Paul Menzel is an American actor, writer, producer, and business consultant in

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. He began his career by organizing a comedy troupe while a student at

Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling ...

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. After graduation, he was performer and writer at

Dudley Riggs Dudley Riggs (January 18, 1932 – September 22, 2020) was an improvisational comedian who created the Instant Theater Company in New York, which later moved to Minneapolis to become the Brave New Workshop comedy troupe. Family and early care ...

Brave New Workshop The Brave New Workshop (BNW), based in Minneapolis, Minnesota was founded by Dudley Riggs in 1958 and is the longest running sketch and improvisational comedy theater in the US. BNW continues the tradition, of writing, producing, and performing ...

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. Later, Menzel founded the Comedy Workshops in

and

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. He founded, with Layton Payne, Business Stages, a consultancy which uses acting and improvisational exercises to teach management and cooperative skills.

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