Brave New Workshop

The Brave New Workshop has been writing, performing, and producing sketch comedy/improv since 1958- longer than any other theater in the United States Founded by former circus performer Dudley Riggs and currently owned by husband and wife John Sweene...

The Brave New Workshop has been writing, performing, and producing sketch comedy/improv since 1958- longer than any other theater in the United States Founded by former circus performer Dudley Riggs and currently owned by husband and wife John Sweeney and Jenni Lilledahl, the BNW has become a legendary comedy institution, where audiences enjoy improv and sketch comedy nearly every night of the week. The company's talented performers create satirical, irreverent, and intelligent original works. Alums of the Workshop stage include Louie Anderson, Pat Proft, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Mo Collins ("Mad TV"), Peter MacNichol ("Ally McBeal", "24"), Melissa Peterman ("Reba"), Cedric Yarborough ("Reno 911", "The Boondocks"), and Rich Sommer ("Mad Men", "Harvey"). Additionally, the Brave New Workshop Student Union boasts the most comprehensive improv training curriculum in the country.