BATTLE OF THE IMPROV ALL-STARS Will Come to Hennepin Arts This Summer
Brave New Workshop veterans will take the stage at Dudley Riggs Theatre in Minneapolis
Hennepin Arts has announced that Brave New Workshop is setting the summer stage for improv, comedy and laughs in the return of Battle of the Improv All-Stars Friday, June 5 to Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Dudley Riggs Theatre (824 Hennepin Ave.). A rotating cast of very special guests and Brave New Workshop veterans take the stage every night as your host guides them through an ever-changing gauntlet of laugh-inducing challenges.
The audience does what they do best: judge from the darkness… You get to anonymously use your phone for audience voting that determines who achieves glory and who continues to wallow in the rank miasma of not-glory. Who wins? You decide! Feel the power!
And because everyone needs a good laugh right now, we have a very special deal only for summer 2026: all ticket prices for the Battle of the Improv All-Stars 2026 have been reduced by $20! Take advantage of this limited summer discount to vote for your favorites, immortalize the winners and shame the losers. But hurry, because this bone-crushing comedy competition is only here for a short time. Get your tickets to Battle of the Improv All-Stars 2026 today!
Jon Pumper (Music Director) has been with the Brave New Workshop since 2017. In addition, he served as the Music Director for Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. He also works as the Director of Music for Grace Lutheran Church of Northeast and runs a successful music/comedy YouTube channel that has garnered over 180K subscribers and 87M views as of January 2023.
Matthew Vichlach (Technical Director) designs lights, sound, images, and videos for each Brave New Workshop production. He also serves as the Technical Director for The Hennepin event center. He has been working professionally in theatre for almost twenty years doing sound design for theatres in the Twin Cities including Yellow Tree Theatre, Theatre Mu, Theatre Pro Rata, Commonweal Theatre, and many more.
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