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NORTHERN California Performance Added

This just in: We've added a performance of Completely Hollywood (abridged) to our Winter 2010 tour.On February 10, 2010, we'll be performing a benefit performance at and for the Santa Rosa Junior College theater arts department. We'll get this info up Read more…

By austin, 14 yearsNovember 3, 2009 ago

TWEETING Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare achieved another level of ultimate reduction when we compressed each of Shakespeare's plays via our Twitter account into Tweets of less than 140 characters. (This was probably one of the reasons we won the 2010 Read more…

By austin, 14 yearsNovember 3, 2009 ago

REED Martin’s “Clown Show” Premieres

RSC writer, actor, and managing partner Reed Martin has returned to his roots of performing in white-face and terrifying children by writing and directing "Clown Show" for Napa Valley College in northern California.In addition to graduating from University of California, Berkeley Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 8, 2009 ago

NOMINATE RSC Podcast for Podcast Award!

The Podcast Awards have rolled around again, and it's time to nominate the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast in the Cultural/Arts category. The RSC Podcast was nominated in that category for the last two years, based solely on nominations from its fans. Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 6, 2009 ago

Dustin Sullivan Named ‘Gypsy Of The Month’

RSC Actor Dustin Sullivan (All The Great Books (abridged) , The Complete History of America (abridged)) has been named Gypsy Of The Month by BroadwayWorld.com. Dustin is featured in the ensemble of Little House On The Prairie: The Musical, which is Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 4, 2009 ago

HONG KONG Rave!

No, we aren't attending late-night loud-music drug-fueled parties. Our performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) got a rave review from the South China Morning Post! "A very funny evening that keeps audiences laughing non-stop!" "Fast, furious, and full Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsSeptember 16, 2009 ago

SPORTS (abridged) Artwork Revealed!

Our seventh stage show The Complete World of Sports (abridged) won't premiere until September 2010, but we wanted to give Reduced Shakespeare Company fans an exclusive first peek at the preliminary poster art!Our booking agents Opus 3 Artists will use this Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJuly 29, 2009 ago

SPORTS Show Artwork Revealed!

The RSC's seventh stage show The Complete World of Sports (abridged) won't premiere until September 2010, but we've put together our first round of brochure art.Our booking agents Opus 3 Artists will be sending this initial image out to various venues Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJuly 29, 2009 ago

ANNOUNCING Our Next Stage Show!

If you listened to last week's podcast (Episode 132. New Stage Show), you were among the very first people to hear the huge, ginormous subject matter that we'll be reducing next.Our seventh stage show will be The Complete World of Sports Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJune 23, 2009 ago

GORDON Brown: Tragic Shakespearean Hero

We have finally reduced the career of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and may I just say - it's about time. We recorded it for the Gabby Logan Show on BBC Radio 5. You can listen to it here, but now you Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJune 9, 2009 ago

SUBSCRIBE to Our YouTube Channel

Check out our new YouTube Channel. There you can see exclusive never-before-seen Reduced Shakespeare Company videos you can't find anywhere else.......well, except in our video podcasts, which you can download from iTunes, and all the other bootlegged videos uploaded illegally to Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsMay 8, 2009 ago

FOLLOW Us on Twitter!

Yes, Twitter is a time-sucking distraction from your real life. We don't disagree. But it's also the fastest and easiest way to keep up with Reduced Shakespeare Company activities in anything approaching real-time. Some RSC fans have families, jobs, other interests Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsMay 7, 2009 ago

MORE Great San Diego Reviews!

Add the North County Times to the list of great reviews for our production of The Complete History of America (abridged) at San Diego REPertory Theater. "Performed in rat-a-tat style...it's the sort of secret history you wish the United States enjoyed. Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsApril 22, 2009 ago

RAVES in Scottsdale, Arizona!

The Arizona Republic has weighed in on our Scottsdale Center of the Performing Arts production of Completely Hollywood (abridged), saying:"Fast-paced comedy....you'll nearly fall out of your theater seat laughing!"The review goes on to rave about the actors:"The actors are so spectacularly Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsApril 3, 2009 ago

New Video Podcast on YouTube

Just in time for Major League Baseball's Opening Day comes our second Video Podcast.Reed Martin takes us on a tour of the Louisville Slugger Factory, and reveals the answers to such great mysteries as "Who was Dr. Dot Randolph?" and "What Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsApril 2, 2009 ago

RSC ‘Tweets’ on NPR

Austin Tichenor spoke with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about the Reduced Music and Movie Name Game they were playing on Twitter. To read more about it - and to listen to it via streaming - click here.Then click over Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsMarch 14, 2009 ago

Matt Rippy Joins UK ‘Bible’ Cast

RSC veteran Matt Rippy is joining the UK cast of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) for the final five weeks of its 97-city UK tour. Matt joins Jack Bennett, Simon Cole, and William Meredith who have been performing Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsFebruary 25, 2009 ago

“Five & Twenty” Random Things About….William Shakespeare!

Apparently, Facebook did not create the (increasingly annoying) 25 Random Things About Me application on its social networking site. Turns out that William Shakespeare himself created the first such list over 400 years ago. His "Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsFebruary 20, 2009 ago

Non-Travel Travel Blog

What do RSC actors do when they're not on tour? Jeff Marlow explains....Austin asked me to put together a quick blog post describing the life of an RSC actor while NOT on tour - which, in my case at least, is Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsFebruary 9, 2009 ago

Watch Our Video Podcast!

After years of speculation and literally minutes of planning, the RSC has posted its first Video Podcast, in the 113th week of its award-losing Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast.Roll up! Roll up for Episode 113C - Magical History Tour which recounts our Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsFebruary 7, 2009 ago

“Bible” Selling Out!

The UK tour of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) resumes this week and performances are already selling out! Milford Haven's Torch Theater on 21 January, the Northcott Theater in Exeter on 22 January as well as the Old Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJanuary 21, 2009 ago

UK “Bible” Tour Returns!

The 90-something city UK tour of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) resumes January 20 in Hereford and ranges across the country from Wimbledon to Inverness.Tickets are going fast in many locations. In fact, the January 22 performance at Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJanuary 16, 2009 ago

Our Gettysburg Address

Yes, it's a not-great movie starring Jim Carrey, but it's also the theater where we're performing Completely Hollywood (abridged) tomorrow night in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. With stops this spring in Gettysburg, Washington DC, and Springfield, IL, this upcoming tour is shaping up Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsJanuary 16, 2009 ago

Miami Nice

They've treated us very well at the Arsht Center, starting with this banner. Good heavens, look at the size of this thing...

By austin, 15 yearsDecember 18, 2008 ago

The Ultimate Christmas Carol

Long-time fan Sebastian Singer wondered where he could get his hands on the lyrics to the RSC's Reduced Time-Saving Christmas Carol that we sing on The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas. Since the lyrics aren't published anywhere else, we thought we might Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsDecember 16, 2008 ago

“Hardest-Working Men in Shakespearean Showbiz!”

So says Christine Dolen in her Miami Herald review of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at the Arsht Center in Miami, Florida.Says Dolen: "This is Shakespeare as it was back in the Bard's day: bawdy, irreverent, sublimely entertaining."For Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsDecember 2, 2008 ago

Strapping On The Tights

Dear RSC Blog Readers, As you've heard on the podcast and seen on our touring page, we're hauling out the hose and dusting off the doublets. We're performing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) in Miami, Florida, and this time Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsNovember 25, 2008 ago

“America” Across America, Part The Last

Jeff Marlow brings us home with this final blog entry from the Fall 2008 American America tour.... Greetings from beautiful Rolla, Missouri, at (I’m very sad to say) the end of the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s national tour of The Complete History Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsNovember 17, 2008 ago

‘Irreverent…a Revelation!’

The reviews keep pouring in, in an almost Biblical-like flood, for our 53-city UK tour of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged). First, from The Sentinel ("at the heart of all things local in Staffordshire and South Cheshire") comes Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsNovember 7, 2008 ago

Photos From The Road

Simon Cole leaves the blogging to Jack Bennett this week and sends these snaps taken from the road.... Margate has the finest array of welcoming shops and attractions....

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 28, 2008 ago

UK Bible Tour Cursed?

Jack Bennett reports from the UK, where our 53-city tour of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) continues ... Wotcha web-dwellers, as the locals here in the north west midlands say! (They say wotcha, they rarely say web-dwellers. In Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 28, 2008 ago

“America” Across America, Part II

Jeff Marlow picks up from Michael Faulkner, continuing his fantastic tour blog.... Greetings from beautiful Glen Ellyn, Illinois, heading into the final weeks of the RSC’s U.S. tour of The Complete History of America (abridged)! The tour has continued to be Read more…

By austin, 15 yearsOctober 26, 2008 ago

Vote for the RSC Podcast!

Yes, election time is here! No, not the American presidential election -- something much more important!Please go to PodcastAwards.com and vote once a day for the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast in the "Cultural/Arts" category.Remember -- just like in Chicago and certain Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 23, 2008 ago

“Complete Works…” RETURNS

The Bard is back!After years on its own, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) returns to the company that created it -- in a brand-new, updated, revised edition.From November 26, 2008 to January 18, 2009, the Reduced Shakespeare Company will Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 15, 2008 ago

Bracknell Burns!

The UK tour of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) continues on its merry way, and does the RSC UK actor blog. Simon Cole reports...Greetings from the road and the third instalment of UK Biblical Blog musings!Our travels have Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 14, 2008 ago

‘Saturday Night Live’ Meets Sunday School!

The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged), the Reduced Shakespeare Company's irreverent celebration of The Greatest Story Ever Accepted As Fact, is drawing rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.The Chelmsford Weekly News in the UK raves: "The literate Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 11, 2008 ago

“America” Across America

Newest RSC member Jeff Marlow takes up the tour blog baton and runs with it, taking pictures along the way....Greetings from Burlington, Vermont, right smack in the middle of the RSC’s U.S. tour of The Complete History of America (abridged)! It’s Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 6, 2008 ago

“Reduced Bailout” Airs On BBC World Service

Response is coming in from all over the world to the Reduced Shakespeare Company's analysis of the American economic bailout on the October 4 edition of The World Today on the BBC World Service.Listen to it here on the web! Or Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 4, 2008 ago

Lisa Croke Charity Benefit

A huge golf tournament and fundraising event will be held this Sunday October 5 to benefit Lisa Croke, the wife of RSC member Matthew Croke who succumbed to cancer July 23rd. The money raised will help retire the extraordinary medical costs Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 1, 2008 ago

Rockin’ With Laughter

Hey gang --Austin Tichenor here, wanting to get in on the ol' Tour Blog action.... If ever there was any proof needed that we rock wherever we perform, take a gander at this photo of the Bedford pub in Balham, South Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 1, 2008 ago

Coffee and Cake in Taunton

When last we left our intrepid UK Reducers, they were having a Hull of a time. Simon Cole reports....Greetings from the road and the (slightly overdue) second instalment of the UK guy's adventures on the highways and byways of jolly old Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 29, 2008 ago

RSC Supports ok2b

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is working with one of the UK's leading charities ok2b to challenge inaccurate and discriminating representations of mental distress in the media.Click here for more information about this worthwhile cause.

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 29, 2008 ago

Richmond Rocks!

Michael Faulkner reports from the first performance of The Complete History of America (abridged) in Richmond, VA...Well, you'll all be happy to know that we opened the tour last night in Richmond, and Richmond has set the bar high. We've been Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 20, 2008 ago

US “America” Tour Opens!

The Reduced Shakespeare Company begins its 21-city Special Election Edition tour of The Complete History of America (abridged) this weekend in Richmond, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. Click here to see where we're coming near you! And listen to the Special Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 19, 2008 ago

RSC Travel Blogs!

Simon Cole blogs on behalf of fellow tour mates Jack Bennett, John Kielty, William Meredith, Neil Hobbs, and Mishi Bekesi, who are touring the UK in The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged). Greetings from the road and the first Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 15, 2008 ago

UK “Bible” Tour Opens!

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is off on its 53-city tour of Great Britain, performing its hit show The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) over three nights. To view the press release, click here.

By austin, 16 yearsSeptember 2, 2008 ago

RSC Attacks NPR’s “Character”

Not only did we reduce NPR's "In Character" series, we hacked onto National Public Radio's website, posting both an "unauthorized" blog entry and an exclusive web-only interview with NPR's Weekend Edition host Scott Simon. Read the blog, or listen to the Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsAugust 15, 2008 ago

Lisa Croke (1969-2008)

The Reduced Shakespeare Company lost a beloved member of its extended family recently. Lisa Croke, wife of RSC stalwart Matthew and mother of Haley, Kelly, and Molly, lost her three-year battle with cancer on July 23, 2008.Donations in Lisa's memory can Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsAugust 11, 2008 ago

“Fun From Tolstoy to Tolkien!” San Jose Reviews Are In!

Karen D'Souza of the San Jose Mercury News says "The wit really hits the fan!" in All The Great Books (abridged) at San Jose Repertory Theatre, calling it "the perfect remedial English class for those who don't know 'Walden' from Wal-Mart!" Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsJune 29, 2008 ago

Podcast Strikes Chord With Sound of Young America

The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast got a lovely and unexpected review from MaximumFun.org's The Sound of Young America podcast and blog. Colin Marshall devoted his entire "Podthoughts" column to a glowing review of all things RSC. He said: "It's quick, and it's Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsJune 3, 2008 ago

New Office Manager!

Alli Bostedt, a resident of Sonoma, California and our newest props and wardrobe person, has accepted the position of Office Manager for the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Previous office manager Kristin Jeffress has, in the words of our show "Completely Hollywood (abridged)", Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsMarch 22, 2008 ago

Check out the RSC Podcast!

Now in its second year, The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast continues to bring you reduced news, views, reviews, and previews. Sure to amuse! (And possibly confuse.)It's All Things Reduced!

By austin, 16 yearsDecember 5, 2007 ago

“The Week Reduced” Shoots Again

We'll be taping a second presentation (because the first one went so well!) of "The Week Reduced", a late night comedy show currently being considered by TBS."The Week Reduced", created by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, will be a weekly half-hour Read more…

By austin, 16 yearsOctober 29, 2007 ago

RSC On TV!

The RSC's on TV!! (Sort of.) We'll be taping a presentation of "The Week Reduced", a late night comedy show currently being considered by TBS on Wednesday night, September 26, 2007."The Week Reduced", created by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, will Read more…

By austin, 17 yearsSeptember 1, 2007 ago

Vote RSC in the PODCAST AWARDS!

Click here:www.podcastawards.comand nominate the RSC Podcast as Best Produced in the Arts Category. We'd like to say, "Vote early and vote often!" but multiple nominations in multiple categories will be disqualified. Stupid rules!Here are some more rules and regulations:You can nominate Read more…

By austin, 17 yearsJuly 1, 2007 ago