, Minnesota Sun Newspapers

“We can’t even begin to tell you the number of positive comments we received from attendees of your performance. The troupe was polished and professional.”
Sales and Service Committee, Dataserv

“Frolicking and laughable. The cast delighting in and playing off the audience made the show an unbelievably amusing showcase of comedy.”
Suzanne Salhus, The Quill

“The show made our event. I heard exceptionally positive comments regarding the improv troupe.”
LeAnn Bentley, Minnesota Sun Publications

“The Stevie Ray’s Comedy Troupe delivers the thrills it promises.”
Jaime Meyer, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Great show. Witty and spontaneous. The troupe was sensitive to content and made it comfortable for all.”
Merchant & Gould Law Firm

“Stevie Ray’s Comedy Troupe sometimes seems like part of the background hum of this city…it’s always out there, and always sounds like fun.”
Max Sparber, City Pages

“Our staff thought the show was very funny. It was one of our best events ever!”
Paul Rengstorf, Samaritan Bethany, Inc.

“The wide-ranging Stevie Ray’s format showcase the cast’s quick-thinking and involves the audience; all the while reacting like a living organism to [audience] stimuli.”
Doug Collins, Twin Cities Revue

“The show was wonderful! Everyone loved it! We wanted you to go on for hours.”
Minnesota Legal Services Coalition

“Improv comedy at its best.”
Editor’s Choice, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine

“You were the highlight of the evening. ‘Are they available for next year?’ was a comment we heard frequently.”
Beth Merriman, REM Rehabilitation

“The players skillfully react to curveball (or screwball) comedy schemes pitched from the audience. The spontaneously creative and suddenly contrived dialogue of the players is impressive. Fast-paced and sometimes frantic, there is no time for ”dead air” here.”
Charles Josephes, Get Up and Go Magazine

“If we ever use Stevie Ray as M.C. again, PLEASE don’t put me on after him. He is an act that is impossible to follow!”
Chuck Samuelson, Executive Director, ACLU-Minnesota