Department of Theatre & Dance

Diversity Play 2008

WSU Theatre presents The Exonerated

WSU Theatre's 2008 diversity play, The Exonerated, will be performed February 7–9 and February 14–16 at 8:00 p.m. in Jones Theatre, Daggy Hall.

The award-winning play by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen tells the true stories of 6 people wrongfully convicted of heinous crimes and their eventual release from death row.

Professor Terry Converse directs this hard-hitting, powerful, and socially relevant production. Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record, The Exonerated tells the stories of these 6 survivors in their own words.

One of the characters we meet in the play is Kerry, a sensitive Texan who was brutalized on death row for 22 years before DNA evidence proved him innocent of the rape and murder of a young woman. Awaiting execution for this tragic crime he did not commit, he endured the unimaginable.

Kerry Max Cook is now free and tours the country to talk about the criminal justice system in America. Cook will visit the WSU Pullman campus February 14 and 15 to meet with students and attend both evening performances of The Exonerated.

Cook is the author of Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself after Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit.


Cook's visit is made possible by a partnership with Campus Involvement in the Division of Student Affairs, Equity, and Diversity. The Exonerated is presented with support from the WSU Parents Program.
 

Performance Schedule

February 7–9 and 14–16
8:00 p.m. nightly
Jones Theatre, Daggy Hall

 This production contains adult content, including language and subject matter.

Ticket Sales

Tickets are available at the Daggy Hall box office from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday the week of the play and beginning one hour prior to the 8:00 p.m. curtain.

General admission tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors, and $5 for students. WSU graduate/professional students and their partners are admitted free of charge with ID and signature, courtesy of the GPSA.

Reservations may be made by calling the ticket office at 509-335-7236 or e-mailing reservations@wsu.edu.

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