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THE MADWOMAN by Cara Johnston
Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Directed by Cara Johnston
Photo by EJAY
"Johnston is intense like being stuck in an elevator with an angry swan"
- Dan Lentell, GET YOUR COATS ON
FULL REVIEW HERE
"it’s this investment from the actor (Johnston) that elevates the drama up a notch. This is what makes it a great piece of theatre, as opposed to just a good piece of theatre."
- Tony Frame, GONZO MAGAZINE
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"Johnston carries the story with a kindness and refusal to see this as a victim’s story, and that’s a bold and triumphant choice."
- Graeme Strachan, BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
FULL REVIEW HERE
"poignant, authentic and heart-breaking portrayal of hysteria and psychosis."
- Lisa, LISA IN THE THEATRE
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L’APPARTEMENT by Joanna Murray-Smith
Renaissance Theaterworks | Directed by Mallory Metoxen
Photo by Nathaniel Schardin | Pictured with Nick Narcisi and Jonathan Bangs
"Comedically, Johnston wiggles Lea into our brain as the ultimate outrageously sophisticated Parisian"
- Dominique Paul Noth, URBAN MILWAUKEE
FULL REVIEW HERE
"One of the high points of this production are the authentic French accents delivered by Johnston"
- ANNE SIEGEL, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER AS PERFORMED BY THE QUEEN OF FRANCE AND HER FRIENDS by Cara Johnston
Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Directed by Cara Johnston
Filmed by Jun Kang
"Cara Johnston’s portrayal of Marie Antoinette really touched on some whimsical and tender moments of which I felt the 2006 film lacked."
- Tony Frame, GONZO MAGAZINE
FULL REVIEW HERE
"The queen's innocence, instability and isolation is beautifully delivered and controlled."
- Garry Platt, EDINBURGH GUIDE
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"she is excellent, exuding majesty, elegance and arrogance"
- Louise Penn, LOU REVIEWS
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"Johnston exudes royalty and frivolity within her role."
- Amy Rye, LOST IN THEATRELAND
FULL REVIEW HERE
"Elements of the young Austrian girl who would become the last Queen of France are hinted, within the manner Johnston holds herself – dainty yet understanding of her role."
- DOMINIC CORR, CORR BLIMELY
FULL REVIEW HERE
"Johnston’s work is deeply comic on a variety of levels."
- Russ Bickerstaff, THE SMALL STAGE
FULL REVIEW HERE
ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by Liz Shipe
Optimist Theatre | Directed by Liz Shipe
Photo by Perry Heideman
"Cara Johnston is irrepressibly engaging"
- Russ Bickerstaff, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
FULL REVIEW HERE
MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Acacia Theatre Company | Directed by Erin Nicole Eggers and Janet Peterson
Photo by Melinda Rhodebeck | Pictured with Jason Will
"multi-talented Cara Johnston"
- Harry Cherkinian, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
FULL REVIEW HERE
MEDEA by Euripides
Voices Found Repertory | Directed by Jennifer Vosters
Photo by Laura Heise | Pictured with Andy Montano
"she brings a larger-than-life quality: you can well believe that she might be a powerful sorceress."
- Jeff Grygny, PLAY ON MKE
FULL REVIEW HERE
"Cara Johnston skillfully casts a stylish sense of mystery into the character. She radiates a hauntingly hypnotic intensity that bleeds a deeper enigma into the existential substance of revenge."
- Russ Bickerstaff, THE SMALL STAGE
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"Johnston is cold-blooded in her portrayal of Medea, but still shows signs of humanism"
- Parker Thompson, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
FULL REVIEW HERE
"the mesmerizing Cara Johnston"
- Catherine Jozwik, WISCONSIN THEATRE SPOTLIGHT
FULL REVIEW HERE
THE VIOLET HOUR by Richard Greenberg
Renaissance Theatreworks | Directed by Suzan Fete
Photo by Ross E. Zentner | Pictured with Marti Gobel
"Cara Johnston compellingly portrays the way many women sought power within the patriarchal setting: through seduction, both literal and figurative."
- Selena Milewski, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
FULL REVIEW HERE
"I hope that they find a great deal more work on Milwaukee stages."
- Dave Begel, ON MILWAUKEE
FULL REVIEW HERE
"a Gibson Girl is about to commit romantic suicide, a feeling that runs through Cara Johnston’s portrayal of a meat packing heiress."
- Dominique Paul Noth, URBAN MILWAUKEE
FULL REVIEW HERE
QUALITY STREET by J. M. Barrie
Acacia Theatre Company | Directed by Erin Nicole Eggers
Photo by Laura Heise | Pictured with Ben Parman
"Her performance was flawless. From delivery to diction she was a mesmerizing leading lady that brought her own flare to the role."
-Kate Lafond, SHEPHERD EXPRESS
FULL REVIEW HERE
"beautifully acted"
- JULIE McHale, GMTODAY
FULL REVIEW HERE
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