WHAT THEY ARE SAYING…

Redeemed, Contemporary American Theatre Festival

“There are two very compelling reasons for you to see Redeemed, the stellar new play by Chisa Hutchinson now enjoying its world premiere at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. The first is Hutchinson herself, who has proven to be one of modern theater’s preeminent wordsmiths. The other is Doug Harris, whose performance as incarcerated hate-crime killer Trevor Barlow is a master class in acting.

Harris hit all the marks in his portrayal of Trevor. His character goes through a series of personality shifts to which Harris brings a delightful physicality, with chameleon-like facial expressions. As the play went on, one could almost suss out the inner, unspoken motivations behind his character’s words.”

- Nicole Hertvik DC Theater Arts

“Doug Harris’s Trevor is a case study in sociopathy, presenting as a confused, remorseful kid who has changed utterly and who is ready for a new lease on life.”

- Andrew White, Broadwayworld

New Golden Age, Primary Stages

“Most impressive is Harris's portrayal of Mat, whose broad smile and performative sincerity betrays a lifetime of communicating through screens and successor technologies. Part motivational speaker, part Marvel supervillain, he embodies a compelling tragic hero for the 21st century. Like Oedipus before him (or more appropriately for this story, Creon in Antigone), his attempts to contravene fate end in humiliation.”

- Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania NY)

Still Life, Ancram Opera House/ Playhouse Creatures Theater Co.

“The most demanding role is that of Mark. Doug Harris turns in a super intense and emotional performance of the ticking timebomb of a man relentlessly haunted by his personal demons. As he relates his evolution from idealistic young American hero to post-war vet, drug dealer, and wife abuser, he reveals a nervous, edgy and dangerous young man whose life has been decimated by the horrors of war. …he is on the ledge about to jump from the get go and just stays there…. He definitely captures the dark depths of his character.

-Jeannine Marlin Woods (Berkshire on Stage)

Doug Harris’ (Mark) “narrative makes it easy to dislike him, and yet we are caught, compulsively listening, as he unfolds his personal history, his needs and his deeds equally astounding and disgusting us.”

- J. Peter Bergman (The Edge Berkshire)

“Mark, in a terrific performance by Doug Harris, is haunted from the beginning, and tells us he has done terrible things. The evening is headed to the monologue that tells us what Daddy did in the war, but it’s less an expiation of guilt than a coming to terms. … No one is let off the hook and we all carry the sins for atrocities committed in our name.”

- Patrick White (Nippertown)

Sheepdog, Contemporary American Theater Festival

“In creating their characters, Stephens and Harris are spot-on in every detail…Harris’ Ryan is cheerful, well-intentioned — he tries really hard to be a good guy, both in his work and his relationship — and deeply into anxiety and denial in the wake of the shooting. Their physical acting is as close to perfection as one can expect to find on any stage. Stephens and Harris embody Anima and Ryan in ways that convey the state of their souls at each moment. Who the characters are, and how they came to be where they are, never fail to be crystal clear.”

- Bob Ashby (DC Theater Arts)

“As Ryan, Amina's partner in the force and in life, Doug Harris gives us the simple yearning to be more than just a good person, but to be a healer, who actually makes life better and safer for everyone. Given his white-bread upbringing, in a bigoted household in a bigoted small Ohio town, he knows he has some work to do; but even his desire to set things right is no match for the hardened culture of the Blue Line.”

- Andrew White (Broadway World)

“an interracial love affair unravels between Cleveland police officers (the terrific Sarah Ellen Stephens and Doug Harris). Harris’s Ryan is gutted by his own actions, as a White police officer who has fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop.”

- PETER MARKS (The Washington Post)

A Few Good Men, La Mirada Theater

“A stellar Doug Harris plays Navy Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, a lawyer who’d be first on your list if you wanted to settle out of court”

“It took Stangl and casting director Julia Flores a nationwide search to find precisely the right actor to play Kaffee, but bringing Harris out west more than justifies their efforts, the instantly likable New York-based stage actor having us in the palm of his hand even before Kaffee begins his transformation from snarky pragmatist to impassioned warrior.”

- Steven Stanley (Stage Scene LA)

“The audition process narrowed down from 500 submissions into a final cast of 18. Doug Harris will no doubtedly be compared to actor Tom Cruise based on the film version for the character of Lt. j.g. Daniel A. Kaffee. But with Harris’ expressive presence, I particularly saw him more as Jim Carrey playing a lawyer in the movie “Liar Liar” with the dramatic gravitas of more serious roles.”

- Russell Tom (Socal Thrills)

“Among the more notable turns, is Doug Harris, who plays what is identifiably the lead character in an ensemble piece. Harris’ Lt. j.g. Kaffee centers events as the recognizable way-smarter-than-he-pretends-to-be young, Harvard-grad attorney. His face lights up with crafty appeal when he has a smart-aleck reply or a lawyer-ly “aha” when he is hit by a key revelation (Harris’ facial angularity in any moment of delight has a young Jim Carrey look).”

- Christopher Smith (OC Register)

“the very charming Doug Harris”

-Michael Quintos (Broadway World)

Waiting For Lefty, Quintessence Theater Co.

“All praises to the actors who bring a multidimensional perspective to their characterizations (including) Doug Harris, as the first driver to sound the call for a strike.

- Cameron Kelsall (Broadstreet Review)

“Doug Harris is achingly earnest and painfully worn-down as Joe. The frustration and love and anger that shape the conflict between Joe and his wife Edna feel instantly authentic.”

- Rebecca Rendell (Talkin Broadway)

It’s Only A Play, George St. Playhouse

“Doug Harris is endearing as the coat-check boy—he’s really an aspiring actor, you know—who has just arrived in New York and can’t stop saying “wow,””

- Charles Paolino (New Jersey Stage)

“Doug Harris has comic flare as the wannabe waiter.”

- Neal Zoren (Princeton Info)

“There’s Gus, an overly eager coat check boy, charismatically played by Doug Harris.”

-Noah Pattillo (Theatrely)

“Finally, Doug Harris’ starry-eyed valet is a font of inappropriateness as he goes about his first-ever theatre-adjacent job.”

- Allen Neuner “Out In Jersey”

“the endearingly clueless Doug Harris”

- Cameron Kelsall (Broad Street Review)

“With a starry-eyed coat check boy, played strongly by the adorable Doug Harris (Playwrights Realm’s The Rape of the Sabine Women…), basically (almost) stealing the show”

- Time Square Chronicles

A Few Good Men, Pittsburgh Public

“As Kaffee, Doug Harris has all the boyish charm and cockiness needed to play a smart, but overly confident young lawyer.”

- Hannah Lynn (City Paper)

Rape of the Sabine Women by Grace B. Matthias, Playwrights Realm

“Jeff, played with daring sympathy by Doug Harris”

- Jesse Green (NY TIMES)

“football dreamboat Jeff (Doug Harris)”

- Helen Shaw (Time Out NY)

“Doug Harris is a slippery -- and yet not unlikeable -- mixture of uncertainty and opportunism as Jeff, who is clearly chafing under Bobby's possessive ways; he is especially impressive in showing how Jeff makes the terrible decision from which the play's events flow.”

- David Barbour (Lighting and Sound America)

Glass Menagerie, 47th St. Theater

“Jim's words of encouragement — delivered by Harris with all the smooth charm of his famously upstanding character — bring out only the giddy schoolgirl in Washington's Laura”

- Hayley Levitt (Theatermania)

“ The exception here is Doug Harris’ exhilarating Jim O’Connor who provides an endearing if troubling light to this production. We hope, like Amanda, for him to be the departure from this melancholy.”

- Keith Paul Medelis (Theatre Is Easy)

“Harris is touching as Jim. He is kind, understanding and helpful to Laura…. he gives her quietness a value. He lets her know that her being different is a good thing. The encounter that these two characters have touches the heart and uplifts the spirit to a point. Watching this play reminds the audience of the brilliance of Williams”

- Linda Armstrong (New York Amsterdam News)

“As Jim, Doug Harris was absolutely charming. You couldn’t help but fall in love with Harris’ Jim. Harris and Washington brought new life to their scene of doomed romance, serving as the strongest moment in the entire production.”

- Michael Block (Theater in the Now)

“Harris provides an impressive dose of optimism during a period in which it is most welcome”

- K. Krombie (Stage Buddy)