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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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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

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

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