AUGUST 23-31, 2025
by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by
Becca Johnson-Spinos
Becca Johnson-Spinos
In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel is a war correspondent with the Red Cavalry. Seventy years later, a mysterious Stasi agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. Set in Russia and East Germany over the course of ninety years, this thrilling and epic play traces the stories of seven people connected by history, myth, and conspiracy theories.
- SHOW INFO/REVIEWS
- CAST/CREATIVE TEAM
- PRESS PHOTOS
- PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Performance Dates
Saturday, August 23, 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, August 24, 2pm
Friday, August 29, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 30, 7:30pm
Sunday, August 31, 2pm
Saturday, August 23, 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, August 24, 2pm
Friday, August 29, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 30, 7:30pm
Sunday, August 31, 2pm
Performance Location
Theatre Three
Norma Young Arena Stage
2688 Laclede St #120
Dallas, TX 75201
Theatre Three
Norma Young Arena Stage
2688 Laclede St #120
Dallas, TX 75201
Reviews
“Describe the Night is a beautifully complex script that is brilliantly executed by Outcry Theatre's cast and creative team...”
“This is the most artistic expression I've seen onstage this year, in one sitting, and I can't stop thinking about it! I am truly in awe and in love with this production!”
-Natalie Shaw, Dallas Theatre Journal
“Director Becca Johnson-Spinos (who also created the mesmerizing choreography) uses movement and portable ghost-white panels to expand the story into a beyond-reality.”
“Describe the Night is some of Outcry’s best work to date—and that’s saying something. Running for barely one week more in Theatre Three’s arena space, it’s something to see, and I count myself grateful to Becca and Jason Johnson-Spinos, founders of the company, for having the ‘eye’ and determination to get it here to North Texas.”
-Jan Farrington, Onstage NTX
“The cast felt natural in their roles to easily believe their characters and director Johnson-Spinos let the play slowly breathe out its exposition. Like many Russian-centric tales, the show clocked in at about three hours, but the riveting story and cast made that time well-spent.”
-Rich Lopez, Dallas Voice
“This is gestalt. This is phenomenal. This is theatre electrified.”
-Christopher Stephen Soden, Sharp Critic
“Describe the Night is a beautifully complex script that is brilliantly executed by Outcry Theatre's cast and creative team...”
“This is the most artistic expression I've seen onstage this year, in one sitting, and I can't stop thinking about it! I am truly in awe and in love with this production!”
-Natalie Shaw, Dallas Theatre Journal
“Director Becca Johnson-Spinos (who also created the mesmerizing choreography) uses movement and portable ghost-white panels to expand the story into a beyond-reality.”
“Describe the Night is some of Outcry’s best work to date—and that’s saying something. Running for barely one week more in Theatre Three’s arena space, it’s something to see, and I count myself grateful to Becca and Jason Johnson-Spinos, founders of the company, for having the ‘eye’ and determination to get it here to North Texas.”
-Jan Farrington, Onstage NTX
“The cast felt natural in their roles to easily believe their characters and director Johnson-Spinos let the play slowly breathe out its exposition. Like many Russian-centric tales, the show clocked in at about three hours, but the riveting story and cast made that time well-spent.”
-Rich Lopez, Dallas Voice
“This is gestalt. This is phenomenal. This is theatre electrified.”
-Christopher Stephen Soden, Sharp Critic
CAST
ISAAC
Dylan Weand
Dylan Weand
NIKOLAI
Connor McMurray
Connor McMurray
YEVGENIA
Katelyn Yntema
Katelyn Yntema
VOVA
Bradford Reilly
Bradford Reilly
MARIYA
Whitney Renée Dodson
Whitney Renée Dodson
FELIKS
Chase Di Iulio
Chase Di Iulio
URZULA
Marcy Bogner
Marcy Bogner
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR
Becca Johnson-Spinos
STAGE MANAGER
Elizabeth Cantrell
SET DESIGNER
Kennedy Smith
COSTUME DESIGNER
Kathy Wright
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jacob Kaplan
SOUND DESIGNER
Jason Johnson-Spinos
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Isa Flores
DRAMATURG
Chase Di Iulio
INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER
Harper Caroline Lee
Becca Johnson-Spinos
STAGE MANAGER
Elizabeth Cantrell
SET DESIGNER
Kennedy Smith
COSTUME DESIGNER
Kathy Wright
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jacob Kaplan
SOUND DESIGNER
Jason Johnson-Spinos
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Isa Flores
DRAMATURG
Chase Di Iulio
INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER
Harper Caroline Lee
Photographs by Jason Johnson-Spinos
Photographs by Jenn Garcia Photography
Describe the Night was presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.dramatists.com