Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Directed by LARRY WILBUR
Justice is Blind. Injustice is too.
... What effect does it have on a person--a soul, a life--to have freedom and self-respect stripped away and then, ostensibly, returned years later after decades of incarceration? The Exonerated attempts to answer this question through the words of six innocent men and women who, after years in jail, emerged from death row to try to reclaim what was left of their lives.
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six people sent to Death Row for crimes they did not commit.
Moving between first-person monologues and scenes set in courtrooms and prisons, the six interwoven stories paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone horribly wrong and of six brave souls who persevered to survive it.
In spring of 2002, "The Exonerated" authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen co-directed a critically acclaimed production of The Exonerated at the Los Angeles Actors' Gang Theater under the Artistic Direction of Tim Robbins. Under Bob Balaban's direction, The Exonerated played Off-Broadway (over 600 performances) and toured for 27 weeks across the country. The Exonerated has also been performed at the United Nations and for Washington audiences including Senator Patrick Leahy, Former Atty. General Janet Reno, Former U.S. Atty. Mary Jo White, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, and several members of the Justice Department.
CAST
Kerry………Eric Dino
Sunny……..Stacey Cretekos
David………Phil Hannah
Gary……….Andre Herzegovitch
Robert…….Jeff Foote
Delbert…….Bill White
Georgia……Fallen Jean-Baptiste
Sandra…….Helene Gardner
Sue………..Andrea Pecorino
Shadow 1…Neil Battinelli
PERFORMANCES Fridays and Saturdays Jan. 25, 26, Feb. 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 8PM
Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8PM
Sundays Jan. 27, Feb. 3 at 2PM.
