'Butterfly Effect' Coming to Kravis Center

(Press Release) ​(West Palm Beach, FL – February 25, 2025) Two of the hottest voices of hilarity are coming to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts this summer when Ralph Barbosa & René Vaca: The Butterfly Effect Tour takes the Dreyfoos Hall stage on Friday, June 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on-sale to the public Friday, February 28 at 10 a.m.

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To Get Tickets:   Tickets to Outback Presents Ralph Barbosa & René Vaca: The Butterfly Effect Tour will go on sale on Friday, February 28. Starting at 10 a.m., the public can purchase tickets online at kravis.org or at 12 p.m. by calling 561.832.7469 or visiting the Box Office during regular office hours Monday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
 
One of the shyest attention hogs to ever do comedy, Ralph Barbosa’s disarming and laid-back style has made him a stand-out on stage, on TV and online. Most recently, Ralph taped his Hulu comedy special that will release in 2025. In 2024, he was nominated as one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch for 2024”. After a breakout year in 2023, Ralph toured theaters with his sold-out North American theater tour, Ralph Barbosa: The Super Cool Ass Tour. This included selling out two theater shows during Netflix Is A Joke Fest 2024, as well as hosting the kick-off Introducing show. On October 31st, 2023, Ralph premiered his Netflix stand-up special, Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga, which ranked as the #3 TV show on Netflix throughout its first week on the service. In January 2023, he made his debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, his Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring: Ralph Barbosa set has topped 5.1 million views on YouTube. In November 2022, Ralph starred in the HBO Max comedy special, Entre Nos: The Winners 3, and earlier that year, his Don’t Tell Comedy performance was released on YouTube, amassing over 5.7 million views.


Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, René Vaca is a 28-year-old stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Although he started a landscaping business at 15 years old, he soon realized he wanted to pursue comedy for a living. Subsequently, he dropped out of college and has not looked back since. Vaca has been pursuing his dream of stand-up comedy, winning the 16th annual StandUp NBC competition! Since then, Vaca has also built a following with his stand-up comedy clips reaching millions of views across his social media channels, including over 650 thousand followers on Instagram and 350 thousand followers on TikTok. Currently, he is on his nationwide tour that ends with his first ever Netflix Is A Joke Fest appearance.