Reduced Shakespeare Co's COMPLETE WORKS Closes at the Lyceum 6/20

Experience all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays in just 97 minutes! SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE is thrilled to welcome THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE Company Back to San Diego to present the show that started it all- THE COMPLETE WORKS OF William Shakespeare (abridged)! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, this hilarious comedy was London's longest-running comedy and played for 10 years at the Criterion Theatre.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF William Shakespeare (abridged) features performances by the show's creators REEd Martin and AUSTIN TICHENOR, as well as MATT RIPPY, MICK ORFE and MICHAEL FAULKNER. Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. Performances will be held on THE LYCEUM STAGE from JUNE 11-13 and JUNE 18-20, 2010.

THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S THE COMPLETE WORKS OF William Shakespeare (abridged)
June 11-13, 2010 Starring ReEd Martin, Austin Tichenor and Matt Rippy
June 18-20, 2010 Starring Mick Orfe, Michael Faulkner and Matt Rippy
The Lyceum Stage
Performance Schedule: Fridays 8pm
Saturdays 2pm and 8pm
Sunday 2pm
Ticket Prices: $25
Lyceum Box Office: 79 Horton Plaza
(619) 544-1000

Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness. The RSC cannot be held responsible for expectant mothers.

THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY is famous for taking long, serious subjects and reducing them into short, sharp comedies. Since its pass-the-hat origins in 1981, the RSC has created six world-renowned stage shows, four TV programs, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF William Shakespeare (abridged) will star:
REEd Martin (Writer, Performer, Managing Partner) was last seen at the Lyceum Theatre during the hilarious comedy The Complete History Of America (abridged). He is a native of Sonoma, CA and graduated from Sonoma Valley High School, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, The Bill Kinnamon School of Professional Umpire Training and Clown College. Prior to joining the RSC in 1989, he was a clown with Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus where he spent two years "frightening children and smelling of elephants." Reed also co-created and performed in the original productions of The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged), The Complete History of America (abridged), Western Civilization: The Complete Musical (abridged), All The Great Books (abridged), and Completely Hollywood (abridged). He also contributed additional material to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).

AUSTIN TICHENOR (Writer, Performer, Managing Partner) was also seen at the Lyceum Theatre during erforming The Complete History Of America (abridged). With two degrees from UC Berkeley and one from Boston University, he served as Associate Producing Director of the American Stage Festival in Milford, NH, writing over 20 plays and musicals for young audiences, as well as directing summer-stocky things like The Foreigner and Jesus Christ Superstar. Fortunately, children's theatre, summer-stock Shakespeare and puppets proved to be the ideal training ground for the RSC, which he joined in 1992. Austin created the roles of The Conspirator Guy, Moses, Adolph Hitler, the World's Ugliest Rhinemaiden, Don Quixote, and Lucas Butch Cassidy Rowdy Rooster Sundance Jennifer McShane in the Complete (abridged) shows he also co-wrote. He also collaborated with Reed on the definitive compendium of Shakespearean scholarship Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged); and his play for young audiences Dancing on the Ceiling is published by Broadway Play Publishing. He also produces and hosts the podcast award-nominated Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast.

MATT RIPPY (Performer, Director, Web Master) ran away with the Reduced Shakespeare Company Back in 1996. He has appeared onstage with the RSC in the West End as well as various tours in the US and UK. Rippy acts as the RSC Web Master and from time to time he acts as director. His film credits include Day of the Dead, Boogeyman 3 and The Dark Knight. Rippy knows one day he must grow up and act like an adult, but in the meantime he'll just keep hangin' out with the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

MICHAEL FAULKNER (Performer/Additional Material Books) was last seen at the Lyceum Theatre in 2007 during the fire and brimstone comedy The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged). Prior to joining the Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2001, he was an accomplished classically-trained actor. Since joining the RSC he has contributed additional material to the fifth show in the canon, All the Great Books (abridged), appeared with the RSC on "Jeopardy" and NPR's "Day to Day." Other accomplishments include his role as loving husband; producer of some award-nominated podcasts; numerous commercials and small roles in television shows such as Strong Medicine, Angel, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

MICK ORFE (Performer) has appeared in several films, including Eraser, Ready To Rumble, and Bedazzled, in which he "frightened Elizabeth Hurley by staring at her too long (at the craft services table, not in the movie)." On television, he's been seen on Mad TV, Threat Matrix, Cold Case and Strong Medicine. Theatrically, Mick has appeared in numerous actual Shakespeare plays (as opposed to "reduced" ones). He's also been in Blue Jacket: The Epic Outdoor Drama, as well as the National Tour of the Obie-award-winning Freedom Train: The Harriet Tubman Story. Mick graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in "Waiting Tables."

William Shakespeare (Dead Playwright) supposedly wrote some, most, or all of the 36 plays published in the "First Folio" as well as Pericles, Two Noble Kinsmen, and reams of poetry. He must have been an interesting guy to have written all those keen plays, but there is no evidence that he was fun at parties, handy around the house, or even good at Chinese checkers. The RSC claims that were Shakespeare alive today, he would not only approve of their interpretations of his plays, but would also go bowling with them after the show.

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