Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast


Latest Episodes

Advice For Actors
December 30, 2019

For the last podcast of the decade, we answer the two biggest questions we're regularly asked: What advice do you have for young actors; and when will you tour the UK again?! Featuring advice both practical and philosophical; tips for auditioning; advi...

The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas
December 23, 2019

Your new holiday tradition! The complete (unabridged) recording of The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas, produced by Connie Blaszczyk for Public Radio International in 1995, which has been unavailable for years and features Adam Long,

Director Robert Falls (Part 2)
December 16, 2019

This week we continue our conversation with Robert Falls, the Tony-winning artistic director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In addition to being well-known for directing classics like Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Eugene O’Neill’s The Ice...

Director Robert Falls
December 09, 2019

Robert Falls is the Tony-winning artistic director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and after talking with several actors from his productions of Death of a Salesman (left), The Iceman Cometh, The Winter’s Tale, and Enemy of the People,

Holy Land Hamlet
December 02, 2019

It's a podcast bar mitzvah! The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast became a man last week when it celebrated its 13th birthday while we were performing Hamlet's Big Adventure! (a prequel) in Israel. To honor that special occasion,

Red Fox Theatre
November 25, 2019

Playwright Ellen Margolis (left )saw the Red Fox Theatre production of Catch of the Day (short-listed for Best Musical at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe) and the experience of seeing it was as wonderful as the show itself.

Romeo And Juliet
November 18, 2019

The current Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production of Romeo And Juliet completely reinvigorates Shakespeare's most famous play, emphasizing frequently overlooked themes and giving events an intense urgency that accentuates both the comedy and the trage...

Steadfast Tin Soldier
November 11, 2019

The Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago is remounting Mary Zimmerman's production of The Steadfast Tin Soldier this holiday season, and the Tony-winning director and adapter herself talks to us about how the show came to life.

Standup Vs. Improv
November 04, 2019

Liz Allen is an improviser and teacher who, among other things, coached the improv team in Mike Birbiglia’s film Don’t Think Twice. Liz's trip to the Mayo Clinic became an existential crisis that caused her to reflect on her work and career,

Shakespeare Rocks Tonight
October 28, 2019

Shakespeare rocks every night, of course, but especially on Lou Carlozo's new album By Me & William Shakespeare, a collection of songs in a variety of styles set to the words of the immortal dramatist poet.