Carey Perloff discusses her glorious production of Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt" and how they worked to reshape it so it can be done – and more importantly, SEEN – by American theatergoers. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/06/dire...

"Theatre's a conversation," "Narrative emerges," and other obersvations as Cory Hardin tells us about IMPROV: THE PLAY at IO Theatre in Chicago. On this week's RSC Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

A clip from this week's podcast chat with Lucky Stiff and Helen Joo Lee, who each play "David" in the @goodmantheatre.bsky.social production of David Byrne's and Mala Gaonkar's THEATRE OF THE MIND, now running through July 12. Listen via the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

PERICLES @cincyshakes.bsky.social boldly goes where no Pericles has gone before, and AD Brian Isaac Phillips discusses his serious not spoofy treatment of Shakespeare's underrated Romance on this week's RSC Podcast. @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/04/scie...

I think right after TAX day in the US, we could all use a Shakespearean laugh. Here it is, from @reduced.bsky.social : The complete Guide for the Attention Impaired. It’s. hilarious, and you’ll love it. Even if you hate #Shakespeare, you’ll love this book. Enjoy!

WHO IS SHAKESPEARE'S BEST CHARACTER? Our elite panel of judges (plus some fan voting) determines the winner in this year's IDES OF MARCH MADNESS tournament bracket...and the answer may surprise you! youtu.be/hsL5eseJ-4s?...

On the Podcast: Ben Crystal talks about his friendly guide SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary and which Ben is taking into the social media space (though not B'sky, apparently). HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/04/shak...

Thanks for coming! Tell both your friends!

THIS WEEK: Podcast Whisperer Matthew Croke returns to discuss the current state of podcasting and how we're boldly going where so many have gone before – into video. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/04/rsc-...

"Back in the UK, back in the UK, back in the U-oo-oo K!!" www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN! Our elite panel of judges debates the merits of Shakespeare’s top 64 characters in the first two rounds of this year’s Ides of March Madness tournament! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/03/ides...

On the Podcast: Mike Tucker, head of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation @cssf-uk.bsky.social, reveals his youthful beauty tips PLUS why Shakespeare specifically, and theatre generally, is not a luxury, but a training-ground for democracy. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!

Now on YouTube, Ronan Hatfull discusses his new book "Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company," the 1st full-length study of...US! RSC fans can get a 35% discount by applying code RSC at the publisher's website (link in replies). @americantheatre.org youtu.be/vR_VwkgY1rQ?...

Braving the snow to see @reduced.bsky.social perform All the Great Books (Abridged) with favorite @austintichenor.bsky.social.

“And thus, the whirligig of time…”

Out today! 'Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company' by Ronan Hatfull is the first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company @reduced.bsky.social, exploring the troupe’s four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades. https://bit.ly/4rs1wLU

On this week's Podcast: Meet the new RSC actors setting off to perform "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" in 29 cities across the UK, starting TONIGHT! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/02/new-...

To celebrate our 1000th podcast, we've put the whole live conversation up on YouTube. Here, Annoyance Theatre founder Mick Napier confesses the double-edged sword of their breakout hit "Co-Ed Prison Sluts: The Musical." Watch the whole thing here! youtu.be/KzxAQBBm8HE?...

It's the 1000th episode of the world's oldest weekly theatre podcast. To celebrate, we chat with Mick Napier (Exit 57) and Jennifer Estlin, the founding artistic and executive director of Chicago's groundbreaking Annoyance Theatre. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

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)!