• "Witherspoon has one scene in this episodic play, one pivotal moment in Darja’s life, and he makes it count... [he] is terrific at balancing Vic’s outsized personality with his naivete and thoughtfulness and his persistent attempts to help a homeless and battered woman."

    — Boston Globe (Read)

  • Nix the chains dragging down the ghost of Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, played with palpable agony by Rodney Witherspoon II? Yes... Tethered to purgatory, they fly in from all sides and eventually wrap ropes around Marley, whose back arches sharply as he warns Scrooge of a similar fate, “You choose not to understand!”

    — Providence Journal (Read)

  • "Samuel French Announces 44th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Winners: The six plays will be published and made available for licensing from the century-old theatrical licensor."

    — Playbill (Read)

  • "Every actor playing a family member... turns in clearly delineated, authentic, and moving performances."

    —Boston Globe (Read)

  • "But it’s Witherspoon who showcases why this specific production of this specific musical matters... With stunning technical control, Witherspoon’s singing is simultaneously sure-footed and tender."

    — New England Theatre Geek (Read)

  • "As Louis de Rougemont, a real-life British adventurer of the Victorian era, Rodney Witherspoon II is an affable storyteller. He struts and frets for 90 minutes on the Garden Stage outside the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, telling the story of Louis’s life. And what an epic story it is..."

    — The Provincetown Independent (Read)

  • "Witherspoon is excellent as Lyons, the cool-cat musician whose name allows for moments of laughter and silliness."

    —The Westerly Sun (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon II is a truly terrifying Marley as he speaks in a disembodied voice and warns Scrooge to change his ways or else he will suffer eternal damnation."

    — Warwick Post (Read)

  • "...the audience is treated to ...uber-talented Rodney Witherspoon II, fresh from his notable performance in Trinity Rep's "The Inheritance," who plays Harry Bailey, Ernie Bishop and others — and sings!"

    —Westerly Sun (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon II, the only actor besides Crowe with just one role, is an absolute delight as Bob Cratchit. His comic bumbling is well-played, and his dancing lends a more modern flair, a la Carlton from 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” He’s a skilled physical actor, a trait Wilson taps liberally and successfully."

    — Providence Journal (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon II does a creditable job in the demanding lead role, which requires him to both narrate and reenact Louis’s swashbuckling exploits... Witherspoon captures de Rougemont’s wonderment as one adventure succeeds another, and, later, Louis’s desolation as he goes from the toast of London to the object of derision

    —Boston Globe (Read)

  • "At the end of the performance something happened that I haven’t encountered in years. Or rather, didn’t happen. Where usually the clapping begins the moment the lights go down, here there was no applause, just a silence that spoke more loudly than an ovation."

    — Valley Advocate (Read)

  • "Witherspoon proves he can voice jovial, childlike, and country-bumpkin characterizations in a matter of seconds."

    —Motif Magazine (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon's Pierre is grounded, a solid foil to the show's more ostentatious male characters. This quality truly shines through at the tail end, during his final scene with Natasha and when the comet finally appears, during "The Great Comet of 1812."

    — Broadway World (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon II plays a formidable Jacob Marley, one of the many characters in the annual performance that stand out in originality and creativeness."

    — Broadway World (Read)

  • "Director Rodney Witherspoon II takes that bleakness and infuses it with meaning, the lamp, the walls, the window, the chains, the furniture—everything is more than what it seems. Words have secondary and tertiary meanings; gestures are spare (except for one crowning moment when Turner leaps on a stool to pray) and subdued; Death itself hovers over the stage."

    — Ptownie (Read)

  • "The moments where he takes center stage are some of the most affecting. His soliloquy, “Dust and Ashes” ... is simply gorgeous."

    — Motif Magazine (Read)

  • "... "the Jasons," a married couple, Adrian Peguero and Rodney Whitherspoon II are familiar and wonderful, awaiting the birth of their first child via surrogate...

    — The Westerly Sun (Read)

  • "...it is an engaging tale of adventures and Witherspoon is so thoroughly absorbed in his role as Louis that one can’t help but hang on his every word. "

    — Provincetown Magazine (Read)

  • "When Gamm newcomer Rodney Witherspoon II hops on the stage as Vic, the street-wise Jersey teenager who works as a male prostitute but attends Seton Hall prep (and wears the uniform tie to prove it), we're ready for some humor and kindness, and Witherspoon gives us both. His Vic is funny, kind, sweet and generous."

    —The Westerly Sun (Read)

  • "The performances are uniformly outstanding. Witherspoon’s Lyons charms in all his brief moments..."

    —East Greenwich News (Read)

  • "Under Rodney Witherspoon II’s direction, this play is marvelously performed, easily holding the audience’s attention throughout its uninterrupted 90 minutes."

    — Provincetown Magazine (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon II, who played the lead in WHAT’s recent production of "Shipwrecked!", directs with fluidity, grace, and power. "

    — The Provincetown Independent (Read)

  • "Rodney Witherspoon's ("The Inheritance") appearance as Jacob Marley is a spectacle to behold."

    —Edge Media (Read)