There are hundreds of successful Brave New Workshop alumni, here is a partial list.

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Louie Anderson -- comedian, author, actor
Mike Anthony -- music critic, Star Tribune
Brian Anderson -- Editor, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Steve Assad -- The Second City and Hollywood films
Avner the Eccentric -- The Jewel of the Nile
Raymond Berg -- Musical dir.with Hey City Stage
Jim Cada -- stage and movie actor, North Country; The Straight Story; Untamed Heart
Jeff Cesario -- Comedy Central, HBO special; host, Later
Mo Collins -- MAD TV Cast Member
Tom Davis -- Saturday Night Live, The Son in Law
Jim Doughan -- Ruthless People, Moonlighting, Mask
The Flying Karamazov Brothers -- The Jewel of the Nile
Al Franken -- writer, activist, actor, commentator, US Senator
Don Foster -- writer, producer, Two and a Half Men, Roseanne, Dharma and Greg
Susan Fuller -- actor
Jeff Gadbois -- voice over actor
Michael Gellman -- Actor / Director
Beth Gilleland -- Twin Cities actress
David Ira Goldstein -- director, Seattle Rep., actor, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Richard (Dick) Guindon -- Cartoonist
Ted Henning -- New York City actor, writer
Doris Hess -- writer / actor, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley
Penn Jillete (Penn & Teller) -- Comedy Central, TV and film actor
Bo Kaprall -- Television Actor / Producer / Writer
Peggy Knapp -- Newton's Apple
John Lewin -- Guthrie Theatre
Irv Letofsky -- writer, L.A. Times, TV Entertainment Business
Carl Lumbly -- actor, feature films, M.A.N.T.I.S., Alias
Peter MacNichol -- actor, New York Shakespeare Festival, Sophie's Choice, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal
Mike McManus -- actor, Poltergeist, TV writer
Paul Menzel -- co-founder, Houston Comedy Workshop, commercial actor
Scott Novotone -- stand-up comedian, Comedy Central
Melissa Peterman -- actor, Fargo, Reba
Pat Proft -- actor, writer, producer, Naked Gun, Hot Shots, Bachelor Party, Police Academy, Scary Movie 3
Gary Rayppy -- actor, Guthrie Theatre
John Remington -- Target Corporation
Steve Rentfrow -- operator, Stevie Ray's
Jay Reilly -- commercial actor
Ann Ryerson -- TV and film actress, Private Benjamin
Tom Sherohman -- well-known Twin Cities actor and screenwriter, Modern Problems, Mr. McGoo
Rich Sommer -- actor, The Devil Wears Prada, Mad Men
Peter Staloch - actor and writer, TBS Movies for Guys Who Like Movies; writer/performer "Martini & Olive"
Dane Stauffer -- Twin Cities actor
Nancy Steen -- head writer, Happy Days and Night Court
Faith Sullivan -- Novelist
Dan Sullivan -- Writer
Neil Thompson -- head writer, Webster
Peter Tolan -- Emmy Award Winning TV & Film writer/producer, Lawn
Games, The Carol Burnette Show, Murphy Brown, Style & Substance, Analyze This and The Larry Sanders Show
Greg Triggs - Disney
Susan Vass -- author, stand-up comedian
Linda Wallem -- TV & Film writer/actress/producer, Sleepless in Seattle, Seinfeld, Cybill, Co-Executive Producer, That 70's Show
Ruth Williams -- activist and retired stage actor
Vince Williams -- stage and film actor, poet and playwright
Cedric Yarbrough -- comedian, actor, Reno 911
Sid Youngers -- Comedy Central, writer, Roseanne

BNW alum Al Franken recently paid us a visit, hosting a live broadcast of his Air America radio show here at our theatre! (pictured at left)

Here's a nifty article about BNW alum Carl Lumbly!

Alum Rich Sommer of AMC's 'Mad Men' chats with BNW owner John Sweeney.

Here's another nifty article about BNW alum Rich Sommer!