Outcry Theatre Podcast

In the twentieth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos and marketing director Jason Johnson-Spinos talk with the incredible Katie Guiou, who has worked on costumes for over a dozen Outcry Youth Theatre productions, as well as two professional Outcry Theatre shows. Katie talks about her costume journey, including highlights, some of the h

In the nineteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos talks with three of the lead actors from Outcry Youth Theatre's recent production of The Great Gatsby: Brayden Lawrence and Calin Eastes as Nick Carraway and Peyton Nicholson as Jay Gatsby. They talk about this new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's American classic, written by Jason

In the eighteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos talks with the four lead actors from Outcry Youth Theatre's production of Assassins: Isabella Wilson and Madeline Carter as the Balladeer and Corbin Ross and Peyton Nicholson as John Wilkes Booth. They discuss the darkly funny and highly controversial musical, with music and lyrics by

In the seventeenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos talks with the three lead actors from Outcry Youth Theatre's production of Antigone: Peyton Nicholson as Creon and Alex Gray and Marcy Bogner as Antigone. They discuss this challenging and original post-apocalyptic version of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, as well as what it's lik

In the sixteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos talks with the four lead actors from Outcry Youth Theatre's production of Tuck Everlasting: Alexa Stratton and Ashlyn Koford as Winnie Foster, and Brayden Soffa and Corbin Ross as Jesse Tuck. They discuss the difficult and unusual road to the stage for a production that was cast just days

In the fifteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, guest host Jason Johnson-Spinos sits down with the four lead actors from the upcoming production of Cummins and Scoullar's The Little Prince: Isaac Aranda and Jordan Battey, who play the Little Prince, and Brayden Lawrence and Giulia Garbani, who play the Aviator. They discuss their characters in depth, including the chal

The fourteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast features the three creators of the world premiere devised theatre piece Dreams of Icarus. The director (and podcast host) Becca Johnson-Spinos talks with the two actors, Dylan Weand, who plays Icarus, and Logan Beutel, who plays Daedalus. They discuss the long and difficult, but ultimately fruitful, process of creating a play

In the thirteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos sits down with four of the actors from Outcry Youth Theatre's production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan. Dylan Weand and Calin Eastes play the title character of Cripple Billy, and Elijah Harms and Harrison Polen play Johnnypateenmike. They discuss this dark and politic

In the twelfth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, guest host Jason Johnson-Spinos sits down with the two actresses playing the title character in The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: Alex Gray and Giulia Garbani. They discuss how they approached such a difficult role, the challenges of being on stage the entire show, their favorite Poe stories, and more. This episode also features t

In the eleventh episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos sits down with the four actors who portray the title character of The Legend of Arthur: Logan Beutel and Dylan Weand as King Arthur, and Brayden Lawrence and Calin Eastes as Young Arthur. They discuss this brand new adaptation, as well as the way their characters change and grow, and the