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Brave New Workshop:: Promiscuous Hostility and Laughs in the Land of Loons (Landmarks)

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In 1958, former circus aerialist Dudley Riggs opened a Minneapolis coffeehouse with a stage for performers and created an American comedic institution. What began with the intention to draw customers on slow nights became the Brave New Workshop, a comedy theater sinking its satirical talons deep into the culture of Minneapolis-St. Paul for over half a century. This theater helped launch the careers of many talented performers, including satirist-turned-senator Al Franken and his Saturday Night Live partner in comedy, Tom Davis, in addition to comedian Louie Anderson, Day by day Show co-writer Lizz Winstead, screenwriter Pat Proft of the Naked Gun films and plenty of others. Writer Rob Hubbard tells the story of the hilarity, irreverence and imagination of the Brave New Workshop–a funhouse mirror to the world around it.

“If you’ve lived in Chicago, you already know what Second City is. If you’ve lived in the Twin Cities, you already know what the Brave New Workshop is. Founder Dudley Riggs and the Brave New Workshop played a big part in my comedy career. Read the true history of this company and the actors and writers from it who have influenced comedy on tv and the big screen for over 50 years.”
– Louie Anderson

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