Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 279. The Sebastiani Theatre
April 09, 2012

Long-time RSC fans recognize the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma, CA as the location for our "Complete History of America (abridged)" DVD. This week we talk to Roger Rhoten, the proprietor, programmer, and manager of this classic old movie palace, and he gi

Episode 278. Home Field Disadvantage
April 02, 2012

Most of our performances are Away games, but every couple of years we get to play a Home game. It's almost always a mixed blessing and this most recent performance at the Sebastiani Theatre was more mixed than most. Featuring swamp coolers, detachable ba

Episode 277. Thoughts On Branding
March 26, 2012

Noted theatrical pundit, blogger, and arts marketing consultant Howard Sherman discusses the art and tricky nature of self-promotion. Featuring the importance of performers making themselves a 'product', the ideal ways to use social media to promote the b

Episode 276. How We Write
March 20, 2012

Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor talk about how they create the RSC's "Complete (abridged)" shows, and reveal their ideal writing surroundings, how they come up with their ideas, and where in the world favorite scenes were actually composed. Featuring advi

Episode 275. Actor Dennis Parlato
March 12, 2012

LIVE! From the windblown roof terrace of the Kennedy Center, veteran actor Dennis Parlato talks about how he followed his artistic dreams, caught them, and wrestled them to the ground. Featuring tales of auditioning for Bob Fosse, what dancing with "reneg

Episode 274. How We Tour
March 05, 2012

LIVE! from US Interstate Highway 91, en route from Stowe VT to Reston VA, we talk about how touring has changed over the years, sometimes for the better and sometimes not. Featuring unpaid endorsements, tips on long-drive-time-killing, unauthorized Michae

Episode 273. Audition Glory Stories
February 27, 2012

Audition glory this week, both the ones we won and the ones that got away. We share tales of auditions that went spectacularly well and gloriously bad, and talk about how to shake it off, survive in the room, and live to audition another day. Featuring di

Episode 272. Meet Olivia Williams
February 20, 2012

Star of stage and screens both large and small Olivia Williams talks to RSC UK member John Schwab about what it's like to work with such writer/director/auteurs such as Neil LaBute (In A Forest Dark and Deep), M. Night Shymalan (The Sixth Sense), Wes And

Episode 271. Broadway’s Brad Oscar
February 13, 2012

LIVE! from famed Broadway eatery Joe Allen: Brad Oscar, who always wanted to act in Broadway musicals, talks about living the dream as a Tony-nominated actor playing great roles on Broadway and around the country. Brad discusses his training, his breaks,

Episode 270. Time Travel Tales
February 06, 2012

In honor of Groundhog Day last week, we swap favorite time travel stories with fellow nerd AJ Mass that run the gamut from Ray Bradbury, Jack Finney, and Stephen Fry to Eliza Dushku and Ashton Kucher. Featuring nods to precision, romance, 12 monkeys, g