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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.

Dudley Riggs inside Minnesota Public Radio
Dudley Riggs stands for a portrait inside the Minnesota Public Radio Headquarters in St. Paul, Minn. on Friday, March 28, 2017.
Evan Frost | MPR News

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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