Inside the Making of a New Play: Girl Crime, Lifted, The Outsiders, and more

Hosts Laura Amico and Lisa Thalhamer step inside the process of writing new plays—how stories move from idea to page to stage, and what it takes to build something that doesn't yet exist. They talk with Boston playwrights about shaping characters, navigating collaboration, and developing work in real time, as scripts evolve through workshops, rehearsals, and conversation with artists and audiences. The discussion opens up the often-invisible work behind new theater: revision, risk, and the challenge of writing something that feels urgent and alive. Along the way, Laura and Lisa connect these conversations to the broader landscape of new work in Boston, exploring how plays are developed across institutions and what it means to create theater that speaks to this moment—and to the audiences it hopes to reach. Also Mentioned: Lifted, as part of the Ufot Family Cycle The Outsiders Beauty and the Beast Charlotte's Web Little Women Pride and Prejudice The Odyssey The Moderate When Playwrights Kill Black Swan Weighting the Weight The Secret Sharer