Reduced Shakespeare Company
@reduced.bsky.social
Making long serious topics short & silly.
Bleets by co-artistic director @austintichenor.bsky.social
ReducedShakespeare.com
Bleets by co-artistic director @austintichenor.bsky.social
ReducedShakespeare.com
Hey Washington and Oregon!
We're performing "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" on:
DECEMBER 3 – Edmonds WA
DECEMBER 4 – Olympia WA
DECEMBER 10 – Beaverton OR
DECEMBER 12 – Edmonds WA
Find links to the venues on our website here!
www.reducedshakespeare.com#tour
We're performing "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" on:
DECEMBER 3 – Edmonds WA
DECEMBER 4 – Olympia WA
DECEMBER 10 – Beaverton OR
DECEMBER 12 – Edmonds WA
Find links to the venues on our website here!
www.reducedshakespeare.com#tour
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hey Washington and Oregon!
We're performing "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" on:
DECEMBER 3 – Edmonds WA
DECEMBER 4 – Olympia WA
DECEMBER 10 – Beaverton OR
DECEMBER 12 – Edmonds WA
Find links to the venues on our website here!
www.reducedshakespeare.com#tour
We're performing "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" on:
DECEMBER 3 – Edmonds WA
DECEMBER 4 – Olympia WA
DECEMBER 10 – Beaverton OR
DECEMBER 12 – Edmonds WA
Find links to the venues on our website here!
www.reducedshakespeare.com#tour
Very excited to be returning to the UK in 2026 with the show that started it all! #CompleteWorks #Shakespeare #CompleteShakespeare
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Very excited to be returning to the UK in 2026 with the show that started it all! #CompleteWorks #Shakespeare #CompleteShakespeare
In honor of today's opening of 28 YEARS LATER, here's that time 23 years ago that Cillian Murphy wandered through deserted London past our Criterion Theatre marquee in 28 *DAYS* LATER. Good times.
June 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In honor of today's opening of 28 YEARS LATER, here's that time 23 years ago that Cillian Murphy wandered through deserted London past our Criterion Theatre marquee in 28 *DAYS* LATER. Good times.
Actor/improviser Matt Walsh (VEEP, Upright Citizens Brigade) reveals improv’s magical qualities, including how improv skills can improve your acting…and vice versa. Matt’s touring New England this summer. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/06/impr...
June 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Actor/improviser Matt Walsh (VEEP, Upright Citizens Brigade) reveals improv’s magical qualities, including how improv skills can improve your acting…and vice versa. Matt’s touring New England this summer. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/06/impr...
Now it can be told! Ahead of next week's book launch & tour, Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social discusses his new novel ANIMA RISING and how its funny and unlikely elements came together. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/05/961-...
May 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Now it can be told! Ahead of next week's book launch & tour, Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social discusses his new novel ANIMA RISING and how its funny and unlikely elements came together. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/05/961-...
Thanks to Ruth Buzzi, we know how to respond to a creepy old man asking, "Want a Walnetto?" #RIP #RILaughter
May 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thanks to Ruth Buzzi, we know how to respond to a creepy old man asking, "Want a Walnetto?" #RIP #RILaughter
You’re welcome, @thwildkat15.bsky.social!
April 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You’re welcome, @thwildkat15.bsky.social!
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Due to our last three performances of COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) happening this weekend and us traveling home on Monday, this week's podcast will drop Tuesday on – what else? – April Fool's Day.
March 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Due to our last three performances of COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) happening this weekend and us traveling home on Monday, this week's podcast will drop Tuesday on – what else? – April Fool's Day.
On 3/12/20, Broadway & other U.S. theaters started shutting down & our tours were cancelled. Last night – five years TO THE DAY – we finally got to launch THE COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) on its 1st 3-week run at Merrimack Rep in Lowell, MA. Photo by the amazing Meg Moore/megpix.com.
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On 3/12/20, Broadway & other U.S. theaters started shutting down & our tours were cancelled. Last night – five years TO THE DAY – we finally got to launch THE COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) on its 1st 3-week run at Merrimack Rep in Lowell, MA. Photo by the amazing Meg Moore/megpix.com.
Happy Valentine's Day!!
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy Valentine's Day!!
On the Podcast: Candice Handy discusses her production of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," at MRT thru 2/23, which gives the play the grit it requires to deliver the transcendence Billie Holiday deserves. HEAR HERE!
@americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/02/revi...
@americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/02/revi...
February 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On the Podcast: Candice Handy discusses her production of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," at MRT thru 2/23, which gives the play the grit it requires to deliver the transcendence Billie Holiday deserves. HEAR HERE!
@americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/02/revi...
@americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/02/revi...
Last night, RSC artistic directors @austintichenor.bsky.social & Reed Martin received the Berger Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Association in recognition of their commitment to promoting and popularizing the works of Shakespeare. Stunned and honored. And stunned.
January 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Last night, RSC artistic directors @austintichenor.bsky.social & Reed Martin received the Berger Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Association in recognition of their commitment to promoting and popularizing the works of Shakespeare. Stunned and honored. And stunned.
Didn't know this factoid from IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE when Chicago actor Joe Dempsey and @austintichenor.bsky.social talked about playing Mr. Potter and E. Scrooge on the RSC Podcast. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/12/pott...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/12/pott...
December 15, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Didn't know this factoid from IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE when Chicago actor Joe Dempsey and @austintichenor.bsky.social talked about playing Mr. Potter and E. Scrooge on the RSC Podcast. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/12/pott...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/12/pott...
The new trailer for 28 YEARS LATER has us reminiscing about the moment in 28 DAYS LATER when Cillian Murphy wandered in front of our Criterion Theatre marquee in search of survivors. Will we make the sequel???*
(*No. We almost certainly will not.)
(*No. We almost certainly will not.)
December 14, 2024 at 10:35 PM
The new trailer for 28 YEARS LATER has us reminiscing about the moment in 28 DAYS LATER when Cillian Murphy wandered in front of our Criterion Theatre marquee in search of survivors. Will we make the sequel???*
(*No. We almost certainly will not.)
(*No. We almost certainly will not.)
Next Monday-Wednesday! "A Christmas pageant gone horribly, hilariously awry!" Dallas Morning News
Get your tickets now for our performances of "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" - December 9-11 in South Padre Island TX!
www.elpaseoarts.org/rscs-the-ult...
Get your tickets now for our performances of "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" - December 9-11 in South Padre Island TX!
www.elpaseoarts.org/rscs-the-ult...
December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Next Monday-Wednesday! "A Christmas pageant gone horribly, hilariously awry!" Dallas Morning News
Get your tickets now for our performances of "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" - December 9-11 in South Padre Island TX!
www.elpaseoarts.org/rscs-the-ult...
Get your tickets now for our performances of "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" - December 9-11 in South Padre Island TX!
www.elpaseoarts.org/rscs-the-ult...
Ha! I got to 500 Followers before my other account did. Suck it, @austintichenor.bsky.social!
November 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Ha! I got to 500 Followers before my other account did. Suck it, @austintichenor.bsky.social!
My other account got to 400 Followers first but I don’t expect that lead to sustain.
November 15, 2024 at 10:38 PM
My other account got to 400 Followers first but I don’t expect that lead to sustain.
Not sure how long both my accounts will have the same number of followers so reveling in it while I can.
November 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Not sure how long both my accounts will have the same number of followers so reveling in it while I can.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #434,531! #NeverBeenProuder
October 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #434,531! #NeverBeenProuder
On the Podcast: Gary Andrews talks about his production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Archway Theatre & reveals how he's still making new discoveries even though it's his 5th time directing it. Listen via the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
June 18, 2024 at 10:33 PM
On the Podcast: Gary Andrews talks about his production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Archway Theatre & reveals how he's still making new discoveries even though it's his 5th time directing it. Listen via the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
On this week's RSC Podcast: Rebecca Spence & Netta Walker discuss their roles in THE LION IN WINTER at Chicago's Court Theatre and how they wield their power amidst that play's (as they say in 1183) Big Dagger Energy. HEAR HERE!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/11/lion...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/11/lion...
November 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM
On this week's RSC Podcast: Rebecca Spence & Netta Walker discuss their roles in THE LION IN WINTER at Chicago's Court Theatre and how they wield their power amidst that play's (as they say in 1183) Big Dagger Energy. HEAR HERE!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/11/lion...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/11/lion...
Groucho Lantern avatar by the great @lartist.bsky.social!
October 24, 2023 at 2:34 AM
Groucho Lantern avatar by the great @lartist.bsky.social!
ON THIS WEEK'S RSC PODCAST: Laura Hall (TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway?) discusses PHONY AWARD WINNING, the totally improvised musical inspired by the music & characters of classic musicals. HEAR HERE, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/07/phony-winning-musical/
August 1, 2023 at 12:25 AM
ON THIS WEEK'S RSC PODCAST: Laura Hall (TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway?) discusses PHONY AWARD WINNING, the totally improvised musical inspired by the music & characters of classic musicals. HEAR HERE, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.reducedshakespeare.com/2023/07/phony-winning-musical/
To xeet or not to skeet, that is the question.
July 31, 2023 at 9:31 PM
To xeet or not to skeet, that is the question.