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"Jeff Johnston, as Ian, routinely sets off sparks from Juliana in his scenes, which thankfully are the most helpful in making sense of White's murky hopscotching between times, places and realities. Johnston balances Ian's love and exasperation very naturally, a couple of his zingers cutting right to the bone, and Brown is so compellingly tormented when she turns up the volume. In a couple ways, then, Ian satisfies us when he comes to a boil: He breaks through all of Juliana's pesky and hostile interruptions, and he gives us our first glimmers of clarity."
January 14, 2014 Charlotte, NC Creative Loafing by Perry Tannenbaum THE OTHER PLACE "The cast does its job, with Johnston and Bendert making lightly sketched characters credible." January 13, 2014 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman THE OTHER PLACE "Jeff Johnston as Dasher and Donner is in equally fine form..." December 2007 Charlotte, NC Creative Loafing by Perry Tannenbaum THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES 21st Annual Charlotte Theatre Awards NOMINATED BEST ACTOR, COMEDY THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES (Dasher-Hollywood-Donner) "Other commendable performances are those of Jeff Johnston as Ziggy and Belinda Keller as Patsy. Both clearly define their characters and the era from which they come." March 2002 Wilmington, NC Encore by Ingrid Jungermann SIDE MAN "Jeff Johnston is Juror #12. Giving his character just the right amount of high-handedness, he nonchalantly mentions his profession every chance he gets. He's the kind of guy you run from at a party unless you don't mind hearing about how important he is--ad nauseum." April 2000 Wilmington, NC Encore by Barbara Weetman 12 ANGRY MEN "Starting it off is American Buffalo, to which Jeff Johnston as Teach gave a shot in the arm." January 1999 Wilmington, NC Encore by John Staton SPEED THE PLAY |
"At the calm center of action--the object of the psychotherapist's obsession and Susie's trusty savior--
Jeff Johnston brought winning warmth to a comedy..." October 2003 Charlotte, NC Creative Loafing by Perry Tannenbaum HEARTWORM "The script didn't allow enough for Jurors No.12 and No.5, Jeff Johnston and Justin Smith. Their parts are relatively small, but Mr. Johnston is wonderfully smarmy as a self-absorbed ad executive..." April 2000 Wilmington, NC Star-News by Catherine Bayley 12 ANGRY MEN "Emma's lover and Robert's best friend, Jerry, is played by Jeff Johnston. He displays an even chemistry with Emma, played by Belinda Bizic, and seems to parallel her as they play out the intricacies of their affair. He does an especially nice job in the scene where he has Robert over for drinks to discuss his affair with Emma, squirming like a whore in church and with such a strained look on his face that his discomfort is audible before he says a word." February 1999 Wilmington, NC Encore by Catherine Bayley BETRAYAL "The rest of the cast is excellent, especially the enormously likeable Jeff Johnston as Terrence O'Keefe. A master of comic reactions and double takes, this young Dick Van Dyke look-alike is terrific as the self-assured academician who's reduced to a stammering, scared-stiff yes man." July 1995 Memphis, TN Memphis Business Journal by Linda Romine BREAKING LEGS "Johnston is properly skeptical as the professor, scoring particularly well with his tight-jawed takes as his dream of success runs smack up against his would-be-backers' questionable grasp of theatrical knowledge." July 1995 Memphis, TN The Memphis Flyer by Hadley Hury BREAKING LEGS |
