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Jason Johnson-Spinos
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Jason has performed locally in Dallas with WaterTower Theatre, Outcry Theatre, and Shakespeare Dallas. He has performed with Burning Coal Theatre in North Carolina and with Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre in Virginia. He has appeared in the web series Dominion, as well as in several short films.

Bat Boy: The Musical - Dr. Thomas Parker - Outcry THEATRE

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Jason with Andy Stratton, Photograph by Gabrielle Grafrath
“Jason Johnson-Spinos shows the duplicity behind every decision this character makes. And yet there is a longing for something more in this character too and Mr. Johnson-Spinos shows us that as well.”
-Chris Hauge, The Column

THE GRAPES OF WRATH - NOAH JOAD - WATERTOWER THEATRE

“Jason Johnson-Spinos beautifully portrayed this peaceful man.”
-Mary L. Clark, The Column
“Strong supporting performances from Conner Wedgeworth... Jason Johnson-Spinos, as simple older brother Noah, and Mikaela Krantz... all help flesh out the Joad family…”
-Lindsey Wilson, D Magazine
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(Jason on far right) Photograph by Mark Oristano

ISAAC'S EYE - ACTOR/SAM - OUTCRY THEATRE

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Photograph by Bee Dao
“Often, the script calls for Johnson-Spinos to slip seamlessly between the characters of the Actor and Sam, and he does so without strain and without causing any loss of plot coherence. As Sam, Johnson-Spinos deftly alternates between jocularity and despair, and his over-wrought writhing is variably humorous and painful to behold. One of the most touching moments in the entire play consists of Johnson-Spinos as a dying Sam, begging for Newton and Hooke to treat him as a human being while they probe him. Here, Johnson-Spinos’s heartfelt explanation of how he became ill, piercing gaze, and intensity add poignancy to his attempt to reach the scientists on an emotional level.”
-Rachel Sampson, The Column

THEATRICAL CREDITS

Production:
Spring's Awakening
Bat Boy: The Musical
​Antony and Cleopatra
(Staged Reading)
Isaac's Eye
Richard III (Staged Reading)
The Grapes of Wrath
Butterflies are Free
Amadeus
1776
Into the Woods
Role:
A Man in a Mask
Dr. Thomas Parker
​Menas/Philo/Dercetas
Actor/Sam
Stanley/Prince Edward
Noah Joad
Don Baker
Wolfgang Mozart
Stephen Hopkins
Cinderella's Prince
Theater Company:
Outcry Theatre, TX
Outcry Theatre, TX
​Shakespeare Dallas, TX
Outcry Theatre, TX
Shakespeare Dallas, TX
WaterTower Theatre, TX
Waco Civic Theatre, TX
Waco Civic Theatre, TX
Burning Coal Theatre, NC
Stray Cat Productions, NC

FILM CREDITS

Film:
​Dominion (Webseries)
Given (Short)
T.D.R.P. 1 & 2 (Shorts)
Sironia (Feature)
Iron Jawed Angels (Feature)
Beans (Short)
Rapture in Blue (Short)
Role:
Supporting
Lead
Supporting
Extra
Extra
Lead
Extra
Director:
Dir. Rodney V. Smith
Dir. Dustin Rogan
Dir. Dustin Rogan
Dir. Brandon Dickerson
Dir. Katja Von Garnier
Dir. Jason Johnson-Spinos
​Dir. Ryder Houston

PLAYWRITING

Jason has participated six years in a row as a playwright for the Dallas One-Minute Play Festival (2014 – 2019) put on by Kitchen Dog Theater in partnership with the One-Minute Play Festival. Select plays are available for reading below.
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Jason has written two full-length original plays: Loradil and History: Or Why We Killed Mr. Wellington.

With his wife Becca Johnson-Spinos, he has written four play adaptations that have performed at Outcry Youth Theatre: Alice in Wonderland, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Legend of Arthur, and The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe. His adaptation of The Time Machine for Outcry Youth Theatre performed April 5-14, 2019.

His short children's play, The Kingdom of Dragons, is available from Drama Notebook.
Plays:
The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (with Becca Johnson-Spinos)
​The Legend of Arthur (with Becca Johnson-Spinos)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (with Becca Johnson-Spinos)
​The Time Machine
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Alice in Wonderland 
(with Becca Johnson-Spinos)
History or Why We Killed Mr. Pendleton
Short Children's Plays:
The Kingdom of Dragons
Select One Minute Plays: (click to read)
Consent
Don't Be Afraid
​Playing Pretend

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jasonspinos@gmail.com