Back Porch Theater

06/18/2026

RINSE & REPEAT
(Pre-recorded at 8pm because I want to walk my dog before it gets dark!)
By Miranda Jonte

06/17/2026

Instead of seeing Irma Vep this evening, detoured due to accident-related traffic, we will have a pop-up back porch, theater! I had the idea while sitting in our long traffic so the piece I’ve chosen seems appropriate 😁
Join me at 8:30 PM Eastern for a live stream of this new work, the prompt for which was suggested by Janie Franklin, someone very dear to me from back home in Pinole.

06/08/2026

Dough

06/08/2026

Tonight at 7 PM Eastern, live, testing out new piece, DOUGH.
See you then

06/04/2026

You’re Not Lame
By Miranda Jonté

06/03/2026

From the realm of upstate New York, Back Porch Theater goes live once again, on the heels of (re)Dressing Miss Havisham.
Tomorrow, Thursday morning, at 10:45AM eastern, join us here on BPT for a surprise piece.
See you then!

05/20/2026

We are proud of this production.

Don’t walk, run! Hope to see you there 😉 🤞🏻

https://mcgrathpr.com/review-a-dickens-character-gets-another-look/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR7GJ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe3BMzEqS1edByqeqk96tJXtJFDHtEeibOWY3IT2afNjNZx1hzFZw4LbBC92w_aem_OZ_AiFucQEFrawKn3EuOhA

Watching a drama unfold offers a special kind of thrill. In the case of “(re)Dressing Miss Havisham,” the exhilaration comes not only from this actor’s unexpected exploration of the tragic character from Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations,” but also from the realization that the play ...

05/19/2026

Many thanks to , Laura Amico and Lisa Thalhamer for featuring a new episode "Inside the Making of (Re)Dressing Miss Havisham: Miranda Jonte on Solo Performance, Literary Adaptation, and Boston Playwrights Theater's New Play Incubator," available on Apple, Spotify, or at Sceneinboston.org.

In this episode, Miranda Jonté unpacks the challenge and thrill of carrying a one-person show, reimagining a classic character for contemporary audiences, and developing inside one of ’s most important spaces for emerging plays and .

(re)Dressing Miss Havisham opens TONIGHT, playing through May 24. "Break a leg" happy opening wishes to this devoted cast, crew and artistic team: Playwright John Minigan, director Peter Sampieri, producer Neil McGarry, stage manager Summer Bates, actor Miranda Jonte.

Episode on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-making-of-re-dressing-miss-havisham/id1870590739?i=1000768391981