Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

The world’s longest-running theatre podcast, which Broadway World calls “one of the Top

Episodes

Total: 317

West Texas Weirs

2024/9/24

Actor and comedian Stephnie Weir (Mad TV, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) discusses the origins of her one-woma

They keep writing American history so we have to keep reducing it! Playwrights Reed Martin and Austi

Novelist Louis Bayard’s new book The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts, depicts the fateful weekend in 18

Writer and actor Mitchell Bisschop discusses his new one-man show Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago

Remembering Jerry Kernion

2024/8/27

We remember longtime RSC colleague Jerry Kernion, who passed away last week after a short illness. J

Director Sara Holdren

2024/8/19

Sara Holdren is not just one of the best theatre critics out there, she's a director as well wh

Tools Not Rules

2024/8/13

Actor, director, and educator Rob Myles, co-creator of The Show Must Go Online, talks about how adhe

The best of America comes to Chicago this month as Dee Ryan (The Office, Second City, the RSC's

Playwright Alice Scovell (The Rewards of Being Frank) discusses her new comedy Kindred Spirits, a se

Anne Curzan Says

2024/7/23

Linguistics professor and podcast host Anne Curzan talks about her new book Says Who? A Kinder, Funn

Lili-Anne Brown directs the fabulously funny and moving Writers Theatre production of Katori Hall&#0

Independent Shakespeare Company celebrates its 20th anniversary of producing free Shakespeare in the

Who doesn’t love a romcom? David Rhee and Wai Yim discuss Zac Efron, their sweet and very funny roma

The Bard’s Book

2024/6/24

Ann Bausum, the author of The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shak

Artist, author, and illustrator Gary Andrews (Finding Joy, Drawing on Shakespeare, Daisy the Littles

Mark Nutter and Tom Wolfe bring their special blend of comedy and music to an evening entitled “Anot

Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, a powerful, warm-hearted, and surprisingly funny

Daniel Breaker (Billions, Girls5eva) is appearing in Judgment Day in its world premiere at Chicago S

Improviser, improv coach, and "ensemble whisperer" Liz Allen discusses her one-person show Tonight,

Scott Silberstein, the co-founder and executive producer of HMS Media, talks about filming Lookinggl