ALUMNI

There are hundreds of successful Brave New Workshop alumni, here is a partial list. We are trying to keep a current list of alumni on file -- as well as to include in our show programs at the Brave New Workshop. If you are an alumni, please email [email protected].

• 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, Restless 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
• The Flying Karamazov Brothers -- The Jewel of the Nile
• Al Franken -- writer, activist, actor
• Jeff Gadbois -- voice over actor
• Beth Gilleland -- Twin Cities actress
• David Ira Goldstein -- director, Seattle Rep., actor, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
• 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
• Peggy Knapp -- Newton's Apple
• John Lewin -- Guthrie Theatre
• Irv Letofsky -- writer, L.A. Times, TV Entertainment Business
• Carl Lumbly -- actor, feature films, cast member 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
• Peter Staloch - actor, Reba, MAD TV, Final Justice 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
• 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 Yarborough -- comedian, actor, Reno 911
• Sid Youngers -- Comedy Central, writer, Roseanne