Road to Huntsville, The
- Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 1F
- ISBN: 9781848427693
The Road to Huntsville is a short play for a solo performer about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
The Road to Huntsville by Stephanie Ridings is a short play for a solo performer about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.
It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in November 2016, as part of the Women Centre Stage Festival produced by Sphinx Theatre, demonstrating the range, depth and richness of women’s writing for the stage.
The play is available in Women Centre Stage, a collection of eight short plays selected by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre. All the plays included in this volume offer a wide variety of rewarding roles for women, and are perfect for schools, youth groups and theatre companies to perform. Other writers included in the collection include Winsome Pinnock, Timberlake Wertenbaker and April De Angelis.
Premiere Production:
Hampstead Theatre, London, 2016.
Characters
- Casting: 1F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers
