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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ReducedShakespeare.com
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...
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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!
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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.
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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!"
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!!
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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NO KINGS? Just show up. No frog costume, OKAY! No sign, OKAY! The most effective message we can send is that we are here, our numbers are vast, and we are not going to continue to take it.
JUST SHOW UP. You'll feel better. I promise.
JUST SHOW UP. You'll feel better. I promise.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NO KINGS? Just show up. No frog costume, OKAY! No sign, OKAY! The most effective message we can send is that we are here, our numbers are vast, and we are not going to continue to take it.
JUST SHOW UP. You'll feel better. I promise.
JUST SHOW UP. You'll feel better. I promise.
In my latest for @folger.edu
I explore how both the musical comedy ROME SWEET ROME & verse drama JULIUS X prove that two spins on Shakespeare’s tragedy about the unintended consequences of political violence feel more timely and necessary than ever.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
I explore how both the musical comedy ROME SWEET ROME & verse drama JULIUS X prove that two spins on Shakespeare’s tragedy about the unintended consequences of political violence feel more timely and necessary than ever.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Lend them your ears: Julius Caesar reimagined | 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
October 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In my latest for @folger.edu
I explore how both the musical comedy ROME SWEET ROME & verse drama JULIUS X prove that two spins on Shakespeare’s tragedy about the unintended consequences of political violence feel more timely and necessary than ever.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
I explore how both the musical comedy ROME SWEET ROME & verse drama JULIUS X prove that two spins on Shakespeare’s tragedy about the unintended consequences of political violence feel more timely and necessary than ever.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Anybody else getting spam texts for the 646 area code, or am I the only lucky sumbitch?
September 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anybody else getting spam texts for the 646 area code, or am I the only lucky sumbitch?
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a big reason companies are caving this hard is that they're banking on hunkering down for the next 3.5 years and then coasting by when the dust settles
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
a big reason companies are caving this hard is that they're banking on hunkering down for the next 3.5 years and then coasting by when the dust settles
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
Democrats need to make it very clear that there will be future consequences for defecting in this prisoner's dilemma
Even in this tiny cameo, his final screen appearance, the great Redford couldn’t resist doing a double-take, of which, as he was in so many things, the absolute master. youtu.be/-Dj3n07rbRk?...
High Stakes Chess feat. George R. R. Martin and Robert Redford! | Dark Winds | New Episodes Sundays
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September 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Even in this tiny cameo, his final screen appearance, the great Redford couldn’t resist doing a double-take, of which, as he was in so many things, the absolute master. youtu.be/-Dj3n07rbRk?...
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Imagine hating me & I’m just sitting here hoping everyone gets healthcare, a hot meal & an education. I’m a monster
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Imagine hating me & I’m just sitting here hoping everyone gets healthcare, a hot meal & an education. I’m a monster
Thanks for the follow…?
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thanks for the follow…?
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RFKjr sounds like Katherine Hepburn reading from the Antivaxer's Bible while felating a wet kazoo in the back of a pick-up driving on two flats over a cobblestone road
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
RFKjr sounds like Katherine Hepburn reading from the Antivaxer's Bible while felating a wet kazoo in the back of a pick-up driving on two flats over a cobblestone road
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
*Creighton University Shakespeare Society
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
*Creighton University Shakespeare Society
“Cupid is no longer an archer; his glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods.”
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
#ShakespeareSunday
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
#ShakespeareSunday
a man says " i 'm a god not the god "
ALT: a man says " i 'm a god not the god "
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August 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Cupid is no longer an archer; his glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods.”
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
#ShakespeareSunday
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
#ShakespeareSunday
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On the blog, @austintichenor.bsky.social rereads Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels - "with an s like the English poet" - and discovers that the hard-boiled Boston detective's literary roots go even deeper than remembered. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"A gallant knight": The Renaissance charm of Robert B. Parker's Spenser | 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
August 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On the blog, @austintichenor.bsky.social rereads Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels - "with an s like the English poet" - and discovers that the hard-boiled Boston detective's literary roots go even deeper than remembered. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
“The fire and cracks
Of sulfurous roaring the most mighty Neptune
Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.”
Ariel, THE TEMPEST
#ShakespeareSunday
Of sulfurous roaring the most mighty Neptune
Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.”
Ariel, THE TEMPEST
#ShakespeareSunday
ariel is sitting on a rock in the ocean .
ALT: ariel is sitting on a rock in the ocean .
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August 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“The fire and cracks
Of sulfurous roaring the most mighty Neptune
Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.”
Ariel, THE TEMPEST
#ShakespeareSunday
Of sulfurous roaring the most mighty Neptune
Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.”
Ariel, THE TEMPEST
#ShakespeareSunday
Huge fan, and now I’m kicking myself I never put this together.
Encyclopedia Brown’s given name was LEROY BROWN.
As a child, he solved crimes, but I guess saw too much, and so would grow up to become the baddest man in the whole damn town.
As a child, he solved crimes, but I guess saw too much, and so would grow up to become the baddest man in the whole damn town.
August 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Huge fan, and now I’m kicking myself I never put this together.