Gina Houston

Home Entertainment 2009

~Leticia Rodriguez

As played by the ever-engaging Gina Houston, Zadie is a gushing fount of memory...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:789992

Gina Houston’s portrayal of Aunt Zadie, an aging African American urban pioneer, is particularly wonderful.

http://www.nowplayingaustin.com/org/detail/31379

Fences

~August Wilson

...led by the ever-impressive Gina Houston as Rose...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:754164

Houston twice rises to poetic intensity -- first, when in a bitter dialogue when Troy confesses to infidelities and to fathering a child, and in the final scene in a lengthy monologue delivered to son Cory. Her presence and eloquence win over a son thrown out of the house six years before.

http://austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com/2009/03/fences-by-august-wilson-city-theatre.html

Cecilia

~Sarah Saltwick [Austin Scriptworks]

Special mention goes to Gina Houston's riveting performance of Cecilia, the selkie who struggles to understand the civilized world.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:729311

 Houston can hold a stage like few others, and Saltwick's quirky script was a perfect complement to that strength.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:721386

Io: A Myth About You

~Monika Bustamante

 Gina Houston is a tour-de-force as the addled Glenn, dominating the stage with her crisp, powerful voice.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:556525

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

~Stephen Adly Guirgis

The always-charismatic Gina Houston pulls double duty as both the bereaved mother of Judas and Monica, proud mother of Saint Augustine and the finger-snapping patron saint of nagging. She embraces the corny humor and broad character, making bad puns about “hanging out” with Judas a highlight of the play.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2007/07/17/review_the_last_days_of_judas.html

Thrush: A Play With Songs

~Caridad Svich

... [a] riveting performance is handed in by Gina Houston, the yin of the yin-yang chorus. She never speaks, only sings, but she watches the movement of the play with intent concern.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:413948

The House

~J. Ed Araiza

Much of the dynamic SITI approach is brought to bear on this production, including exquisite opening sequences that combine the simplest, most personable humor by Gina Houston as the House Manager (read: "God") with some stunning ensemble movement.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:207576

A Raisin in the Sun

~Lorraine Hansberry

...the real treasures here are the actors, a tremendously talented group, including Kristen Bennett as progressive and precocious sister Benny and Gina Houston as long-suffering wife Ruth.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:187240

Late Bus to Mecca

~Pearl Cleage

It's a genuinely funny, poignant piece, and Gina Houston's Ava is a very believable hunk of a woman's woman.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:106897

The Medea Stories

~J. Ed Araiza

... the legal combat between the prosecutor -- Brent Werzner, military-erect and righteous, a man on a mission from God -- and the defense counsel -- Gina Houston, defiant and unassailable, an immovable force; so fierce and full of conviction are they, they might be Greek and Trojan soldiers doing battle on the fields of Troy.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:85591

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Height:  5' 6 1/2"

Eyes: Hazel

Hair: Varies

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