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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy 60th Anniversary to the greatest franchise of all time,and to the handful of folks I’ve met responsible for its greatness, especially David Goodman, who briefly tried to make me canon. #llap #StarTrek @dennehye.bsky.social

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The algorithm has spoken! My Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast is the top acting podcast in the US for 2026 and in my 20th year of producing weekly episodes, I'll take any recognition I can get.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Possible 4th book in the trilogy, in which Pocket opens up a shop in Edinburgh. What say you, @theauthorguy.bsky.social?

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's brilliant FOOL becomes an official international sensation tonight when it opens at the Highland Arts Theatre in Nova Scotia. Get thee hence, eh?

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

May the Fourth be with you! (Did I do it right?)

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

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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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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?

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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?

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Did you see Ryan Gosling channel that exact moment in THE NICE GUYS? Brilliant.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

On my way into work in my beloved hell hole of Chicago. @folger.edu

Austin Tichenor on a train, with his Folger Library cup in the foreground, wearing a Goodman Theatre sweatshirt over a Creighton University T-shirt.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Been neglecting some personal news. Two weeks ago was the 36th anniversary of our wedding on Martha’s Vineyard, and we celebrated by attending the wedding of our son Quincy, ALSO on Martha’s Vineyard!!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Having a blast directing "William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)" with a cast of 7 (!) at Creighton University in Omaha! Go...CUSS!!* *Creighton University Shakespeare Society

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Forgot I had this. Can’t wait to see how Big Blue smashes Zack Snyder.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Anyone who’s heard my RSC songs knows how influential Tom Lehrer was to me. My high school senior quote from his “Folk Song Army” recognized that Art – Comedy especially – is an act of resistance. Grateful to my parents for this album and proud to have passed the #LehrerLove on to my kids.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Oh look. As of today, I've now been performing with @reduced.bsky.social over half my life. Hey ho.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Loved @questlove.bsky.social’s film SLY LIVES, especially when Shakespeare holds forth about THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS. Bravo.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Me too, buddy! Come on over anytime!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This grim-visaged warrior actually got a few laughs in last Monday's CORIOLANUS by the Back Room Shakespeare Project, cut to a fleet & fierce 85 minutes by Sam Pearson (bloody C himself) and performed in Chicago's tiny Hideout tavern. #TheFaultDearBrutusIsNotInOurBars

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy #Juneteenth! I first learned about Crispus Attucks, Mary McLeod Bethune, Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge & many others in BLACK AND WHITE by "Wee Pals" cartoonist Morrie Turner. Published 1969 by Troubador Press (which my dad joined in the 70s), I have 1 copy left. Somebody publish it again!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Lovely to see THE WILDES by @louisbayard.bsky.social so prominently displayed in my local library, where it was recently (and unsurprisingly) a very popular book club pick!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Happy closing to the company of FOOL @7agestheatricals.bsky.social! @theauthorguy.bsky.social and I were comically trepidatious then authentically delighted, and nothing's more valuable to a playwright than seeing the script on its feet in front of an audience. Many thanks, you wonders!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Happy Pride Month from Javier & Samuel (and Felicity)!

Actors Austin Tichenor (Samuel), Ian Gomez (Javier), and Keri Russell (Felicity) from FELICITY season two episode "The Biggest Deal There Is," in which Javier marries his longtime partner Samuel. First aired May 24, 2000.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Audiences are loving FOOL! Even Sheboygan's poet laureate (apparently a real thing!) has weighed in. 8 performances of the @7agestheatricals.bsky.social production left, and I'll be there on June 7 with @theauthorguy.bsky.social himself. I hope you can see it!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Lost this stylin' lady 15 years ago today. Miss you, mom.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Aww…happy 25th anniversary to us!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Very excited for tonight's opening of my adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's FOOL by @7agestheatricals.bsky.social in beautiful downtown Sheboygan WI. 8 actors play dozens of roles and I'll be there this weekend and again on June 7; join me if you can!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

ST. ELSEWHERE & CHEERS were instrumental in my choosing Boston for grad school, a fact I was privileged to share with George Wendt on multiple occasions. Privileged to have been his friend and bummed I never got to see his Falstaff. @americantheatre.org www.reducedshakespeare.com/2015/09/epis...

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Florence Pugh, my favorite onscreen Cordelia, is the absolute heart and soul of THUNDERBOLTS*. I loved it and (especially) her.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Visited Sheboygan and the poster confirms it — FOOL is happening! Weekends May 23-June 8 by @7agestheatricals.bsky.social and both @theauthorguy.bsky.social will be there on June 7.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I played William Shakespeare for 2 hours on the "Calling History Podcast," which put both my improv skills and Shakespeare knowledge to the test. Hear part one of the conversation here. www.callinghistory.com/e/william-sh...

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Just dubbed my rental car Peasant Slave.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Inspiring #HandsOff protest here in Chicago. “The only minorities harming America are billionaires.” There are more of us than them.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Psst! Will's birthday's coming up on April 23 (just go with it), and here's the perfect gift for the Shakespearean of any age in your life! a.co/d/3Dzyrl3

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

"Parents, unless they happened to be stars like King Lear, were minor roles, obstructive, comic, and not to be too much heeded. Only Coriolanus paid attention to his mother, and look what happened to him!" Really enjoying my day-off return to Robertson Davies's WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The #Shax2025 fun continues as @edelsemple.bsky.social @benbroadribb.bsky.social @gemmaallred.bsky.social @katepitt.bsky.social and others trekked to Lowell to see my COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) at MRT. Thanks, SAA, for bringing them to Boston, and letting me join Gemma’s & Ronan’s panel!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Chicago theatre peeps! Go see Dee Ryan's hysterical solo show tonight (and the next bunch o' Sundays) at the Otherworld Theatre Company. 6pm! 3914 N Clark Street.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Switching gears today from humble player to stern academic and heading in to the #Shax2025 #RenSa2025 conference today in Boston. Looking to meeting many friends IRL for the first time!

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

In 1985, I played Claudius in BU's HAMLET @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social; 40yrs later, I’m playing Claudius’s brother the King in @reduced.bsky.social's THE COMEDY OF HAMLET! (a prequel) at Merrimack Rep (photo by Meg Moore/Megpix). We open tonight! Nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark. Yet.

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Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“In the year 2525 If man is still alive…” Zager & Evans only missed it by 500 years. They were SOO close.* *And as @andrewhickey.500songs.com point out, they got even closer in the Italian version, which was “in the year 2033.”

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