PRESS FOR OUTCRY THEATRE
Meet Becca and Jason Johnson-Spinos of Outcry Theatre in Plano - profile on the creators of Outcry Theatre
TheaterJones 2012 Year in Review - Outcry Theatre named as a promising upstart theatre
criticalrant 2012 Year in Review - Outcry Theatre noted as Emerging Artist
TheaterJones 2012 Year in Review - Outcry Theatre named as a promising upstart theatre
criticalrant 2012 Year in Review - Outcry Theatre noted as Emerging Artist
PRESS FOR DREAMS OF ICARUS
The Column Awards 2020 - 5 nominations including Best Play
TheaterJones - “Go for the story, the wonderful music, and marvel at the energetic and heart-felt performance.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Outcry Theatre has produced a show capable of touching hearts while showing the talent of three creators and two actors to the fullest.”
Doug Sturdivant - “Dreams of Icarus is a unique and engrossing evening of theater unlike anything else I have experienced in the Metroplex. Don't try to categorize it. Just let its beauty take wing and sweep over you.”
TheaterJones - “Go for the story, the wonderful music, and marvel at the energetic and heart-felt performance.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Outcry Theatre has produced a show capable of touching hearts while showing the talent of three creators and two actors to the fullest.”
Doug Sturdivant - “Dreams of Icarus is a unique and engrossing evening of theater unlike anything else I have experienced in the Metroplex. Don't try to categorize it. Just let its beauty take wing and sweep over you.”
PRESS FOR SPRING'S AWAKENING
The Column Awards 2019 - 10 nominations including Best Play
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2018 - named Best Local Production, Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jake Blakeman, Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mira Agustin, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ryder Houston and Andy Stratton, Best Ensemble, Best Director - Becca Johnson-Spinos, Best Costume Design - Gabrielle Grafrath, Best Scenic Design - Bradley Gray, Best Lighting Design - Hannah Winkler, and Best Original Music Composition for a Dramatic Play - Logan Beutel by critic John Garcia
TheaterJones - “That a theater company would produce such a heady, demanding 19th-century play deserves respect. That it would do such an outstanding job, and with such young actors, demands high praise.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Becca Johnson-Spinos direction overall was exceptional. It was genuinely impressive to observe how she was able to bring out from this cast of youthful performers these raw, truthful performances.”
Sharp Critic - “Rock the Cosmos. This feverish, focused, kinetic cast combines director Becca Johnson-Spinos’ melancholy choreography, woundedness and blind rage to reveal the pervasive stain of humanity.” “Theatre at its best. ”
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2018 - named Best Local Production, Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jake Blakeman, Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mira Agustin, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ryder Houston and Andy Stratton, Best Ensemble, Best Director - Becca Johnson-Spinos, Best Costume Design - Gabrielle Grafrath, Best Scenic Design - Bradley Gray, Best Lighting Design - Hannah Winkler, and Best Original Music Composition for a Dramatic Play - Logan Beutel by critic John Garcia
TheaterJones - “That a theater company would produce such a heady, demanding 19th-century play deserves respect. That it would do such an outstanding job, and with such young actors, demands high praise.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Becca Johnson-Spinos direction overall was exceptional. It was genuinely impressive to observe how she was able to bring out from this cast of youthful performers these raw, truthful performances.”
Sharp Critic - “Rock the Cosmos. This feverish, focused, kinetic cast combines director Becca Johnson-Spinos’ melancholy choreography, woundedness and blind rage to reveal the pervasive stain of humanity.” “Theatre at its best. ”
PRESS FOR BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL
The Column Awards 2018 - Best Musical nominee
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2017 - named Best Musical and Best Actor - Andy Stratton by critic Chris Hauge
John Garcia's The Column - “In terms of pure energy and commitment, this production of Bat Boy: The Musical will be a show I will remember for a long time.”
Sharp Critic - “Outcry Theatre has staged Bat Boy: The Musical, with its layers of satire, deliciously distasteful content, humanity, and (so repugnant it’s ridiculous) transgression, and transmogrified it into an insanely improbable evening of comic delight.”
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2017 - named Best Musical and Best Actor - Andy Stratton by critic Chris Hauge
John Garcia's The Column - “In terms of pure energy and commitment, this production of Bat Boy: The Musical will be a show I will remember for a long time.”
Sharp Critic - “Outcry Theatre has staged Bat Boy: The Musical, with its layers of satire, deliciously distasteful content, humanity, and (so repugnant it’s ridiculous) transgression, and transmogrified it into an insanely improbable evening of comic delight.”
PRESS FOR MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2017 - noted for Best Play, Best Direction - Becca Johnson-Spinos, Best Costume Design - Gabrielle Grafrath, Best Actor - Bryce Lederer, Best Supporting Actor - Eddie Lederer, and Best Supporting Actress - Kim Winnubst by critic Angela Newby
John Garcia's The Column - “My Name is Asher Lev is phenomenal.” “Where does one find their identity, and then once it is found, what do we do with it? Potok and Outcry Theatre answer this question in this amazing production.”
John Garcia's The Column - “My Name is Asher Lev is phenomenal.” “Where does one find their identity, and then once it is found, what do we do with it? Potok and Outcry Theatre answer this question in this amazing production.”
PRESS FOR HEARTS LIKE FISTS
Dallas Morning News - “Hearts Like Fists is a smart addition to Outcry’s body of work.”
TheaterJones - “Hearts Like Fists has brawn, brains and heart.”
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - “Hearts Like Fists is grand, preposterous, off-the-wall merriment.”
John Garcia's The Column - “enough to make even a die-hard comic book nerd happy.”
TheaterJones - “Hearts Like Fists has brawn, brains and heart.”
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - “Hearts Like Fists is grand, preposterous, off-the-wall merriment.”
John Garcia's The Column - “enough to make even a die-hard comic book nerd happy.”
PRESS FOR ISAAC'S EYE
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - 5-star review, “Outcry's Isaac's Eye engaging, unsettling, unforgettable”
John Garcia's The Column - “all of the ideas examined in Isaac's Eye are quite worthy of investigation”
John Garcia's The Column - “all of the ideas examined in Isaac's Eye are quite worthy of investigation”
PRESS FOR CIRCUS TRACKS
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner Top Ten Shows of 2013 - Circus Tracks named one of the Top Ten Shows of 2013
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2013 - Becca Johnson-Spinos noted for Best Direction of the Year by Mary L. Clark
Dallas Morning News - “...wildly imaginative... The seven actors under director Becca Johnson-Spinos are all terrific.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Outcry Theatre's production is a wonderment of imagination and pure, child-like fun.”
The Column Best in DFW Theater 2013 - Becca Johnson-Spinos noted for Best Direction of the Year by Mary L. Clark
Dallas Morning News - “...wildly imaginative... The seven actors under director Becca Johnson-Spinos are all terrific.”
John Garcia's The Column - “Outcry Theatre's production is a wonderment of imagination and pure, child-like fun.”
PRESS FOR THE FOUR OF US
Dallas Morning News - “Outcry does the script proud.”
criticalrant - “This theatre endeavor truly entertains and illuminates.”
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - “A breathtaking play, filled with wonderful, poignant, wrenching moments.”
John Garcia's The Column - “An engaging piece of work, both in its content and its production.”
criticalrant - “This theatre endeavor truly entertains and illuminates.”
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - “A breathtaking play, filled with wonderful, poignant, wrenching moments.”
John Garcia's The Column - “An engaging piece of work, both in its content and its production.”
PRESS FOR DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner Top Ten Shows of 2012 - dark play or stories for boys named Best Show of the Year
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - 5-star review, “Brash, merciless, cunning, overwhelming.”
TheaterJones - “Director Becca Johnson-Spinos certainly delivers the physical and visceral goods here.”
Dallas GLBT Arts Examiner - 5-star review, “Brash, merciless, cunning, overwhelming.”
TheaterJones - “Director Becca Johnson-Spinos certainly delivers the physical and visceral goods here.”