Nicolet College Theatre presents a comedy troupe’s take on All the Great Books

This weekend at the Nicolet College Theatre, the nationally recognized Reduced Shakespeare Company, a touring comedy troupe, will present a comedy: All the Great Books (Abridged).  

The Literary Canon explodes as the Reduced Shakespeare Company once again unleashes a comic outrage on an unsuspecting public. The Bad Boys of Abridgment take 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.  

Theater fans will have three opportunities to attend a showing: Friday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 17 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Lakeside Lounge bar opens at 6 p.m. for evening shows, and serves beer, wine, soda and snacks. 

Admission is free for Nicolet College students and $36 for non-students. Students must email boxoffice@nicoletcollege.edu to obtain tickets. 

Tickets can be purchased online at nicoletlive.com or by calling the Box Office at (715) 365-4646, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.