Marjorie Standiford is on Death Row in Oklahoma. She is answering questions posed to her by America's most popular horror novelist about the wild life of sex, drugs, and crime that has led to what may be her imminent execution. This is the story of a woman's attempt to set the record straight. Based on the novel by Stewart O'Nan, The Speed Queen is adapted and performed by Anne Stockton, with direction by Austin Pendleton.

The Speed Queen is presented as part of the Midtown International Fringe Festival.