USA Spring Tour Dates
We have temporarily hung up our cleats and are drying out our socks after a winning tour of The Complete World of Sports (abridged) across the US and UK. But we’ll be back! Due to popular demand the...
View ArticleEpisode 320. Outlandish Bermuda Sports
We head back to the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts this week for the first time in over a decade and we’re very excited. Join us in our Yakima, WA hotel lobby as we sample the snacks and wine...
View ArticleMarch Madness! April Absurdity!
After a brief time-out, the Reduced Shakespeare Company take to the field once again with The Complete World of Sports (abridged). Whoop and holler and hurl your hotdog as we attempt to reduce every...
View ArticleEpisode 380. Sacrificing RSC Virgins
Veteran Bay Area actors Dodds Delzell and John Tichenor made their RSC debuts last week (performing Sports in Wisconsin) and talk about what it’s like to get called up to the Show. Featuring the...
View ArticleEpisode 397. Science Fiction Theatre
Science fiction as a genre isn’t particularly well-represented in the theatre, but playwright Michael Bernard is hoping to change all that. His play Alien The Family was recently presented at Sci-Fest:...
View ArticleEpisode 460. Remembering Yogi Berra
If Yogi Berra hadn’t existed, some writer would have had to create him. Arguably one of the greatest catchers, and certainly the greatest character to ever play the game, Yogi died recently at the age...
View ArticleEpisode 468. Shakespeare And Football
Peter Eramo is not only the Publicity and Marketing Manager for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, he’s also the commissioner of the Folger Fantasy Football League, which each year pits...
View ArticleEpisode 132. New Stage Show
“In this week’s EXCLUSIVE announcement, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor reveal the title of the next RSC Stage Show. Featuring what criteria were considered in making the decision, when it’s likely...
View ArticleANNOUNCING Our Next Stage Show!
If you listened to last week’s podcast (Episode 132. New Stage Show), you were among the very first people to hear the huge, ginormous subject matter that we’ll be reducing next.Our seventh stage show...
View ArticleEpisode 134. Our Writing Process
“Be a fly on the wall (albeit one with a very bad online connection) as Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor discuss how the writing of The Complete World of Sports (abridged) is going. Featuring insights...
View ArticleEpisode 142. Love The Research
“Deep in the depths of writing new shows leaves us deep in the depths of researching, too. Featuring details on how The Complete World of Sports (abridged) is progressing, appearances by the most...
View ArticleEpisode 149. The Clown Show
“Reed Martin returns to his comedy roots with The Clown Show, which he’s written and directed for Napa Valley College. Featuring potential new bits for our upcoming Sports show, the glory of great...
View ArticleEpisode 152. We’re Going Blu!
“We’re going blu! The Blumenthal Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, that is! But it prompts a discussion about the phrase “Family Friendly” and how (or whether) it applies to us. Featuring a wildly...
View ArticleEpisode 167. Festus Is Back!
“The old codgers from Hollywood mark the return of a beloved – but cut – character from our America show. Featuring other recycled characters from previous shows, further improvements to the first act...
View ArticleEpisode 175. Playwrights Who Direct
“Austin Tichenor and Reed Martin are writing The Complete World of Sports (abridged), which the Reduced Shakespeare Company will premiere in September 2010. But they’re in rehearsals now, directing a...
View ArticleEpisode 180. New Victory Tour
“Join us on a backstage tour of the New Victory Theatre in New York City, and go behind, below, and above the scenes. Featuring a rundown of the theater’s glorious and checkered history, mysterious...
View ArticleEpisode 183. Game or Sport?
“Is poker a sport? We ask veteran broadcaster Paul Harris, host of The Final Table Poker Radio Show, to share his expertise and insight. Featuring benchmarks and measurements, the dangers of time zone...
View ArticleEpisode 192. Baseball With Benefits
“The meaningless Sport vs. Game debate continues! Sportswriter and fantasy sports expert AJ Mass interviews us for his new book The Thrill of Vicarious Victory and shares with us his four categories of...
View ArticleEpisode 193. Reduced Rehearsal Barn
“The actors in the RSC’s newest show The Complete World of Sports (abridged) – Matt Rippy, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor – take a break from rehearsing (in this magnificent structure) to discuss how...
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