About Us

Since its pass-the-hat origins in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created ten world-renowned stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company’s itinerary has included stops off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London’s West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, as well as performances in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Singapore and Bermuda, plus countless civic and university venues throughout the USA, the UK, and Europe.
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Upcoming Tour Dates

USA

Date City Venue
Tour: The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)
Nov 21 2026 Reston, VA Center Stage, Reston Community Center
Time: 3:00 pm. Address: 2310 Colts Neck Rd, Reston. Venue phone: 703-476-4500. Buy Tickets
Nov 21 2026 Reston, VA Center Stage, Reston Community Center
Time: 7:00 pm. Address: 2310 Colts Neck Rd, Reston. Venue phone: 703-476-4500. Buy Tickets
Tour: All the Great Books (abridged)
Jan 29 2027 Clemson, SC Clemson University- Brooks Center
Time: 7:30 pm. Address: 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson. Venue phone: 864-656-7787. Buy Tickets
Feb 24 2027 - Mar 14 2027 Lowell, MA Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Time: 7:00 pm. Address: 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell, MA 01852-2208. Venue phone: 978-654-4MRT. Buy Tickets
Tour: The Comedy of Hamlet! (a prequel)
Apr 22 2027 Brunswick, GA Center for the Arts
Time: 7:30 pm. Address: One College Drive Brunswick, GA 31520. Venue phone: 912-279-5700. Buy Tickets
Apr 24 2027 Wilmington, NC Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Time: 7:30 pm. Address: 310 Chestnut Street Wilmington. Venue phone: 910-632-2285. Buy Tickets
Tour: All the Great Books (abridged)
May 22 2027 Flint, MI Whiting Center
Time: 7:00 pm. Address: 1025 E. Kearsley St., Flint. Venue phone: 810-237-7333. Buy Tickets

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

The world's longest-running theater podcast!

Latest podcasts:

Kennedy Center Memories

The Reduced Shakespeare Company joins those fighting to save Washington DC's Kennedy Center from those who would destroy it. RSC artistic directors Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor share their favorite memories of the eight summers they performed in the KenCen's Terrace Theater; the celebrities whose paths they crossed; the many opportunities that came their way as a result of performing in our nation's capital; how we ended up performing both on National Public Radio and at the White House; the identities of the Reduced Shakespeare Company Dancers; jokes and bits we weren’t allowed to do; encounters with amazing seeing-eye dogs; the definitive demonstration of the phenomenon known as "Second-Night Letdown;" a rare award nomination for Best New Play; preserving the true legacy of the Kennedy Center's artistry over at @OurKennedyCenter; and the extraordinary artists whose company the RSC is proud to share. (Length 25:41)

Austin’s ‘Puritans’ Talkback

The Greeley (CO) Garage Sale Theatre hosted a talkback during the closing weekend of Austin Tichenor's play Puritans, and the cast, director Daniel Mothershed, and playwright took questions from an audience that included over a dozen theatre students from Frontier Academy. Austin and the cast share how the play combines autobiographical with fictional elements; how hard it is to pretend characters from other time periods aren't there; how hard it is to understand our past; how multiple generations can be in conversation with each other; how the playwright's a sucker for epic multi-generational family epics; how Puritans evolved from a novel into a play; how characters in a play – even ones based on real people – become automatically fictional with their own narrative imperatives; and how a play about multiple generations appeals to multiple generations. (Length 25:26)

Playing To Learn

Longtime full-time teacher and longtime part-time improviser Kate Wiersema talks about her very fun and incredibly helpful book Playing to Learn: Using Improv in the K-8 Classroom, which creates suggestions and games that provide a "structure for fun" in the classroom. Kate shares how these games and tools can be used for curriculum as well as emotional learning; how these tools require no extra supplies and help build a sense of community; how learning can be collaborative rather than adversarial; how they can help get out of the rote of everything becoming "standardized;" the importance of combating ‘boy syndrome;’ the value of someone stepping up and being the “And;” and further examples – if more were needed – that illustrate why Improv Is Magic. Lives are being changed! (Length 20:17)

Get in Touch

US & Canada Bookings

Larry Kosson @ kossontalent.com

UK Bookings

John Terry @ chippingnortontheatre.com

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