Ep 180 - Shakespearean Villains

Is The Batman a Hamlet story? The Joker an Iago? I’m joined by
Austin Tichenor (he/him), artistic director of the award winning
Reduced Shakespeare Company as we talk about the Bard’s approach to
villains, and storytelling in general, and how we see those same
themes in the stories we love today.

Austin Tichenor (he/him) is an actor, playwright, and the artistic
director of the award winning Reduced Shakespeare Company. An
intellectual welterweight, Austin remains disappointingly average
despite three expensive degrees (two from UC Berkeley and one from
Boston University). An intellectual welterweight, Austin remains
disappointingly average despite three expensive degrees (two from
UC Berkeley and one from Boston University).

He blogs monthly for the Folger Shakespeare Library (where you can
find his article on The Batman and Hamlet) and since 2006 has
produced and hosted the world’s longest running weekly theater
podcast, the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast. Recent
directorial credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Starling
Shakespeare Company, Twelfth Night for Cincinnati Shakespeare
Company, William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) for
the Folger Shakespeare Theater, and Much Ado about Nothing for
Pacific theater. As an actor, Austin has logged many hours on
episodic television, playing recurring roles on 24, Allias,
Felicity, Ally McBeal, and The Practice as well as guest starring
as Guys in Ties on The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, The X-Files, E.R.,
NYPD Blue, and shoes like them. He also offers his services as a
writing and acting coach at The Shakespeareance.

He collaborated with Reed Martin on Pop-Up Shakespeare (illustrated
by Jennie Maizels) and the definitive compendium of Shakespearean
scholarship Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the
Attention-Impaired (abridged).

Co-Artistic Director, Reduced Shakespeare Company
https://www.reducedshakespeare.com/

Creator, The Shakespeareance
https://www.theshakespeareance.com/

Producer/Host, Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast
https://www.reducedshakespeare.com/podcasts/

Monthly Contributor, Folger Shakespeare Library
https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/author/austin-tichenor/


Plays at Broadway Play Publishing -
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