Featured Work
INFERNA
A New Play
by Joanna Castle Miller
Directed by Will Steinberger
Starring Joanna Castle Miller
With Tom Degnan*
The Tank
Sunday, June 2, 3:00pm
Monday, June 3, 7:00pm
As a young playwright (Castle Miller) balances the childhood expectations of religion and theatre, she comes to realize the mentors she adores aren't who they appear to be, and neither are the scripts they've passed down to her.
Developed in residency with New York Stage and Film and workshopped through Valdez Theatre Conference, INFERNA is an autobiographical play about trauma, forgiveness, and the absurd comedy of being a child.
(INFERNA will also be presented as an evening workshop at the 2024 Valdez Theatre Conference.)
Recent News
Conversa
A New Play
by Joanna Castle Miller
Now a 2024 Jewish Plays Project Finalist
Young Joanna knows all the Jewish prayers – and how they’re really about Jesus. That’s because her mother, who wanted to be a rabbi, converted to evangelicalism through Jews for Jesus many years ago. Joanna learns all the tricks of Christian missions, eventually becoming a missionary herself. But then something ancient draws her away, to traditions she never learned and dark histories she never studied. And to a tiny village where, centuries ago, her father’s father’s father made a very different choice.
Developed with the Jewish Plays Project as a sequel to INFERNA, CONVERSA is about identity, migration, and change, and how the worst parts of religion keep us from the best parts – the parts that help all of us survive persecution and find our way home.
Additional Work
Some of Joanna’s upcoming work and samples are listed below.
For more information or to request a script, contact Joanna.
Recent:
INFERNA
Workshop Production, The Tank (NYC), June 2024
Reading, Valdez Theatre Conference, Summer 2022.
Residency, New York Stage and Film, Summer 2021.
CONVERSA
Jewish Plays Project Finalist, 2024
EKPHRASIS
Commissioned by We the Women Collective.
KEEP THIS FAR APART
Domestic and international film festivals, 2022.
We the Women’s film anthology Keep This Far Apart is currently appearing at festivals around the US and internationally. In distribution via INTERVIEW. Written by Joanna Castle Miller, Anna Zeigler, Ming Peiffer, Gina Young, and Stacy Osei-Kuffour. Directed by Whitney White and Tyne Rafaeli.
SH@MED
Finalist, Jewish Plays Project 2021
Regional Finalist, Jewish Plays Project: Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv
Kilroy’s List, 2020
The Storehouse
World Premiere 2023 at Perisphere Theatre (Silver Spring)
Reading, Women’s History Month at Bare Bones Theatre, Spring 2022
Reading, Valdez Theatre Conference, Summer 2019
The World’s Next Tooth Fairy Is Marci Peterson
Portland, OR. Continuous.
Pulp Stage’s live performances of The World’s Next Tooth Fairy Is Marci Peterson center older actors, in rep. You can also enjoy the new Zoom-friendly reading script, developed with Pulp Stage, on New Play Exchange.
Recent Publications and Appearances:
Broadway in Beacon: Composers’ Cabaret – Singing “Story of Hope” and “Bipartisan Love” from Fox News the Musical (Beacon Bonfire)
Letters to the Editor: An Improv Show – Producer and Host (Beacon Bonfire)
I’m Eliza Doolittle, and I’ve Made a Huge Mistake (McSweeney’s trending article)
I Am Liesl Von Trapp, and I Owe the Resistance an Apology (McSweeney’s top trending)
I Am Ariel the Little Mermaid, and I’d Like to Be a Fish Again (McSweeney’s)
We’re the Supreme Court, and We Should Have Used Protection (McSweeney’s)
The Villain Who Plans to Demolish the Toy Shop in a Hallmark Christmas Movie Sets the Record Straight (McSweeneys)
The Labor Shortage Hits Scrooge and Marley (McSweeney’s)
The Door from Titanic Settles the “Room for Jack” Debate Once and For All (The Belladonna)
The Mom from Bird Box Has Some Thoughts About This Pandemic (McSweeney’s)
Timothy Cratchit’s Socialist Manifesto (McSweeney’s)
The Test Case – Joanna joins the Villains of History podcast to discuss Nicolae Ceaucescu’s legacy in Romania with host Cat Alvarado.
Sketch Comedy:
Newseenex – The Newspaper You Can Cry Into (featured, Funny or Die and One Dumb Video)
Sorta My Thing: Sexy Janitor (Episode One of the Funny-or-Die featured web series Sorta My Thing)
All I Want for Christmas (Are Faithless Electors) (Featured, WhoHaha and The Advocate)
Red, White, and Dad: The Convention (Episode Two of Joanna’s web series documenting her dad’s third-party run for president)
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