Franklin College theater students will tackle the controversy of wrongful convictions in a play premiering next week.
The college’s theater department will perform Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank’s “The Exonerated” at 8 p.m., beginning Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Nov. 19 and at 2 p.m., Nov. 20. All performances will be in Théâtre Margot in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts, located at the corner of Branigin Boulevard and Grizzly Drive.
The story is based on real-life interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and public records, and tells the stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row.
Moving between first-person monologues and scenes set in courtrooms and prisons, the six interwoven stories paint a picture of what happens when the American criminal justice system goes terribly wrong.
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Nicolas Crisafulli, assistant professor of fine arts at Franklin College, will direct the play. He earned his bachelor’s degree in theater arts and political science from Presbyterian College in South Carolina, and his master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Memphis. Crisafulli joined the Franklin College faculty in 2009, after serving as a graduate instructor at the University of Memphis.
General admission is $12. Admission for each performance is $8 for students and seniors (55 and older). Franklin College students, faculty and staff are admitted free with a valid Franklin College ID. Tickets may be reserved by email at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or by phone at 317-738-8029 or 800-852-0232, ext. 8029.
