More than a decade after making its off-Broadway debut, critically-acclaimed play The Exonerated will have its first ever Australian performance, courtesy of an independent Melbourne theatre company driven by an honourable cause.
Written by husband-and-wife duo Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, the play consists of six harrowing tales of death row inmates convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. It's grim stuff, particularly when you consider that all six stories were based on actual cases, whittled down from more than 40.
The Melbourne show, at Chapel Off Chapel, is the latest production by The Sol III Company — a group which raises money for prison programs and to help overturn wrongful convictions in both Australia and the US. Money made from ticket sales will be donated to Innocence International and Liberation Prison Yoga.
The Exonerated runs from May 20 to June 7. For more information, head over here.