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Episode 581. Reagan And Gorbachev
The Goodman Theatre in Chicago's latest production, a world premiere by Rogelio Martinez called Blind Date, chronicles the courtship and ultimate conference in Geneva between American president Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union general secretary Mikhail G...
Episode 580. Redeeming Time Project
“I’ll so offend to make offense a skill, Redeeming Time when men think least I will.” — William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I Kate Powers is the creator and artistic director of the Redeeming Time Project,
Episode 579. Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries
Anne Morgan is the literary manager of the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA, which has created the “Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries” project, a ground-breaking undertaking to discover, develop, and produce a new canon of 38 plays inspired b...
Episode 578. Shakespeare In Prague
Back in October of 2017, we had the great good fortune of visiting Prague Shakespeare Company in the beautiful Czech Republic, and we got to speak with Jared Doreck, Steve Josephson, and John Boston, the cast of PSC's production of William Shakespeare'...
Episode 577. Thanks, Robert Siegel
Long-time journalist and host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered Robert Siegel retired last week. Robert was the man who first brought the Reduced Shakespeare Company on to the NPR airwaves in 1994 and introduced us to the largest America...
Episode 576. Some Personal Time
We're back! After a two-week holiday break, we return to our weekly schedule of the RSC Podcast -- now in its twelfth night year! After taking some quality personal time, Austin considers whether the podcast should shift its format or focus; reviews ot...
Episode 575. Northern California Fires
Lifelong Sonoma, California resident Reed Martin was forced to evacuate his home in October, along with his family and thousands of others, because of the devastating wildfires that destroyed almost 250,000 acres,
Episode 574. The Stupidest Angel
’Tis the season! Christopher Moore, the author of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal; Fool; The Serpent of Venice; Sacre Bleu; The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove: and the upcoming Noir,
Episode 573. Heminges & Condell
In her new play The Book of Will, Lauren Gunderson imagines what Shakespeare’s fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell had to accomplish to publish the First Folio, the first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.
Episode 573. Heminges & Condell
In her new play The Book of Will, Lauren Gunderson imagines what Shakespeare’s fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell had to accomplish to publish the First Folio, the first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.