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Random Fan Shout-Outs!
In the 18 years of the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, we’ve given shout-outs to over 900 random fans! Have we called your name yet? If you’d like your name to be added to the hopper – or maybe you’d like to make a dedication to someone else?? – let us […]
Cast and Crew
Geoffrey Barnes (Performer; he/him) is thrilled to be joining the Reduced Shakespeare Company! He’s had the great honor of being a part of The Complete History of America, All the Great Books, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His multiple Cincy Shakes credits include: Tio in Fat Ham, Jonathan in The Play That Goes Wrong, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gabriel in Fences, Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night. Elsewhere: Ariel in The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); John Heminges in The Book of Will, Stephano in The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Ronald McCowan in Hands on a Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Ragtime (Zach Scott Theatre, Austin TX); A Single Shard (Seattle Children’s Theatre). Thank you to my family, friends and Katie for your love and encouragement.
Alli Bostedt (Company whatever, it’s not readily apparent; she/her) took her first foray into theatre at the age of four and has always looked back since. Regularly seen backstage – e.g. props, costumes, office manager, actor wrangler, contracts, tour manager. Native of Las Vegas and until recently a resident of California, she took the peculiar step to move to the UK and have a family instead of washing men’s tights for a living. Alli doesn’t go on the road anymore, she leaves that to others, instead she works behind the scenes pulling the strings. Much like actors, small children are demanding, temperamental and keep strange hours. She could have just stuck to touring really.
Dominic Conti (Performer/Additional Material Hollywood; he/him) was discovered by RSC talent scouts in Chicago, performing America (abridged) with The Noble Fool Theater. He workshopped Hollywood (abridged) in Rohnert Park and St. Louis, premiered it at Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and tours it along with Comedy (abridged), Sports (abridged), Books (abridged), Bible (abridged) and America (abridged). Other regional theaters he’s worked with include: Plasticene, Steppenwolf, Second City, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodman, Westport Country Playhouse, Beaver Creek Theatre Festival, Madison Repertory, Chicago Shakespeare, Next, A Red Orchid, Apple Tree TYA, Mary-Arrchie, Griffin, Raven, Prop, Defiant, First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Lost Angeles Theatre and Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. Film/TV credits include: Martian American (Best Actor — Glendale International Film Festival, Best Actor in a Short — Los Angeles Comedy Festival), Stealth, I Am He, Nothing in Los Angeles, A Voodoo Possession, Another Stupid Day, The Interview (Best Actor in a Short — Chicago Comedy Film Festival, also co-writer/producer), April, Saturday, Shades of Hope, Fiona’s Fortune, The Roaring Twenties, Zombie Holocaust and You! and Fiasco. Web series: Broken Dreams Boulevard, The Family Curse, Red Scare and The Best Friend (also co-wrote three episodes; Won LAWebfest Award — “Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series” and nominated for IAWTV Award — “Best Writing in a Comedy”). (more…)
Episode 637. History Of Blackface
Director and teaching artist Jerrell L. Henderson discusses the history of Blackface, the troubling and racist practice of white people “blacking up” to portray demeaning African-American stereotypes (which was, incredibly, the most popular form of entertainment in America for over 100 years). Jerrell discusses its roots in minstrelsy, almost-Shakespearean levels of layers and multiple identities; shout-outs to great performers like Daddy Rice, J. Rosamund Johnson, Bob Cole, Ernest Hogan, George Walker, Bert Williams (above); genuine love being the butt of the joke; how some entertainers are responding to issues of yellow- and brown face better than others; a legacy of trauma and historical objections; and how greater onstage and onscreen representation in entertainment matters. (Length 21:45)
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