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Theater Lab’s INFERNA: Traditional Indoctrination Doesn’t Deal With Sexual Abuse

We all have scripts. In her INFERNA at Theatre Lab playwright’actress Joanna Castle Miller says they are values and mores inculcated since childhood especially by religion.  But sometimes we have been indoctrinated in multiple scripts; some don’t sync, some counter each other, some which don’t even address issues.

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Bill Hirschman
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Religion, Immigration, Humor Intersect In CONVERSA

The responsibility to progress beyond religious belief and on to social action. The 6,000-year-old never ending saga of perilous immigration. Evolving from your religious upbringing into a different faith. Such themes intersect in Theatre Lab’s CONVERSA driven by the infectiously enthused playwright/performer Joanna Castle Miller whose direct TED-like address is infused with her engaging skill as a stand-up comedienne.

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Bill Hirschman
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