S1 E1: On the Edge of Our Seats

In this premiere episode, Scene in Boston hosts Laura Amico and Lisa Thalhamer dive into how Boston’s stages are grappling with trauma in the age of the internet — as content, as labor, and as identity. They start with the world-premiere workshop of Girl Crime, a sharp, funny, and unsettling satire of true crime podcasts and influencer culture, before turning their focus to Job, the psychological thriller now playing at SpeakEasy Stage.

Find the episode below, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Laura and Lisa talk with Job actors Josephine Moshiri Elwood and Dennis Trainor Jr. about building complicated, sometimes unsettling characters, performing in intense proximity to the audience, and what makes Boston audiences special.

Along the way, they connect Job to The Moderate, opening at Central Square Theater, and to a broader season of shows exploring who carries the weight of what we watch, share, and consume online.

Mentioned are:

Girl Crime (Boston Center for the Arts / BCA Plaza)

Job (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

The Moderate (Central Square Theater)

Weighting the Wait (Open Theatre Project)

Wonder (American Repertory Theater)

Penelope (Lyric Stage)

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Boston Center for the Arts)

The Antiquities (SpeakEasy Stage)

Gem of the Ocean (Actors Shakespeare Project)