Reduced Shakespeare Company

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is an American touring acting troupe that performs fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of different topics.
* The company was founded in 1981 by Daniel Singer, who wrote a 25-minute, four-actor version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, to be performed at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Novato, California.
* The company's style has been described as "New Vaudeville," combining both physical and verbal humor, as well as highbrow and lowbrow.
* The Reduced Shakespeare Company's most famous show is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), which condenses all 37 of Shakespeare's plays into 97 minutes.
* The show has been performed all over the world and has been seen by over 5 million people.
* The Reduced Shakespeare Company has also produced shows about other topics, such as The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged), All the Great Books (Abridged), and Western Civilization: The Complete Musical (Abridged).
* The company has won numerous awards, including the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, and the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance.
* The Reduced Shakespeare Company continues to tour and perform to sold-out audiences around the world.