Dudley Riggs

American improvisational comedian.
Died on Tuesday September 22nd 2020

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@ProutyProject: In 1993, Jeff Prouty interviewed the late comedian and improv pioneer, Dudley Riggs. We honor Mr. Riggs and his le… - 4 years ago

@MAMFTnet: We extend condolences to Dr. Pauline Boss On the death of her husband Dudley Riggs. Dr. Boss has taught, supervised… - 4 years ago

@comedynews: Dudley Riggs, Improv Comedy Pioneer And Brave New Workshop Founder, Dies At 88 – CBS Minnesota - 4 years ago

@JonHigherEd: I missed this last week, but condolences to his friends and family - 4 years ago

@claudepeck: A terrific Dudley Riggs obit by Mike Anthony. - 4 years ago

@airhasiescardo: RT @MeetMinneapolis: An absolutely Minneapolis icon. - 4 years ago

@michaelvenske: Figured you'd like to see this @dudeweather & @klenhoff -- an interview with Dudley Riggs from 1994 - 4 years ago

@AmandaHilden: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@Realwoman4Trump: @citypages No you have corrupt people running MPLS and your best talent dying #OmarIsAFraud RIP to Brave New Works… - 4 years ago

@TheSuss: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@soquoted: RT @StarTribune: An oral history of Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop: How Minneapolis' first espresso coffeehouse launched a nationally kno… - 4 years ago

@23Tressa: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@disgruntmonkey: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@soquoted: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@AdenRollins: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@MrCoolLooking75: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@jws_: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@MyStateology: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@attherealChris: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@indoeuropa: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@mcallahan: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@winkee: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@mikepriceinla: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@AtSymbolJake: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@TabareDLS: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@basstransfer: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@CarsonEnglish: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@ErnestoGarcia34: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@lgalligator: RT @MrTeller: Our old pal Dudley Riggs from Minneapolis died this week at 88. Back in the 1970s he gave our group a place to play and one… - 4 years ago

@zdsellie: RT @tptAlmanac: Get to know “the godfather of Twin Cities comedy.” Dudley Riggs passed away this week at age 88. #tptAlmanac - 4 years ago

@tptAlmanac: Get to know “the godfather of Twin Cities comedy.” Dudley Riggs passed away this week at age 88. #tptAlmanac - 4 years ago

@iamjohnsweeney: This is beautiful Mike, Thank you! - 4 years ago

@KyelandJ: RT @tptAlmanac: Tonight on Almanac at 7PM: The law that led to the #MN02 congressional race postponement, COVID outcomes for people of colo… - 4 years ago

@tpt: RT @tptAlmanac: Tonight on Almanac at 7PM: The law that led to the #MN02 congressional race postponement, COVID outcomes for people of colo… - 4 years ago

@mlahammer: RT @tptAlmanac: Tonight on Almanac at 7PM: The law that led to the #MN02 congressional race postponement, COVID outcomes for people of colo… - 4 years ago

@tptAlmanac: Tonight on Almanac at 7PM: The law that led to the #MN02 congressional race postponement, COVID outcomes for people… - 4 years ago

@RollieAckerman: RT @BNWImprov: Please join us tomorrow 8pm CT for a very special episode honoring Brave New Workshop founder, Dudley Riggs. - 4 years ago

@BNWImprov: Please join us tomorrow 8pm CT for a very special episode honoring Brave New Workshop founder, Dudley Riggs. - 4 years ago

@bradweis: #obitpatrol Deaths: Improvisational comedian Dudley Riggs; broadcaster Betty Bushman; director Arthur Wooster; acto… - 4 years ago

@Bob_Stinson1234: Clowning around with Brave New Workshop's Dudley Riggs in new memoir - 4 years ago

@USHEMP: RT @Bob_Stinson1234: Brave New Workshop founder Dudley Riggs has died - 4 years ago

@Bob_Stinson1234: Brave New Workshop founder Dudley Riggs has died - 4 years ago

@Bob_Stinson1234: RT @LtGovFlanagan: Dudley Riggs was a Minnesota icon. Dudley created a space where we could be in community and share laughter at what is… - 4 years ago

@OurBlackNewsMN: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@michaelcollins: Dudley Riggs made a mark on the Twin Cities before passing away on Sept. 22. Along with many warm memories… - 4 years ago

@stevetimmer: Ronald Haskvitz of Golden Valley say that COVID is not a political issue. It's the Mother of All Political Issues,… - 4 years ago

@WiscoWriterGuy: I spent a little time with Dudley back in the stand-up days. He was a good dude. - 4 years ago

@umnlib: RT @markenge: Dudley Riggs made a mark on the Twin Cities before passing away on Sept. 22. Along with many warm memories @BNWImprov, he als… - 4 years ago

@markenge: Dudley Riggs made a mark on the Twin Cities before passing away on Sept. 22. Along with many warm memories… - 4 years ago

@michaelvenske: @MinnPost offers an excellent remembrance of Dudley Riggs - 4 years ago

@StribOpinion: Readers Write: Agree now to play by the rules this #2020Election. #Trump #Biden - 4 years ago

@wa0tda: Do not miss this: Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the Brave New Workshop… - 4 years ago

@MSPBJnews: Dudley Riggs, who helped launch the comedy careers of Louie Anderson and Al Franken through his sketch-comedy troup… - 4 years ago

@AnnT: Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the Brave New Workshop, died Tuesday at… - 4 years ago

@MDHirschfeld: Dudley Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the @BNWImprov, died Tuesday at a… - 4 years ago

@Erin_Hart: RT @MinnPost: Dudley Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the Brave New Workshop, died Tuesday at age… - 4 years ago

@MinnPost: Dudley Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the Brave New Workshop, died Tues… - 4 years ago

@hennepintheatre: Dudley Riggs brought joy to countless crowds and leaves an indelible mark on the Hennepin Theatre District and Minn… - 4 years ago

@pblefty3: RT @StarTribune: "He was our boot camp toward show business," Louie Anderson said of Dudley Riggs, the godfather of the Twin Cities comedy… - 4 years ago

@GoldstarTMG: RT @MPRnews: The founder of Brave New Workshop, the Minneapolis troupe that blended improvisational sketch comedy and political satire, has… - 4 years ago

@GoldstarTMG: RT @LundeenAbrams: Rest In Peace to the incomparable Dudley Riggs. He helped launch the comedy careers of Louie Anderson & Al Franken throu… - 4 years ago

@BryanSowieja: RT @MSPBJnews: Dudley Riggs, who helped launch the comedy careers of Louie Anderson and Al Franken through his sketch-comedy troupe Brave N… - 4 years ago

@LundeenAbrams: Rest In Peace to the incomparable Dudley Riggs. He helped launch the comedy careers of Louie Anderson & Al Franken… - 4 years ago

@MSPBJnews: Dudley Riggs, who helped launch the comedy careers of Louie Anderson and Al Franken through his sketch-comedy troup… - 4 years ago

@PoochieChiles: RT @realbryanmiller: RIP to MN improv theater impresario Dudley Riggs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you shout out a job and… - 4 years ago

@TMNwithDaveLee: Fun to catch up with an old friend today, Pat Proft! The man behind #NakedGun started his career off with the lat… - 4 years ago

@A_Matt_Arnold: RT @citypages: RIP to Brave New Workshop's Dudley Riggs. Our 2017 interview with the local comedy legend: - 4 years ago

@missb62: RT @LtGovFlanagan: Dudley Riggs was a Minnesota icon. Dudley created a space where we could be in community and share laughter at what is… - 4 years ago

@mnoriginal: We lost a legend yesterday 💔 - 4 years ago

@pjcadams: RT @MplsLocalBiZ: New post: Brave New Workshop founder Dudley Riggs dies at 88 Dudley Riggs, who helped launch the comedy careers of Louie… - 4 years ago

@MplsLocalBiZ: New post: Brave New Workshop founder Dudley Riggs dies at 88 Dudley Riggs, who helped launch the comedy careers of… - 4 years ago

@tim_everitt: Dudley Riggs was a theater hero in Minneapolis and beyond. He built a whole theater scene. A giant. - 4 years ago

@philipsturner: The late Dudley Riggs's Flying Funny from @UMinnPress. Mentor to many incl: @alfranken and Louie Anderson. Cc:… - 4 years ago

@philipsturner: Moving obit of #DudleyRiggs, age 88, a variety artist from childhood days/clown/aerialist, sketch comic/head of Bra… - 4 years ago

@JoelTheThing: REMEMBERING DUDLEY RIGGS! - 4 years ago

@ETRadioShow: Dudley Riggs, who created a comedy empire in Minneapolis, passed away yesterday at the age of 88. Tim Carpenter, En… - 4 years ago

@engagedaging: Dudley Riggs, who created a comedy empire in Minneapolis, passed away yesterday at the age of 88. Tim Carpenter, En… - 4 years ago

@colin_mansfield: @citypages Sad to hear of Dudley Riggs' passing. RIP. I played guitar for a couple of shows (and baby sat for his… - 4 years ago

@RobertBaril2: RT @realbryanmiller: RIP to MN improv theater impresario Dudley Riggs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you shout out a job and… - 4 years ago

@theloopnow: RT @bobsansevere: The BS Show #1,230: KQ icon Mike Gelfand, @realbryanmiller and @theloopnow riff on Dudley Riggs, Twins, Vikings, with @ps… - 4 years ago

@bobsansevere: The BS Show #1,230: KQ icon Mike Gelfand, @realbryanmiller and @theloopnow riff on Dudley Riggs, Twins, Vikings, wi… - 4 years ago

@HistoryTheatre: Remembering Dudley Riggs, Brave New Workshop Founder - 4 years ago

@Jeff_Wagner4: RT @erinreportsTV: At noon on @WCCO: -@MikeAugustyniak tracking GORGEOUS WX -3 MN schools switch to distance learning due to COVID-19 clust… - 4 years ago

@WCCO: RT @erinreportsTV: At noon on @WCCO: -@MikeAugustyniak tracking GORGEOUS WX -3 MN schools switch to distance learning due to COVID-19 clust… - 4 years ago

@zlabiz: Dudley Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88 – Minneapolis Star Tribune - 4 years ago

@RosalieTenseth: Dudley Riggs went to the other side today and he was and started something great - move yer ass ova 2nd City... and… - 4 years ago

@Kate_Is_Rising: RT @citypages: RIP to Brave New Workshop's Dudley Riggs. Our 2017 interview with the local comedy legend: - 4 years ago

@YoPendleton: RT @realbryanmiller: RIP to MN improv theater impresario Dudley Riggs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you shout out a job and… - 4 years ago

@2fast2tyler: RT @realbryanmiller: RIP to MN improv theater impresario Dudley Riggs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you shout out a job and… - 4 years ago

@citypages: RIP to Brave New Workshop's Dudley Riggs. Our 2017 interview with the local comedy legend: - 4 years ago

@Betsy5424: RT @JosephScrimshaw: I'm very sorry to hear about the passing of Dudley Riggs. Growing up in Minneapolis, he was this promise that you coul… - 4 years ago

@GoldstarTMG: RT @StarTribune: "He was our boot camp toward show business," Louie Anderson said of Dudley Riggs, the godfather of the Twin Cities comedy… - 4 years ago

@realbryanmiller: RIP to MN improv theater impresario Dudley Riggs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you shout out a job a… - 4 years ago

@marykw: RT @laurazabel: Thank you, Dudley, for your incredible legacy of laughter, support and truth-telling comedy. Thank you for building the fou… - 4 years ago

@WhileTurning: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@Jim_Rosenow: RT @VintageMinn: Rest in peace, Dudley Riggs. Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88 - 4 years ago

@StarTribune: "He was our boot camp toward show business," Louie Anderson said of Dudley Riggs, the godfather of the Twin Cities… - 4 years ago

@WhirledCitizen_: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@KimInsley: A MN treasure: Dudley Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88. - 4 years ago

@pauldemko: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@Chazraps: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@richneumeister: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@CapitalBabs: RT @VintageMinn: Rest in peace, Dudley Riggs. Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88 - 4 years ago

@talkette: RT @VintageMinn: Rest in peace, Dudley Riggs. Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88 - 4 years ago

@Nicky_Burger: RT @TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at Cedar F… - 4 years ago

@TheFancyRay: COMEDY ICON Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. He hired me to Host The Brave New Workshop's stage at… - 4 years ago

@TaneDanger: I will always be second to Dudley Riggs when it comes to Minnesota comedians in bow ties. We have lost a living ins… - 4 years ago

@laurazabel: RT @LtGovFlanagan: Dudley Riggs was a Minnesota icon. Dudley created a space where we could be in community and share laughter at what is… - 4 years ago

@rachael18: My high school theater group went to a Dudley Riggs show c. 1992. That was a big deal for country kids 😆 We were lo… - 4 years ago

@Jeffbaldinger: RIP Dudley Riggs - 4 years ago

@AXfromMN: RT @JosephScrimshaw: I'm very sorry to hear about the passing of Dudley Riggs. Growing up in Minneapolis, he was this promise that you coul… - 4 years ago

@pailharvey: Dudley Riggs, founder of Brave New Workshop, dies at 88 - 4 years ago

@JaneHelmke: RT @MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Workshop, whose c… - 4 years ago

@JosephScrimshaw: The best review I'll ever get. It was an honor to see the world through his eyes for a few hours every night. Tha… - 4 years ago

@JosephScrimshaw: I had the immense honor of playing Dudley Riggs in that show. With the real Dudley Riggs right there in the audienc… - 4 years ago

@JosephScrimshaw: I'm very sorry to hear about the passing of Dudley Riggs. Growing up in Minneapolis, he was this promise that you c… - 4 years ago

@RandEaton: RT @StarTribune: BREAKING: Dudley Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88. - 4 years ago

@DavidClutter3: Godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene Dudley Riggs dies at 88.😢 - 4 years ago

@UniteBlueMN: RT @julieblaha: At @BNWImprov, I saw live comedy for the first time (“What’s So Funny About Being Female”), took improv classes, was challe… - 4 years ago

@KateHujda: RT @tpt: Considered the Godfather of Twin Cities comedy, Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. #BraveNewWorkshop #Improv #Comedy… - 4 years ago

@UniteBlueMN: RT @LtGovFlanagan: Dudley Riggs was a Minnesota icon. Dudley created a space where we could be in community and share laughter at what is… - 4 years ago

@vcrico: This gentleman was a lot of fun to be around. A great ambassador for comedy in MPLS. Godfather of Twin Cities come… - 4 years ago

@LtGovFlanagan: Dudley Riggs was a Minnesota icon. Dudley created a space where we could be in community and share laughter at wh… - 4 years ago

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@recoveryparty: This project by our friends, Peter Guertin and Mick Sterling, is still being produced to honor the late… - 4 years ago

@PropTartMN: RT @tpt: Considered the Godfather of Twin Cities comedy, Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. #BraveNewWorkshop #Improv #Comedy… - 4 years ago

@michaellorg: If you had any doubts that @GLHFMagic has their roots in the Twin Cities Improv Scene.. (especially fitting on a da… - 4 years ago

@StPaulTim: I took lessons at the Brave New Workshop after Dudley Riggs was no longer active there. But, I was a part of the Br… - 4 years ago

@LizFedor: RT @StribGuy: Here's the coffee house where Dudley Riggs got started. It's on the same block with Kramarczuk's. - 4 years ago

@StribGuy: Here's the coffee house where Dudley Riggs got started. It's on the same block with Kramarczuk's. - 4 years ago

@StarTribune: An oral history of Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop: How Minneapolis' first espresso coffeehouse launched a nationa… - 4 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: Dudley Riggs is no longer with us - #DudleyRiggs #Dudley #Riggs #rip - 4 years ago

@katemoos: Dudley Riggs died. What a great showman. - 4 years ago

@lisaperryjd: RIP Dudley Riggs. - 4 years ago

@rationaldoge: RT @tpt: Considered the Godfather of Twin Cities comedy, Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. #BraveNewWorkshop #Improv #Comedy… - 4 years ago

@tpt: Considered the Godfather of Twin Cities comedy, Dudley Riggs passed away today at the age of 88. #BraveNewWorkshop… - 4 years ago

@KevinLRush: RT @MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Workshop, whose c… - 4 years ago

@eastsidekate: RT @MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Workshop, whose c… - 4 years ago

@adahle: RT @FrankConniff: Never met him, I was a standup and he ruled the improv scene in the Twin Cities when I lived there, but Dudley Riggs was… - 4 years ago

@DavidLarson10: RT @MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Workshop, whose c… - 4 years ago

@atticusdad: RT @FrankConniff: Never met him, I was a standup and he ruled the improv scene in the Twin Cities when I lived there, but Dudley Riggs was… - 4 years ago

@ColejrJs: RT @MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Workshop, whose c… - 4 years ago

@psmaclaren: RT @FrankConniff: Never met him, I was a standup and he ruled the improv scene in the Twin Cities when I lived there, but Dudley Riggs was… - 4 years ago

@PassaroE: RT @StarTribune: BREAKING: Dudley Riggs, godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, dies at 88. - 4 years ago

@PassaroE: RT @FrankConniff: Never met him, I was a standup and he ruled the improv scene in the Twin Cities when I lived there, but Dudley Riggs was… - 4 years ago

@MPRnews: Comedian and improv pioneer Dudley Riggs died Tuesday. He was 88. Riggs is known as the leader of Brave New Worksh… - 4 years ago

@LDJEconomics: RT @rationaldoge: Obit: Dudley Riggs, of Brave New Workshop, 88. "…he married and settled in Minneapolis in the late 1950s, where he and h… - 4 years ago

@KateHujda: Heartbroken.💔 Dudley did so much for the TC, too much to name in one tweet. He will be missed! - "Godfather of Twin… - 4 years ago

@susanbordson: RT @rationaldoge: Obit: Dudley Riggs, of Brave New Workshop, 88. "…he married and settled in Minneapolis in the late 1950s, where he and h… - 4 years ago

@larsleafblad: RT @Chuckumentary: Godfather of Twin Cities comedy scene, Dudley Riggs dies at 88 🤍 My condolences to the @BNWImprov crew. - 4 years ago

@fakeconsultant: RT @chris_steller: This is the location of Dudley Riggs' first establishment, an espresso place. It's now the Dandy Horse bicycle shop. htt… - 4 years ago

@fakeconsultant: RT @chris_steller: In grade school, a teacher told us about being at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop when the police raided the theater. #… - 4 years ago