Interview: Austin Tichenor, actor and playwright, in conversation with Edel Semple and Katherine Scheil

Austin Tichenor is a playwright, actor, co-Artistic Director of the Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC), co-author with Reed Martin of the RSC’s William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), and the illustrated children’s book Pop-Up Shakespeare. Austin hosts the world’s longest-running theatre podcast, the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast. In an interview with Edel Semple and Katherine Scheil, Tichenor discusses how he finds inspiration for creating Shakespeare in the shared experience of being an actor and a playwright.