August 14, 2003
Jeffrey Sweet celebrates Brave New Workshop's 45th anniversaryShare
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Jayne Solinger - Reporter, Jeffrey Sweet - Interviewee
Minneapolis' Brave New Workshop claims to be the longest-running satirical comedy theatre in the country, and to celebrate its 45th birthday, the venue is bringing in a Chicago's Second City writer Jeffrey Sweet…who's likely to take issue with that distinction. He says troupes like Riggs' and Second City carry on the one of the true purposes of theater.
Jeffrey Sweet is the resident playwright of Chicago's Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre, which has produced his shows including Flyovers, American Enterprise, and The Value of Names. He conducts workshops for writers and has written two books about writing plays and written about the history of Chicago's Second City theater, a troupe he contends has even deeper roots than the Brave New Workshop.
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