The Reduced Shakespeare Company

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...

03/30/2026

"Back in the UK, back in the UK, back in U-oo-oo K!!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – The Guardian
Link to UK tour dates in the comments!

The Reduced Shakespeare Company returns with a frantic mix of pratfalls, audience participation and lightning-flash characterisations

03/18/2026

It. Has. Come. Down. To. This. RSC co-artistic director Austin Tichenor is joined by actors, directors, coaches, and Shakespeareans DeeDee Batteast, Elizabeth Dennehy, Gregory Linington, and director/mathemagician Nate Cohen to decide Shakespeare's Best Character in our (mostly) annual Ides of March...

03/13/2026

IT. HAS. COME. DOWN. TO. THIS!

Behold your field of 64 of William Shakespeare's Best Characters! Did your favorite make the tournament? Who will emerge triumphant? Listen to the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast next week to find out!

03/02/2026

We’re going to record another epic bracket breakdown for the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, and we want you to weigh in!

02/26/2026

NOW ON YOUTUBE! On this special episode of the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, Professor Ronan Hatfull discusses his new book "Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company", the very first full-length study of...US! RSC fans can find a 35% discount code in the comments.

Professor Ronan Hatfull literally wrote the book on the Reduced Shakespeare Company. His new book from Bloomsbury/Arden – "Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduce...

02/20/2026

An entire book exclusively about The Reduced Shakespeare Company was published yesterday? Clearly there is no accounting for taste.

02/19/2026

Meet the new RSC actors now touring the UK in "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" on this week's Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast! Listen via the link in the coments or wherever you get your podcasts.