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Reed Martin

REED MARTIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Reed Martin (Performer/Writer/Managing Partner) was drawn to Theatre when he realized that performing gave him a good excuse to sleep late. Unfortunately his two young sons are early risers. Reed is a native of Sonoma, CA and has 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 feels strongly that toilet paper should be fed over the top of the roll.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         All the Great Books (Abridged)         Bible, The: the Complete Word Of God (Abridged)         Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)         Complete History Of America, The (Abridged)         Complete History of Comedy, The (abridged)         Complete Millennium Musical, The (Abridged)         Complete World Of Sports, The (Abridged)         Completely Hollywood (Abridged)         Greatest Story Ever Sold         Hamlet's Big Adventure (A Prequel)         Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged)         William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
All the Great Books (Abridged)

Synopsis:
the Literary Canon explodes as the bad boys of abridgement unleash a brand-new comic outrage on an unsuspecting public. America's best loved comedy troupe takes you on a ninety-eight minute roller-coaster ride through its compact compendium of the world's great books in All the Great Books (abridged). Confused by Confucius? Thoroughly thrown by Thoreau? Wish Swift was swifter? Tennyson tinier? then buckle up and hop aboard as the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company zip through everything you didn't get around to reading in school.
- company website

Notes:
(written by Martin And Tichenor, with Additional material by original cast members Croke And Michael Faulkner). the show is developed At bang.studios in Los Angeles, Merrimack Repertory theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, And Alabama Shakespeare Festival

1st Produced:
-     2002

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Bible, The: the Complete Word Of God (Abridged)

Synopsis:
It's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sites on the good book with the Bible: the Complete Word of God (abridged). Can bolts of lightning be far behind? Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds? Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People eater, you will be tickled by the RSC's romp through old time religion. Remember. . . Someone is watching.
- company website

Notes:
written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor, with Additional material by Croke

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)

Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy - 10 years in the West end at the Criterion theatre - and is NOW ON TOUR! 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. 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!
- company website

Notes:
the first, one-hour version of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (written by Winfield, Long & Singer) premieres And the company performs it At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. the company thinks that this will be its swan song. Instead, interest in the RSC begins to snowball. Full length show has Additional material by Reed Martin

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2000   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 07 Page 354

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Complete History Of America, The (Abridged)

Synopsis:
From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order - the Complete History of America (abridged) is a ninety minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History, reminding us that it's not the length of your history that matters - it's what you've done with it! the three cultural guerillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackle such controversial questions as: Who really discovered America? Why did Abe Lincoln free the slaves? How many Democrats does it take to screw in a lightbulb? History is normally written by the winners. . . now it's the RSC's turn.
- company website

Notes:
1993: the RSC premieres its second stage show - the Complete History of America (abridged) (written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor). they perform America At Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, the American Repertory theatre, And the Serious Fun Festival At Lincoln Center in New York. Tours of the U.S., Britain, And Israel.

1st Produced:
Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal     1993

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete History of Comedy, The (abridged)

Synopsis:
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), dissecting humour from Aristophanes to Zaltzman. The bad boys of abridgment deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 75 minutes.

Notes:
written by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor

1st Produced:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     31 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete Millennium Musical, The (Abridged)

Complete Millennium Musical, The (Abridged)
a thousand years of world history - abridged

Notes:
book And lyrics by Reed Martin And Austin Tichenor, music by Nick Graham, Additional material by Dee Ryan

1st Produced:
-     1998

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
Laughing Stock Production 2001

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Complete World Of Sports, The (Abridged)

Complete World Of Sports, The (Abridged)
From the earliest cavemen playing 'Neanderthal in the Middle' to your own kid's soccer practice, the entire history of athletic competition will be regurgitated in a tour de france of physical theater, at a level of sophistication and pathos that only the RSC can muster. It'll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the world's great sporting events are shrunk down to theatrical size. Is Bowling really a sport? What about Poker or Competitive eating? Which is more boring - Baseball or Cricket? Who invented Curling and Synchronized Swimming and why in the world are they in the Olympics? Can't Tiger Woods demand that the Master's Green Jacket be slightly less green'?
- company website

Notes:
written by Martin And Tichenor

1st Produced:
-     2010

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
Broadway Play Pub; 1st edition (May 13, 2013)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Completely Hollywood (Abridged)

Synopsis:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater . . .the Reduced Shakespeare Company boldly goes where few would dare - Tinseltown! America's 'bad boys of abridgement' take on America's largest cultural and economic export (well, except for weapons) in this seriously silly show biz satire. Get your clapper boards ready! the RSC rummage through the reels and flick through the films in this riotous carnival of the classics. Giving Hollywood more than just a nip and a tuck, they cut through the celluloid to condense the 197 greatest films in Hollywood's over-100 year history into a complete compilation of classic cinematic cliches - plus a few brand new cliches they just made up.
- company website

Notes:
(written by Martin And Tichenor, Additional material by original cast member Dominic Conti)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
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Further Reference:
-

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Greatest Story Ever Sold

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Martin And Tichenor

1st Produced:
-     2000

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
written by Martin and Tichenor   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Hamlet's Big Adventure (A Prequel)

Synopsis:
What happened before Shakespeare's "Hamlet"? Teenage Hamlet enlists his friends Ophelia and Yorrick to help save the Nunnery. They decide to put on a show

Notes:
Written with Austin Tichenor

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
C

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged)

Synopsis:
Celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanza and Saturnalia. Discover how Santa saved Christmas

Notes:
Written with Austin Tichenor

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
Audio Partners 1998

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
Discovered in a treasure-filled parking lot in Leicester (next to a pile of bones that didnt look that important), an ancient manuscript proves to be the long-lost first play written by none other than seventeen-year-old William Shakespeare from Stratford. William Shakespeares Long Lost First Play (abridged) is the literary holy grail: an actual manuscript in Shakespeares own hand showing all his most famous characters and familiar speeches in a brand-new story. An ancient grudge pits Puck (from Midsummer Nights Dream) against Ariel (from The Tempest) and turns Shakespeares canon upside-down, creating such strange bedfellows as Hamlet and that master motivator Lady Macbeth, Viola and Richard III, King Lear and the Weird Sisters, and (of course) Dromio and Juliet.

Notes:
written by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor. Using questionable scholarship and street-performer smarts, playwrights Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor weave together most of the famous speeches and plot devices of Shakespeares thirty-nine plays to create a fast, funny and fictional fortieth, filled with witty wordplay, vaudevillian variety and twins, twins, twins!

1st Produced:
Folger Theatre, Washington DC     21 Apr 2016

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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