The Road to Huntsville

Have you ever wondered how romance can blossom when one partner is behind bars? Find out when The Road to Huntsville debuts at the 2021 Wynnum Fringe Festival, performed for 2 nights only on November 18 and 19, 2021, at the Wynnum Library. 

Performed by Brisbane-based actor Jacinda Mclaughlin (Amber in Amazon Prime's Full Disclosure), The Road to Huntsville is a one-woman-play by award-winning British playwright Stephanie Ridings, that depicts a writer who is bewildered as to how and why people fall in love with convicts. A divisive topic, with so much content, she realises she could write a play about it.

Steph is corresponding with Jonny Demouchette, a death-row inmate incarcerated at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. The correspondence is purely research, however Jonny’s letters are unexpectedly witty, intelligent and beautiful at times and she finds herself grappling to understand where the death penalty fits into society.

The more Steph researches this topic, she discovers some chilling facts, the over-representation of Black and Latinx inmates in the USA, and not to mention the ethical and human rights issues associated with the lethal injection.

Winner of the Arts Award Voice at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Road to Huntsville has been described as “a carefully crafted and beautifully told story that makes you both sympathise with the decisions made and question what you might do in the same circumstances.” 

This play is guaranteed to get you thinking and then unexpectedly laughing.