Inside the Making of (Re)Dressing Miss Havisham: Miranda Jonté on solo performance, literary adaptation, and Boston Playwrights Theatre's new play incubator

In this episode of Scene in Boston, hosts Laura Amico and Lisa Thalhamer are joined by actor Miranda Jonté, who stars in (Re)Dressing Miss Havisham at Boston Playwrights' Theatre. The new solo play, written by John Minigan, reexamines the iconic Great Expectations character from her own perspective — asking what happens when women written off by literature get to tell their own stories. Jonté talks about collaborating with Minigan, building a one-woman performance, blending literary analysis with detective work, and why the play pushes back against familiar narratives about aging, heartbreak, and women's lives. Along the way, Laura and Lisa connect the production to other shows this season, including Gem of the Ocean, Penelope, The Outsiders, and this season's ongoing interest in revisiting classic stories through contemporary eyes. You can find tickets, show notes, and Boston-area theater listings at SceneInBoston.org.