Oct. 1, 2008
Contact Julie Larson at 608-796-3737 or jalarson@viterbo.edu
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY COMEDY TROUPE TO PERFORM AT VITERBO UNIVERSITY OCT. 20
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Get ready for a roller coaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American history as the three of cultural guerillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company present The Complete History of America, abridged at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20 in the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe famous for transforming long, serious subjects into short, sharp comedies. They have performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London’s West End, and all over the world. Since its humble origins as a pass-the-hat act in California, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created six world-renowned stage shows, four television programs, and numerous pieces, all of which have been performed around the globe.
Enjoy 600 years of history in 6,000 seconds, from Washington to Watergate to Baghdad, brought to you as only the Reduced Shakespeare Company can.
This performance is sponsored by WIZM 1410 AM and is part of Viterbo’s NexStar Season. Tickets are $25 for upper balcony seating. For more information, contact the Viterbo box office at 608-796-3100 or www.viterbo.edu/finearts1.aspx.