The Exonerated announces rotating cast members

Culture Project have announced the full rotating cast for the remaining run of the tenth anniversary production of The Exonerated.

Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, and directed by Bob Balaban, The Exonerated, the 10th anniversary production opened at the Bleecker Theater on 19 Sep 2012, following previews from 15 Sep, and will end its limited seven-week engagement on 4 Nov 2012.

The rotating cast will welcome Steve Earle ("The Revolution Starts...Now," Grammy Award), John Forté ("The Score," Grammy nominee), Kathryn Grody (Scapino), Marg Helgenberger ("CSI"), Christine Lahti (God of Carnage), Richard Masur (This is Fiction), Joe Morton (Raisin), Martin Short (The Goodbye Girl), Danton Stone (Ivan in Art), Frank Whaley ("Blue Bloods") and exoneree Kerry Max Cook, whose story is shared in the play.

The schedule for the rotating cast:
9 - 14 Oct 2012: John Forté, Kathryn Grody, Richard Masur, Danton Stone
16 - 21 Oct 2012: *Kerry Max Cook, Steve Earle, Joe Morton, *Martin Short
(*Martin. Short will appear as 'Kerry Max Cook' for three performances only - *Kerry Max Cook will portray himself from 19 - 21 Oct 2012)
23 - 28 Oct 2012: Christine Lahti, Joe Morton, Frank Whaley
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2012: Marg Helgenberger, Joe Morton, Chris Sarandon (returns).

Directed by Bob Balaban, the shows non-rotating cast features Jim Bracchitta (Prosecutor 2), Amelia Campbell (Sandra Cook), Bruce Kronenberg (Prosecutor 1), Curtis McClarin (David Keaton), April Yvette Thompson (Georgia Hayes) and JD Williams (Robert Earl Hayes.

The Exonerated, a dramatization of the real-life stories of six individuals who were sentenced to death and later freed amidst overwhelming evidence of their innocence. The play is culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and court records of individuals on death row.

The production opened to mostly good reviews: This is disturbing and haunting material (newyorktheatreguide); Still has the power to unsettle (NY Times); These stories will touch your heart (Back Stage).

The show is produced off-Broadway by the Culture Project, in special association with The Innocence Project.