ENTERTAINMENT TESTIMONIALS
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Schwans
Kelly Hilgert
"Katy {McEwen},
I just wanted to write you a quick note to thank you and your entire staff
for an AWESOME performance on Thursday night. The group absolutely loved your
skits
and thought you did a wonderful job.
They were still laughing Friday morning at breakfast. That's definitely a
good sign!! :)
The customized skit was perfect...you really nailed the information that we
passed along to you.
Thanks for all of your hardwork and for making our Sales & Marketing Meeting
a memorable experience for everyone!"
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Pragmatek
Flip Crummer
Client Relationship Executive
"...please
extend our thanks and appreciation to the crew that spent Sunday and Monday
with us in Brainerd. It was an unqualified out of the park grand slam home
run... I could go on and on but I'll just say it was even better than I hoped,
and I'll be in touch with you for our future fun/training needs as they arise."
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Musicland
Group
Marcia Sample
Creative Director
"Just a
note to say what an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS job the entire Brave New Workshop
did at our recent National Conference. They took basic information about our
company and our everyday tasks and turned our mundane into a hilarious improv...Our
regional managers and directors LOVED it. The audience was literally falling
off their chairs with laughter. I very highly recommend the Brave New Workshop
for any corporate event. Brave New Workshop's emcee, Caleb McEwen, was such
a hit, that by the 4th day of the conference people were asking for his autograph,
his photo and demanding him back for next year. Thank you and we will be doing
business again."
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Augustine Medical
Ken Ericson
Training Manager
"On behalf
of Augustine Medical, thank you for the excellent performance the Brave New
Workshop actors gave at our recent National Sales and Marketing meeting. The
feedback I received has been fantastic. Everyone loved it and expressed that
it was a perfect way to end the evening...Most impressive was how the ensemble
personalized their performance. From the limited information I provided the
creative director, came show that the audience believed had been custom-designed.
Please express our gratitude to the actors who performed the show. They were
professional, fun, quick-witted and a joy to watch...Perhaps the biggest compliment
that I can provide is the number of people who asked if we were going to book
you next years as well."
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LSS Data Systems
David Pettigell
Technical Advisor, Business Opportunities
"Everything
was extremely well done. Caleb was excellent to work with. Even at the last
moment we threw him a curve and he was very gracious and saw to it that everything
went well for us. We really enjoyed the presentation. Our clients were extremely
happy. The feedback was extremely positive. Overall, just a wonderful experience
working with you guys. Don't hesitate to have people call me for a referral."
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Government
Training Service
Rich Spencer
Project Leader
"You guys
EXCEEDED my expectations. And I was already excited and couldn't wait to see
you perform because I was familiar with you -- but it was even way BETTER
than I expected. We couldn't believe how you took our information and customized
it and made it work. And that's very, VERY impressive!
It was far and away the best conference we've put on due in large part to
adding humor and Brave New Workshop. We brought it up a level. Don't know
how we're going to top it next year.
We'd love to work with you again, and certainly, with [Creative Director]
Phil Lusardi, if he's available. He was professional, thorough, creative,
personable... an incredible blend or skill and professionalism. The biggest
hit [of the show] was Caleb McEwen's 'Dr. Von Schnelling' mock speaker. The
intro was so credible and his act so good -- they didn't catch on for seven
minutes or longer. The second most mentioned bit was 'Panel of Experts' --
which [the attendees] insisted be reprised the next day."
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St.
Paul Area Chamber of Commerce
Tom Ashenbrenner
Director of Membership
"Thank you
and your team for helping our volunteers get in the spirit of the Chamber's
Membership Campaign - you guys were fantastic!"
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Ban-Koe
Companies
Kelly Sullivan
Special Events Coordinator
"The Brave
New Workshop's performance at our Winter Party 2001 was the hit of the evening.
I received so many compliments from our employees as to the great time they
had and how wonderful and funny the entertainment was. I would recommend The
Brave New Workshop's Corporate Comedy Show to any organization looking for
something clever, different, and funny leaving all in stitches...I look forward
to the next opportunity we have to work together again!"
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Minnesota
Newspaper Association
Linda Falkman
Executive Director
"Thanks
to you (Pete Colburn) and the other talented actors, we could enjoy an evening
of laughter and relaxation after a long day of work. One person who attended
commented, 'I love the Friday night fun. Sometimes we have too many speakers
and too much input. This was a time to relax and enjoy ourselves.'"
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Rollouts
Incorporated
Michael Kraemer
President
"Brave New
Workshop's hilarious performance at our 'All Systems Go!' event last Saturday
was a huge hit. As promised, Jeff Hopkins and crew delivered 45 minutes of
spontaneous, inventive, fast-paced and funny material, expertly 'customize'
with insider Rollouts humor and jargon (we particularly loved the soap opera
spoof 'starring' our own staffers)...Your team's hard work, talent and professionality
paid off for our own hardworking installers, project managers and their guest.
Thanks so much for an evening of great fun."
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Coldwell
Banker Burnet
Leonard D. MacKinnon
Sr. VP Marketing & Communications
"Last week
Coldwell Banker Burnet had the opportunity to enjoy the hilarious comedy of
several members of the Brave New Workshop Theatre at our 2nd annual retreat
at Superior Shores Resort in Two Harbors, MN. Under the creative direction
of Phil Lusardi, this talented group of performers brought us 'Who Wants to
be a Millionaire' and the second night their original improvisation was absolutely
side-splitting...The Brave New Workshop will be a perennial consideration
for future events. thanks for the good time!"
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Minnesota
Department of Health
Elisabeth Atherly
FAS Grants Coordinator
"Thanks
once again to you, Phil (Lusardi), and the cast for a wonderful performance
at the FAS Summer Institute. The participants gave it rave reviews and were
pleasantly surprised that we opened the conference with such a lively session...Thanks
again for your great work."
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Association
of American Editorial Cartoonists
Steve Benson
President
"Where do
you get your ideas? Coming from those of us in the cartoon profession, that
is meant as a compliment for your performance before the Association of American
Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) in Minneapolis...The quick-witted, quick-wicked
spontaneity of your performance was shocking - shocking, I say - and served
as a nice, irreverent cap to our week in your fair city...Thanks for putting
on such an innovative show."
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Grand
Avenue Business Association
Char Mason
"...We received
rave reviews about the entertainment for our attendees including over 160
Grand Avenue business owners, city officials, and other St. Paul VIPs...The
goals we gave the Brave New Workshop were fairly lofty...entertain our members
with a customized corporate live improv show, make our members laugh at themselves,
incorporate Grand Avenue "buzz" words and themes and make our live
auction more fun and profitable. I am happy to say that we achieved them all
and more...We can't wait to invite you back!"
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Lacek
Group
Mary Smalley
"...I wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that we had a wonderful
time at our holiday party. I've only had positive feedback from people here
at TLG (The Lacek Group). Your teams did an excellent job of entertaining
and taking care of us. I hope we have the opportunity to use your services
in the future. Again, thanks for the fabulous job!"
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