Austin Tichenor
@austintichenor.bsky.social
Actor/Author. POP-UP SHAKESPEARE; FOOL (adaptation); COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel); DAISY THE LITTLEST ZOMBIE. Writer @folger.edu. A.D. @reduced.bsky.social + host of world's longest-running theatre podcast.
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1st Christmas in 30 years with no kids in the house. Yet @daisytich still woke us up yesterday morning with a FaceTime call and @quincetagram checked in from his honeymoon on the other side of the world. Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day to you and your family, wherever you/they are!
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
1st Christmas in 30 years with no kids in the house. Yet @daisytich still woke us up yesterday morning with a FaceTime call and @quincetagram checked in from his honeymoon on the other side of the world. Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day to you and your family, wherever you/they are!
Losing loved ones at the holidays sucks. My Dad died 10yrs ago today and 2 days ago we lost Pat Finn, the funniest and kindest actor in the history of the biz. He and Dee Second City’d together and he was like family to all who knew him. Sending love to his actual family and his MANY friends.
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Losing loved ones at the holidays sucks. My Dad died 10yrs ago today and 2 days ago we lost Pat Finn, the funniest and kindest actor in the history of the biz. He and Dee Second City’d together and he was like family to all who knew him. Sending love to his actual family and his MANY friends.
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"if we need that extra push over the cliffs of insanity"
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"if we need that extra push over the cliffs of insanity"
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My 1st book. 2 bucks. www.amazon.com/dp/B000GCFBY...
Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove Book 1)
Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove Book 1) - Kindle edition by Moore, Christopher. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove Book 1).
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December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My 1st book. 2 bucks. www.amazon.com/dp/B000GCFBY...
Time to bust out these classics again, to celebrate the early work of two legends, one miraculously still alive, the other taken from us tragically senselessly infuriatingly far too soon. #RobReiner #DickVanDyke #PhysicalMediaRules
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Time to bust out these classics again, to celebrate the early work of two legends, one miraculously still alive, the other taken from us tragically senselessly infuriatingly far too soon. #RobReiner #DickVanDyke #PhysicalMediaRules
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
At the risk of being That Guy (who am I kidding? I am That Guy) after having played Richard Burbage in Lauren Gunderson’s BOOK OF WILL, I was thrown out of the movie HAMNET when I saw Shakespeare’s Hamlet was played, not by Burbage, but by the actual actor playing the role in the movie! Just me?
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At the risk of being That Guy (who am I kidding? I am That Guy) after having played Richard Burbage in Lauren Gunderson’s BOOK OF WILL, I was thrown out of the movie HAMNET when I saw Shakespeare’s Hamlet was played, not by Burbage, but by the actual actor playing the role in the movie! Just me?
Always worth a re-read.
A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(🎨 by @briannaduggan.bsky.social)
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(🎨 by @briannaduggan.bsky.social)
A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
Only one movie has ever managed to recreate that uniquely Dickens magic, achieving it not so much through adaptation as through transmutation.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Always worth a re-read.
In fairness, this guy knows all about not being suited for world-class diplomacy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that sans serif fonts aren’t suited for world-class diplomacy and ordered the department to drop Calibri in favor of Times New Roman, reversing a Biden-era policy intended to help employees who are visually impaired.
Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden administration’s shift to a sans serif font, to assist people with vision issues, a “wasteful” diversity move.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
In fairness, this guy knows all about not being suited for world-class diplomacy.
HAMNET opened yesterday and you should all see it. I shared my thoughts over @folger.edu, but suffice to say Jessie Buckley is a force of nature and I can’t wait to see it again.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"Enter Anne:" Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet on film | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
HAMNET opened yesterday and you should all see it. I shared my thoughts over @folger.edu, but suffice to say Jessie Buckley is a force of nature and I can’t wait to see it again.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
Farah Karim-Cooper - Reduced Shakespeare Company
Folger Shakespeare Library director Farah Karim-Cooper's new book All the World's Your Stage explores for readers of all ages the life and times of William Shakespeare through eight of his most popula...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
If Laurie Metcalf isn't playing Willy Loman and Nathan Lane his wife then why are we even bothering?
Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will finally star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ in a production that was planned pre-pandemic. They’ll reunite with the disgraced producer Scott Rudin for the show.
Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman Survived the Pandemic
Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will finally star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ in a production that was planned pre-pandemic. They’ll reunite with the disgraced producer Scott Rudin for the show.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If Laurie Metcalf isn't playing Willy Loman and Nathan Lane his wife then why are we even bothering?
How did Lt. Cmdr. Shelby kill all those Borg?
SIDE-EYE.
#IYKYK #IYDKTAG #StarTrek #NextGen
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SIDE-EYE.
#IYKYK #IYDKTAG #StarTrek #NextGen
@dennehye.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
How did Lt. Cmdr. Shelby kill all those Borg?
SIDE-EYE.
#IYKYK #IYDKTAG #StarTrek #NextGen
@dennehye.bsky.social
SIDE-EYE.
#IYKYK #IYDKTAG #StarTrek #NextGen
@dennehye.bsky.social
Or…they’re listening to me read SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS by @theauthorguy.bsky.social.
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Or…they’re listening to me read SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS by @theauthorguy.bsky.social.
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Happy 1st preview of CHRISTMAS CAROL at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. Thrilled to be back for Year Four, but Year ONE as a member of the regular cast. Here we go!
1. Obligatory front of theatre selfie
2. Distinguished London businessman or Mississippi riverboat gambler?
1. Obligatory front of theatre selfie
2. Distinguished London businessman or Mississippi riverboat gambler?
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy 1st preview of CHRISTMAS CAROL at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. Thrilled to be back for Year Four, but Year ONE as a member of the regular cast. Here we go!
1. Obligatory front of theatre selfie
2. Distinguished London businessman or Mississippi riverboat gambler?
1. Obligatory front of theatre selfie
2. Distinguished London businessman or Mississippi riverboat gambler?
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On the blog, @austintichenor.bsky.social shares threes takes on "Macbeth" that focus on the human struggle within the tragedy in new and unexpected ways, including a production at the @the-rsc.bsky.social, a novel about Lady Macbeth, and a film for streaming.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"I'm Lovin' It": Variations on Macbeth | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On the blog, @austintichenor.bsky.social shares threes takes on "Macbeth" that focus on the human struggle within the tragedy in new and unexpected ways, including a production at the @the-rsc.bsky.social, a novel about Lady Macbeth, and a film for streaming.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Immaturity knows no age limit.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Immaturity knows no age limit.
I much prefer reading @stephenking.bsky.social to watching the films based on his work, but that brilliant mashup of IT and THE MUSIC MAN in WELCOME TO DERRY scratched a deep itch in my soul.
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I much prefer reading @stephenking.bsky.social to watching the films based on his work, but that brilliant mashup of IT and THE MUSIC MAN in WELCOME TO DERRY scratched a deep itch in my soul.
I’ve been to 18 but LIVED in 7.
October 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve been to 18 but LIVED in 7.
Happy Saint Crispin’s Day to all who celebrate!
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Modern spins on Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech
Austin Tichenor looks at the legacy of Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V in American popular culture.
www.folger.edu
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Happy Saint Crispin’s Day to all who celebrate!
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
On my way into work in my beloved hell hole of Chicago. @folger.edu
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
On my way into work in my beloved hell hole of Chicago. @folger.edu
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Today, Henery the Eighth issued a statement: "I am not a king! I was married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before. Everyone was an Henery. She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam. I'm Henery the Eighth I am, but I am not a king!"
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today, Henery the Eighth issued a statement: "I am not a king! I was married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before. Everyone was an Henery. She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam. I'm Henery the Eighth I am, but I am not a king!"