Episode 20 - Katie Guiou
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 her biggest challenges, and the moments that make it all worthwhile.
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Episode 19 - The Great Gatsby
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 and Becca Johnson-Spinos, about the important metaphors and symbols from the novel and the play, and about how The Great Gatsby is still relevant one-hundred years later.
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Episode 18 - Assassins
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 Stephen Sondheim and a book by John Weidman.
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Episode 17 - Antigone
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 like to make theatre in this difficult time.
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Episode 16 - Tuck Everlasting
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 before the pandemic hit.
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Episode 15 - The Little Prince
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 challenges they went through and the extra steps they took to bring them to life.
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Episode 14 - Dreams of Icarus
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 from the ground up.
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Episode 13 - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Outcry Theatre Podcast
In the thirteenth episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos sits down with four of the actors from Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan: Dylan Weand, Calin Eastes, Elijah Harms, and Harrison Polen. They discuss this dark and politically incorrect show, the entertaining characters that inhabit it, and the challenges of their roles. In addition, Elijah Harms discusses what it is like to perform in his last Outcry Youth Theatre show.
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Episode 12 - The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 two performed excerpts from the show.
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Episode 11 - The Legend of Arthur
Outcry Theatre Podcast
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 unique way they interact.
info_outlineIn this first episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos sits down with two of the stars of Outcry Youth Theatre's production of Treasure Island: Harrison Polen and Logan Beutel. The two talk about the show as a whole as well as the experience of playing Long John Silver.