Outcry Theatre Podcast

In the twenty-second episode of the Outcry Theatre Podcast, marketing director Jason Johnson-Spinos speaks with actor Parker Lindsay who plays Joseph Merrick in The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man. Parker sheds light on the immense challenge of the physicality of the role as well as what makes this version of the Elephant Man story so unique. The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man plays November 14-22 at The Addison Performing Arts Centre, and tickets can be purchased here.

As he prepares to attend Missouri State to pursue his BFA in Acting, Liam Paynter sat down to reflect on his seven years and 30 shows at Outcry Theatre. His final performance at Outcry Youth Theatre is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, from July 31-August 9, 2026. This episode was produced by Becca Johnson-Spinos and Jason Johnson-Spinos. Shot and edited by Jason Johnson-Spinos.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.