Production still for "I Am a Miracle". L-R: Bert LaBonté, Melita Jurisic, Hana Lee Crisp. Photographer: Pia Johnson

I Am a Miracle

18 July 2015 – 09 August 2015 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Opera Australia,

New Writing Theatre Musical Collaboration

After 18 years on death row, Marvin Lee Wilson was executed by lethal injection. But after a 2002 Supreme Court ruling, his sub-normal IQ should have disqualified him from the death sentence. Strapped to a gurney, his final statement was a plea for recognition: ‘I am a miracle’.

Green Room Award Recipient For Outstanding Set and Costume Design and Best Production (Theatre Companies)

"POTENT, MIND-BLOWING ... THE COMBINATION OF PLAYWRIGHT DECLAN GREENE AND DIRECTOR MATTHEW LUTTON IS DISCIPLINED AND UNEXPECTEDLY PRODUCTIVE ... A MASTERPIECE."

— The Australian