Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, will present a workshop on improvisational and physical comedy from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. There is no cost, but seating is limited to 25 people and participants must preregister online at .
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies. The 鈥淏ad Boys of Abridgment鈥� have created nine stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots, and numerous radio pieces 鈥� all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company鈥檚 itinerary has included stops off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London鈥檚 West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal鈥檚 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.
The company鈥檚 first three shows, 鈥淭he Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),鈥� 鈥淭he Complete History of America (abridged)鈥� and 鈥淭he Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)鈥� ran for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus. They were London鈥檚 longest-running comedies, and the RSC had more shows running in the West End than Andrew Lloyd Webber. They were also funnier.
大象传媒 Western will present a production of 鈥淭he Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)鈥� Dec. 10-13 in the Kemper Recital Hall as part of the 2015-2016 Theatre Season.
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