ACTING
Amadeus
Antonio Salieri
Ephrata Performing Arts Center
"When I learned that EPAC mainstay, Jordon Ross Weinhold, was starring in Amadeus, I automatically assumed that he would be playing the title role. Weinhold has a reputation (and a gift) for manic characters. Roles such as Banjo (The Man Who Came to Dinner), Shakespeare (Something Rotten) and the D'Ysquiths (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) all exemplify the hyperactive nuttiness associated with the show's depiction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Imagine my surprise, when the show starts, and I began to realize that Weinhold wasn't playing Mozart, but rather his sour-puss frenemy, Salieri. I had to quickly readjust my expectations.
How did he do? With a performance that is complex, compelling, and sympathetic, Weinhold proves why he is among the biggest talents on the Central Pennsylvanian stage. His ability to metamorphosize from the young Salieri to the elderly one was amazing. Changes in voice, posture, facial expressions, and pacing were used to great effect. I was also impressed with his command of line delivery. Among many lengthy monologues, not one detectable line dropped or repeated. A seasoned pro."
(Rich Mehrenberg, BroadwayWorld)
Imagine my surprise, when the show starts, and I began to realize that Weinhold wasn't playing Mozart, but rather his sour-puss frenemy, Salieri. I had to quickly readjust my expectations.
How did he do? With a performance that is complex, compelling, and sympathetic, Weinhold proves why he is among the biggest talents on the Central Pennsylvanian stage. His ability to metamorphosize from the young Salieri to the elderly one was amazing. Changes in voice, posture, facial expressions, and pacing were used to great effect. I was also impressed with his command of line delivery. Among many lengthy monologues, not one detectable line dropped or repeated. A seasoned pro."
(Rich Mehrenberg, BroadwayWorld)
Peter and the Starcatcher
Black Stache
Ephrata Performing Arts Center
"Jordon Ross Weinhold is utterly hilarious as Stache; he commands the stage, not only with his delivery but his roving glances and whimsical movement."
(Michael C. Upton, The Ephrata Review)
(Michael C. Upton, The Ephrata Review)
"Weinhold steals the show as Black Stache, who will become Captain Hook. His timing and his physical movements are impeccable. Every aside, every look, every commentary Weinhold makes generates a lot of laughter. And amazingly, throughout all the chaos, he never gets to be too much."
(Jane Holahan, LancasterOnline)
(Jane Holahan, LancasterOnline)
"As Stache, who evolves into Captain Hook in "Peter Pan," Jordon Ross Weinhold raises the comedic bar with inspired silliness. It's nearly impossible to maintain one's focus on him as he seems to be everywhere on stage simultaneously. It's a dazzling turn."
(George Hatza, Reading Eagle)
(George Hatza, Reading Eagle)
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dick Swiveller
PICT Classic Theatre
"Jordon Ross Weinhold’s character Dick Swiveller is likable as the lazy yet aspiring wealthy man about town who ultimately gets the girl, just not the one he schemed for. Weinhold has an excellent sense of comedic timing, great facial expression, and just a hint of a drunkards red nose. He and Calema Graham, whose character, the Brass’ mouse-like scullery maid, seem superfluous at first, have a nice bit together as they unravel Quilp’s plans."
George Hoover (Pittsburgh In The Round)
George Hoover (Pittsburgh In The Round)
"Jordon Ross Weinhold—who played a spectacularly silly turn as a daft magistrate in PICT’s Oliver Twist in 2015—has a quieter role here, as good-guy Dick Swiveller. Yet he literally shines, warming the stage with the good cheer he radiates."
Mike Vargo (Entertainment Central Pittsburgh)
Mike Vargo (Entertainment Central Pittsburgh)
Oliver Twist
The Magistrate / 1st Gentleman
PICT Classic Theatre
"... delivering a remarkable performance is Jordon Ross Weinhold. In a comical courtroom scene, he plays the ditzy magistrate, punching up his lines of babbling nonsense with wacky mannerisms that are like Groucho on speed."
Mike Vargo (Entertainment Central Pittsburgh)
Mike Vargo (Entertainment Central Pittsburgh)
"Small Dickensian gems are contributed by Ken Bolden’s Mr. Sowerbury and Jordon Ross Weinhold’s Magistrate."
Chrisopher Rawson (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Chrisopher Rawson (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)