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.

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)

In this introductory episode, Scene in Boston hosts Laura Amico and Lisa Thalhamer warm up the feed by previewing the kinds of connections Scene in Boston will explore across the season.

Laura and Lisa tease upcoming conversations about theater and online life (Job and The Moderate), ambitious long-form storytelling like the Ufot Family Cycle, and Boston's fascination with retelling epic myths—from Penelope to Hadestown to Oedipus El Rey.

Scene in Boston is about orientation, connection, and making Boston's remarkable theater scene feel accessible, alive, and worth talking about.