Close Encounters - May 26th Wrap-Up
29 May 2007With many people out of town for the long weekend, I wasn’t sure how well Least Dangerous Game would got. As it turned out, I had nothing to worry about.
It was another beautiful Saturday, despite what our local weather personalities tried to tell us. A perfect day to hide inside at the Brave New Workshop! The Brave New Workshop was kind and generous enough to put forth the hiding spot and prizes for the Memorial Day weekend hunt. Let’s get down to the clues that brought the winners to me.
West of the Mississippi.
Yes yes. Not much of a clue. Sadly, I was found too early for my “first espresso machine West of the Mississippi” clue. That’s right. Founder Dudley Riggs brought the first espresso maker to his cafe west of the mighty river.
Bob Dylan has a lifetime ban.
It’s true! Bob Dylan was drunk and belligerent at a production once, and had to be removed from the theater. Take that, son of Minnesota! Host to many funerals.
Host to many funerals.
The Hennepin theater was once home to Flanagan’s Wake before it moved to its home at the St. Paul Palace theater. Poor Flanagan died over and over and over. So many funerals.
Over 250 original products.
The Brave New Workshop has put on over 250 original products. They do a fine job of topical satire, and you are missing out if you have never been.
Came home in 2002.
After much market analysis, it was concluded the the Brave New Workshop would be better suited to the surroundings of Calhoun Square. A new theater was built and renovated, and opened to mild success. In 2002, the Workshop moved back to its current location. The old new theater is now inhabited by ComedySport.
COX
Just simple code. The Brave New Workshop, or BNW, is one letter away from COX. Take every letter down a step in the alphabet and you’ll see BNW.
A City Pages best of 2007.
Who received the City Pages honor of Best Theater for Comedy? I’ll give you one guess!
Vapor herbs we know
An anagram. Get used to them!
Founded by a circus performer.
Founder Dudley Riggs was actually an acrobatic performer in the circus with his family! He took a bad spill, putting him in traction. As he lay in the hospital, the show had to go on and his family continued on. At that point, he decided maybe the circus wasn’t the place for him. And that’s how it started.
Derived from Aldus Huxley title.
The Brave New Workshop title was taken from the Aldus Huxley book Brave New World.
And that was enough information to bring Aaron Landry and his friend…Brian(?)…to my location! They each received tickets to the Brave New Workshop as a prize!
Arriving just seconds later was Ryan! Really, it was just second. Aldus Huxley led everyone right to me.
But with the winners in place, there was another surprise! The Brave New Workshop was kind enough to offer 50% off tickets to anyone else who showed up after the winner!
So I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And at 4pm, I left. Because no one else showed. Huh. Oh well. At least I was found! And by three people! It’s almost a record!
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