The Reduced Shakespeare Company

09/22/2026

Very sad news today. Our founder Daniel Singer has died.

It is with unbearable sadness that we inform our amazing fandom that Complete Works co-author Daniel Rover Singer has passed away after a nearly year and a half long battle with cancer.

It was 45 years ago this summer that Daniel stood up on the Inn Yard stage at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire North and, in his resonant baritone, announced auditions for a half hour version of Hamlet — and changed the course of theater history.

The combination of kindness, gentle subversiveness, humor, boundless energy, spontaneity, and an infectious love of fun that were his personal attributes were also the foundations of The Reduced Shakespeare Company and of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) — both much imitated, but never equaled.

Our sincere condolences to his uncountable friends and admirers, and most especially to his loving and beloved partner, Cal.

08/28/2026

Numbers are down all over the Edinburgh Fringe on this rainy closing weekend, so here's some final incentive to see Dee Ryan's BROADGUESS (part of the Free Fringe so it's Pay What You Can) and Doherty & Mobley's DOGBERRY & VERGES ARE SCARED – featuring our own Austin Tichenor – which is offering HALF-OFF TIX with the code word TROUT at the door. Both shows close Sunday. Spread the word!!

08/15/2026

Austin reminisces about his son's stage debut as he and Reed celebrate 45 years of RSC memories on this week's Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast. Watch the whole conversation on YouTube (link in comments) or listen wherever you get your podcasts!

08/08/2026

We're not performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, but several RSC alumni are!!

* Austin Tichenor is in "Dogberry & Verges Are Scared," a hilarious riff on both Tom Stoppard and "Much Ado About Nothing" that plays every afternoon but Mondays at 3:35 at C Venue Aurora.

* Dee Ryan plays her interactive solo comedy "Broadguess" every morning but Mondays at 10:45 at the Counting House Loft.

* Joseph Maudsley returns to the Fringe with his very funny unauthorized parody "Biff to the Future," performing every day at 12:50 at the Assembly George Square.

* And David Ellis returns in the Fringe favorite "Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®," this time drunkenly performing "Hamlet" at 10:15pm.

SEEK THEM OUT!!

08/08/2026

1st RSC performance 8/8/81.
Happy 45th anniversary to us!!

07/20/2026

We may not have Bill Irwin, but get an eye-full of our Cyclops from "The Idioddity" in ALL THE GREAT BOOKS (abridged)! Catch us in 2027 around the country and at Merrimack Repertory Theatre!

07/06/2026

Our UK Tour of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" that began in February finishes this week at the York Theatre Royal. Don't miss it!

The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a new version of the West End classic – rebooted and reimagined for 2026.

04/23/2026

Happy Birthday, W***y! We talk to Brian Isaac Phillips, artistic director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, about what audiences might discover in their new production of PERICLES.

04/12/2026

Sold out performance of “All the Great Books (abridged)” tonight in Holland MI!

“Literature's greatest hits condensed into a ninety-minute roller-coaster ride of hilarity" Atlanta Journal-Constitution

04/10/2026

WHO IS SHAKESPEARE'S BEST CHARACTER? Our elite panel of judges – along with all the fans who posted their Top 3 characters – decide once and for all in this year's Ides of March Madness tournament field of 64! Watch the whole epic conversation here, and express your outrage, cheers, and disappointment in the comments below.

WHO IS SHAKESPEARE'S BEST CHARACTER? DeeDee Batteast, Nate Cohen, Elizabeth Dennehy, and Gregory Linington – noted Shakespeareans all – join host Austin Tich...