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
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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
May the Bard be with you! Tour dates here: completeworkstour.co.uk/complete-wor...
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
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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
Pretty sure we could hear you!
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: 2 panel cartoon. Panel 1: close up of a volume dial going past 11 to a caricature of Rob Reiner Panel 2: Spinal Tap in concert This one goes to Heaven.
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!
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Love that we're still used as a reference point for new...wait, "...the OLD Reduced Shakespeare Company"??? WTF??
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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
(After Chicago Shakes, "Paranormal Activity" travels to the Ahmanson in LA, ACT in SF, and the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, NONE OF WHOM I CAN TAG ON HERE. Come on, get with it, you guys.)
"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
