Next Theatre Opens THE EXONERATED, 4/20

Next Theatre Company has announced the final production of their 2012-2013 season, Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen's The Exonerated, directed by Northwestern University alumna Cat Miller, and co-produced with the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University and presented in partnership with the Northwestern University School of Law's Center on Wrongful Convictions (Center), April 19 - May 5 at the Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Northwestern University.

Opening night is Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m., with single ticket proceeds benefiting the Center. Press night is Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $25, with $5 tickets available to full-time Northwestern students on advance purchase. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847.491.7282.

Based on interviews conducted by playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, The ExoneraTed Follows six former Death Row prisoners whose convictions were reversed. From their trials to their incarcerations to their eventual releases, this award-winning play uses the words of these innocent men and women as they share the stories of everything and everyone that they lost when they were wrongly convicted, as well as the lives they are working to rebuild. The inaugural collaboration between Next and TIC, The Exonerated will be staged at TIC in partnership with the Center and will feature a cast of professional and student artists working together on this exploration of the criminal justice system.