Improv pioneer Dudley Riggs on comedy, jazz and the flying trapeze
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Founder of the influential Brave New Workshop 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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