The play is a murder mystery in which Charlie Bucktin (played by James Smith), a bookworm with not many friends, helps Jasper Jones, a social outcast and rebel, hide evidence of a murdered girl. However, Mulvany overcame these challenges and managed to produce her own adaption of the Australian classic. Mulvany points out the challenge of including the favourite parts of the novel as well as fitting the exploration of the town’s people into a stage adaption of a novel.
The producer of the play, Kate Mulvany, modified Jasper Jones from Craig Silvey’s novel. Despite the dark themes of the play, the production goes against the book and keeps the performance light and quirky, completely avoiding direct confrontation of bigger issues. Jasper Jones is a contemporary Australian story that explores the life of a teenage boy who is attempting to grow up and learn that racism and death overshadow the community of his home town.
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