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.
TheShakespeareance.com
ReducedShakespeare.com
TheShakespeareance.com
ReducedShakespeare.com
I love well-written criticism, especially when it's a rave!! My adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's FOOL is a "sharp, quick-witted script...both smartly constructed and unabashedly fun."
I'll be at the final 2 shows this Saturday if anyone wants to join me!
curtain-up.com/review/revie...
I'll be at the final 2 shows this Saturday if anyone wants to join me!
curtain-up.com/review/revie...
Review: Fool: The Hilarious True Story of King Lear - Curtain Up!
Review: Fool: The Hilarious True Story of King Lear | The Greeley Garage Sale Theatre | Greeley, CO | Curtain... Read More
curtain-up.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I love well-written criticism, especially when it's a rave!! My adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's FOOL is a "sharp, quick-witted script...both smartly constructed and unabashedly fun."
I'll be at the final 2 shows this Saturday if anyone wants to join me!
curtain-up.com/review/revie...
I'll be at the final 2 shows this Saturday if anyone wants to join me!
curtain-up.com/review/revie...
Greeley Garage Sale Theatre is presenting the 2nd production of FOOL: THE HILARIOUS TRUE STORY OF KING LEAR, my adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's best-selling novel (and featuring @timidwerewolf.bsky.social as a fetching Sister Basil). Check it out if you can! Call (970) 573-6332 tor tix.
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Greeley Garage Sale Theatre is presenting the 2nd production of FOOL: THE HILARIOUS TRUE STORY OF KING LEAR, my adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's best-selling novel (and featuring @timidwerewolf.bsky.social as a fetching Sister Basil). Check it out if you can! Call (970) 573-6332 tor tix.
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On 2/2, celebrate the RSC Podcast's 1000th episode with a LIVE RECORDING at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, where @austintichenor.bsky.social will interview Mick Napier & Jennifer Estlin, Annoyance's founder & exec director. JOIN US! @americantheatre.org Tix: theannoyance.thundertix.com/events/259355
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
On 2/2, celebrate the RSC Podcast's 1000th episode with a LIVE RECORDING at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, where @austintichenor.bsky.social will interview Mick Napier & Jennifer Estlin, Annoyance's founder & exec director. JOIN US! @americantheatre.org Tix: theannoyance.thundertix.com/events/259355
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Shakespeare's poetry, plots, and characters have inspired dozens of musicals, as well as comic songs and even special cameos. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the musical theater that keeps us brushing up our Shakespeare: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"Let's have a song:" Musicals inspired by Shakespeare | 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
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Shakespeare's poetry, plots, and characters have inspired dozens of musicals, as well as comic songs and even special cameos. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the musical theater that keeps us brushing up our Shakespeare: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"[Young Frankenstein] taught several generations a key lesson in crafting genre send-ups: Get it as close to the source material as possible, and the friction between the familiar and the ridiculous nearly sells itself."
and
"We could use more of Brooks’ style of high and low (humor) right now."
and
"We could use more of Brooks’ style of high and low (humor) right now."
How Mel Brooks Changed Comedy, One Nazi and Fart Joke at a Time
'Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man' looks back at the legacy of a comedic genius — and reminds you how dangerous and subversive the filmmaker truly was.
www.rollingstone.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"[Young Frankenstein] taught several generations a key lesson in crafting genre send-ups: Get it as close to the source material as possible, and the friction between the familiar and the ridiculous nearly sells itself."
and
"We could use more of Brooks’ style of high and low (humor) right now."
and
"We could use more of Brooks’ style of high and low (humor) right now."
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Servers, cooks, clerks - ICE is coming to your town. Leave no drink unspit in, no food item undefiled. They're putting your coworkers in camps and murdering people in the streets.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service.
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Servers, cooks, clerks - ICE is coming to your town. Leave no drink unspit in, no food item undefiled. They're putting your coworkers in camps and murdering people in the streets.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service.
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So @apple, ready to put ICEBLOCK back up on the app store? Or do you prefer the role of accessory to murder?
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
So @apple, ready to put ICEBLOCK back up on the app store? Or do you prefer the role of accessory to murder?
To av or not to tar, that is the question.
What’s everyone’s favourite Avatar quote?
Mine is "Ohana means family. Family means no Avatar gets left behind or forgotten."
Mine is "Ohana means family. Family means no Avatar gets left behind or forgotten."
What’s everyone’s favourite Avatar quote?
Mine is “Hakuna Avatar”
Mine is “Hakuna Avatar”
December 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To av or not to tar, that is the question.
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.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
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...
www.folger.edu
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...
www.reducedshakespeare.com
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.
www.vulture.com
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
@dennehye.bsky.social
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.
😳
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?