Remembering Dudley Riggs, Brave New Workshop Founder
Dudley,On my first visit to Minneapolis in 1975, I saw your show titled (I think) TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE; SO FAR. I was on leave from my H.S. teaching job in Pennsylvania, and I was so inspired that I went home and formed an "improv troupe" with my students. A few years later, I returned to Minnesota and saw (I didn't know it then that she'd become my better half) Sue Scott in a red elastic bag with the talented Beth Gilliland and Mark Bergren playing a beating heart! Very funny stuff! Amazingly, your work has touched the lives of thousands and thousands of artists and fans. In 2010, History Theatre was honored to tell your story DUDLEY: RIGGED FOR LAUGHTER! by Caleb McEwen. Your humor and politics kept us sane for decades. God bless you!
- Ron Peluso, History Theatre Artistic Director
Pictured: (left) Dudley Riggs, (right) Joe Scrimshaw as Dudley Riggs in Dudley: Rigged for Laughter! (2010)