Join Us!!

You and your friends are invited to attend our 1st performance in our new theatre at 824 Hennepin. We have been working on renovations all summer and are now getting ready to show off our new digs!

Dudley: Rigged for Laughter!

• Thursday, Sept 29th at 7pm
  
• Friday, Sept 30th at 8pm
  
• Saturday, Oct 1st at 4:30pm and 8pm
  
• Sunday, Oct 2nd at 7pm
  
• Thursday, Oct 6th at 7pm
  
• Friday, Oct 7th at 8pm
  
• Saturday, Oct 8th at 8pm

824 Hennepin Avenue South, downtown Minneapolis.

Doors open 30 minutes prior to the event. Please join us for refreshments - now including hard liquor!

To reserve your tickets, visit Tickets.BraveNewWorkshop.com and select the performance date you'd like to attend. If you need assistance, please contact our box office at 612-332-6620 or email info@BraveNewWorkshop.com. And if you would like to bring a group of 12 or more, email Steph at Stephanie@BraveNewWorkshop.com. AND, if you've worked with Sweeney and/or the Creative Outreach team, please email dawn@bravenewworkshop.com and we'll give you an OUTSTANDING DISCOUNT!

Dudley: Rigged for Laughter! is a laugh-out-loud look at the life of the legendary comedy impresario Dudley Riggs, a fourth-generation circus kid who grew up to found the Brave New Workshop. Performed in the rich comic style of the BNW and delightfully driven by a circus-like parade of zany characters, music, and big-top laughter, this is one sketch comedy show you won't want to miss.

We hope you will join us in honoring Dudley and his legacy as we celebrate the opening of our new theatre!

http://theatre.bravenewworkshop.com/NowShowing/DudleyRiggedforLaughter.aspx

This weekend, the Charlotte Observer posed and answered the question, "What's so funny about the Twin Cities?". The BNW was one answer. But what we found most intriguing  is that travel editor John Bordsen landed in the same place we tend to when it comes to Twin Cities and comedy - on Dudley's legacy.

Excerpt, CharlotteObserver.com, July 22, 2011:

Dudley Riggs: A laughable legacy
The Twin Cities -- Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. -- are a hotbed of humor thanks in large part to Dudley Riggs, the circus-man-turned-satirist whose Brave New Workshop launched many comedians' careers.

"It's difficult to imagine Dudley Riggs without a wry smile parked above a bow-tie: Both have been part of his image in the Twin Cities for more than half a century, and were incorporated for decades into the signage at the Brave New Workshop he founded.

Standing out in a crowd is part of the comedy business, where he thrived in the backwaters of the republic and nurtured the careers of many humorous individuals."

Read the entire article.