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Looking high, looking low: The cast of "In Search of a Cause; or What's Left of the Left," 1973.
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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The cast of 1998's "Elections, Erections and Genuflections."
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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Brave New Workshop mainstays Beth Gillelland and Dane Stauffer, circa late '80s.
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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Former governor Jesse Ventura was a prime target and the cast took him on in "Jesse Goes to Hollywood or Lost on the Ventura Highway."
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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Melissa Peterman takes a bite out of Beanie Babies in "Beanie Baby Barbecue" or "Something’s Burning on the World Wide Weber."
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop
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"A Lie for a Lie, A Truth for a Truth," 1987.
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop
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Al Franken (left) and Tom Davis in 1972. The two had their own show, and Franken was a regular on Riggs' stage.
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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"Forty-nine years ago, when Castro and I both started, things were different. Improvements have been made in the workshop over the years. In Cuba, not so much," said Dudley Riggs. Riggs was photographed here in 2007.
Photo courtesy of the Brave New Workshop.
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