Reed Martin, above, and Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Co. are coming to the aid of the Santa Rosa Junior College theater department as it copes with statewide education budget cuts.

Martin, who grew up in Sonoma and still lives there, and Tichenor, his longtime writing and acting partner from Los Angeles, will perform their new show, “Completely Hollywood (abridged),” Feb. 10 at the college, before going on to open the show in Washington, D.C.

“The Reduced Shakespeare Co., with Reed and Austin and everybody, has volunteered to do this benefit peformance for the Santa Rosa JC theater arts department,” said Leslie McCauley, artistic director of the department.

“What we want to make clear is that this is the Reduced Shakespeare Co. performing. This isn’t us performing their material, which happens so often in the county,” she added.

“It’s one night only, and of course, we’re hoping to sell out Burbank Auditorium, so we can offset some of the budget cuts,” McCauley said.

Since 1989, Martin has performed all over the United States and in England with the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and co-wrote the last five of their six hit shows, which condense huge topics — Shakespeare’s complete works, the Bible or all of American history — into a single two-hour performance.

The benefit performance of “Completely Hollywood (abridged)” will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave. Tickets: $30. 527-4343, www.santarosa.edu/theatrearts.