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 in Minneapolis, Dudley Riggs is a pioneer of improvisational theater. 

Now, Riggs is out with a new memoir, "Flying Funny: My Life Without a Net." It documents his early years traveling the country as a circus performer and trapeze artist and explains how discovering jazz inspired his ground-breaking — and controversial — approach to live performance. 

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Julie Siple

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Tom Weber

Dudley Riggs new memoir, "Flying Funny," documents his life in the circus.

Founder of the influential Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, Dudley Riggs is  a pioneer of improvisational theater. 

Riggs is out with a new memoir, "Flying Funny: My Life Without a Net." It documents his early years traveling the country as a circus performer and trapeze artist and explains how discovering jazz inspired his ground-breaking and controversial approach to live performance.

Improv pioneer Dudley Riggs on comedy, jazz and the flying trapeze

Dudley Riggs inside Minnesota Public Radio

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