In 2001, wife-and-husband team Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen conducted interviews with more than 40 exonerated Death Row residents, then condensed some of those interviews into a direct-address theater piece, The Exonerated. Their play won numerous awards and was adapted into a star-studded telefilm that aired, appropriately enough, on Court TV. Now director Don Welch has assembled an impressive cast of a dozen undergrads plus one soulful saxophonist (Sean Lindemeier) for a passionate, provocative, poetic 90 minutes of despair and redemption. It's terrific.
Read Christian Carvajal's full review of The Exonerated in the Music and Culture section.
THE EXONERATED, 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through June 1, South Puget Sound Community College, 2011 Mottman Rd. SW, Olympia, $10-$12 (free with SPSCC ID), 360.753.8586
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