• THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (abridged)
  
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• THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (abridged)
  
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• The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20004
  
  
• March 11 - April 13, 2008

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (abridged): 600 Years of History in 6000 seconds! From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order, the three cultural guerillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company will take you on a ninety minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History.

The RSC tackles such controversial questions as: Who really discovered America? Why did Abe Lincoln free the slaves? How many Democrats does it take to screw in a lightbulb? History is normally written by the winners... now it's the RSC's turn.

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THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (abridged): The good book just got better! It's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of The Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sites on The Bible. Can bolts of lightning be far behind?

Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?

Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by the RSC's romp through old time religion. Remember... Someone is watching.

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"An apt description of what the company does is intellectual vaudeville. They are smart, cheeky clowns who present themselves as a collective repository for most of American mass culture." Stephen Holden - New York Times

"What the "Daily Show" might be like if it were hosted by the Marx Brothers." Robert Nesti - Boston Herald

"The Reduced Shakespeare Company production of The Bible is absolutely outrageous and absolutely wonderful. It's totally irreverent and I think anyone who sees it is going to have a whale of a good time." Robert Brustein - Founding Director, American Repertory Theatre

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