On 2/2, celebrate the RSC Podcast's 1000th episode with a LIVE RECORDING at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, where @austintichenor.bsky.social will interview Mick Napier & Jennifer Estlin, Annoyance's founder & exec director. JOIN US! @americantheatre.org Tix: theannoyance.thundertix.com/events/259355

On the Podcast this week: We end the year with the unabridged audio of our 1995 public radio broadcast, “The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas,” complete with one or two 30-year-old problematic jokes and racist accents. HEAR HERE! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/12/the-...

On the Pod: Jon Hudson Odom and Helen Joo Lee reveal how they bring 21st-century joy and identities to Dickens's iconic couple in this year's @goodmantheatre.bsky.social production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. God bless us, every one. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the Pod: A CHRISTMAS CAROL @goodmantheatre.bsky.social is in its 48th year & actor/musician Greg Hirte, who's been in it for 25 of those years, reveals why he keeps coming back year after year. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

Cartoon: "This one goes to Heaven." With thanks to @thegreatlukeski.bsky.social for the tribute idea :)

Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...

Love that we're still used as a reference point for new...wait, "...the OLD Reduced Shakespeare Company"??? WTF?? www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

THIS WEEK: Farah Karim-Cooper, director of the @folger.edu, discusses "All The World's Your Stage," her new book that explores Shakespeare's life and times through eight of his most famous plays, for readers of all ages. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

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

Very excited to be returning to the UK in 2026 with the show that started it all! #CompleteWorks #Shakespeare #CompleteShakespeare

“That’s too long for a play.” William Shakespeare

Director Malkia Stampley returns to the Podcast to discuss how A CHRISTMAS CAROL @goodmantheatre.bsky.social (which she's directing for the first time) changes every year to reflect the world we live in. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

The RSC Podcast celebrates its 19th unbroken year of weekly episodes by talking to playwright Andrew Moorhead, whose new office comedy "This Purple F***ing Pot" begins its limited off-Broadway run this week. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the Podcast: Improvised Shakespeare Company celebrates its 20th anniversary w/ performances in Chicago, LA, and all over the country, and founder Blaine Swen discusses how ISC outgrew its humble origins. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the pod: Our sweet celebration of the Good Book premiered with no controversy 30 years ago at the Kennedy Center. Can you imagine?? We reminisce and marvel at how times have changed…for the worse. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

"Paranormal Activity" @chicagoshakes.bsky.social is a GREAT new play with amazing scares and surprising depth. On the podcast, Shannon Cochran discusses how she came to be part of it, and the surprising niche she finds herself in. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the Podcast: Gerrad Alex Taylor discusses his world premiere adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM, opening 10/30 @artsatumbc.bsky.social, which combines Shakespeare and Langston Hughes to canonize the Black experience. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the Podcast: Danielle Davis & Bri Sudia discuss how the Q Brothers' ROME SWEET ROME @chicagoshakes.bsky.social, a musical comedy about the unintended consequences of political violence feels more necessary than ever. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

More podcast chat with RSC college buddy Nina Ruscio, who shares stories of designing the Emmy-winning Best Drama THE PITT and working with (Emmy-winning!) star and exec producer Noah Wyle. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/09/nina...

On the Podcast: Nina Ruscio discusses her journey from designing @austintichenor.bsky.social's college musical to designing the biggest (in every way) show on television. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/09/desi...

On the Podcast: Playwright James Sherman discusses his new play about TV icon Gertrude Berg, now having its world premiere at Chicago's Northlight Theatre. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/09/tele...

Second City veterans Joe Liss and Dee Ryan talk about their improv horror parody MISERY LOVES COMPANY, which they're taking to the Rochester Fringe Festival 9/12 & 14. It's a cockadoodie good time! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/08/mise...

The great James Shapiro - author, educator, & Shakespeare consultant for New York's Public Theater - discusses his work, what he learns from actors, and how we turn to Shakespeare to understand the stakes of what's happening around us. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!

Well, this is exciting. Coming in January from @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/shakespea...

The delightful @madplays.bsky.social returns to the RSC Podcast to discuss her funny new drama DHABA ON DEVON AVENUE, now having its world premiere at Chicago's Writers Theatre (in a co-pro with TimeLine Theatre). HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

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...

On the pod: @austintichenor.bsky.social talks about doing CORIOLANUS next Monday with Chicago's Back Room Shakespeare Project and embodying their ethos of "Serious actors. No director. One rehearsal. In a bar." HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

On the Podcast: Actor Jon Glaser ("Parks & Recreation") talks about turning his comedy album "Jon Glaser's Soothing Meditations for the Solitary Dog" into a live show that partners with orgs & shelters that support dogs & their owners. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!

On the Podcast: @bethwolf.bsky.social, founding AD of Chicago's Midsommer Flight, reveals how this summer's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST is the perfect Shakespeare comedy for this moment. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/05/mids...

Looking for a great rainy day watch? 🌧️@austintichenor.bsky.social of @reduced.bsky.social Company revisits "Chimes at Midnight" as the film turns 60. 🔔 🎂 www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

On this week's RSC Podcast, we reminisce about filming "The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (abridged)" – gulp – 25 years ago, and the impact and legacy it continues to have. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/05/film...

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

Playwrights Reed Martin & @austintichenor.bsky.social explain how they write their scripts by focusing on things that are funny to - and sometimes ONLY to - them. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/04/funn...

This week's podcast is ready to go, but website glitches are preventing me from uploading! Thank you for having more patience than I do at this moment.

Shakespeare conducting all his characters, by the great @lartist.bsky.social. Happy 461st birthday, Will!!

409 years ago TODAY, William Shakespeare himself spoke to Tony Dean, creator and host of the Calling History Podcast, who explains how he finally bagged the immortal Bard to be his guest! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/04/will...

What's so damn special about Shakespeare anyway? Improviser Liz Allen learns how, even though she's missed the Shakespeare boat, she can still catch it on this week's RSC Podcast. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/04/conn...

You’re welcome, @thwildkat15.bsky.social!

It's a beautiful spring #throwupthursday! It would have been around this time of year in 1991 or 1992 that a rare thing happened: Reed Martin worked the #RenaissancePleasureFaire in Devore, CA. Backstage just before *Hamlet.* The time: Night, obvs! @reduced.bsky.social

Author Julie Hammonds discusses her debut novel BLUE MOUNTAIN ROSE, a love letter to theatre artists & summer-stock Shakespeare, on this week's RSC Podcast. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.bsky.social @julie-blue.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/04/blue...

On the Podcast: Tom Berger of @7agestheatricals.bsky.social, discusses directing @austintichenor.bsky.social's adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's NYT bestselling novel FOOL. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/04/fool...

Stick around after so at least one of us ( @austintichenor.bsky.social ) can say hi!

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.

Redtwist Theatre co-A.D. Dusty Brown & @annesheridansmith.bsky.social, who plays TITUS ANDRONICUS, discuss how the production plays in their tiny space and how it'll be followed by GARY, Taylor Mac's clowny sequel. HEAR HERE! @americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/03/stor...

Rounded off a great #SAA2025 by having lots of fun @reduced.bsky.social “The Comedy of Hamlet” today, which incl. a Q&A between the cast and Dr Ronan Hatfull (pictured) 🎭

Chicago's Tony-winning Lookingglass Theatre is back with a new show, a welcoming new public space, and new artistic director Kasey Foster, who joins us on this week's RSC Podcast. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.bsky.social www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/03/welc...

People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups