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Chris Botti, Stockard Channing, Sting, Trudie Styler at Opening of Culture Project’s Exonerated

Tristan Fuge

New York City

September 20, 2012

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The cast takes a bow at Culture Project’s production of The Exonerated.
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Exonerated star Stockard Channing invited exoneree Sunny Jacobs on-stage to talk about what the production means to her.

Actress Trudie Styler joined trumpeter Chris Botti at the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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The Exonerated writers Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank joined Culture Project Founder Allan Buchman after the company’s opening night of the show.
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Exoneree Sunny Jacobs joined her husband after watching the opening of Culture Project’s production of The Exonerated.
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Sting and trumpeter Chris Botti were in the house for the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Project Runway model Camilla Barungi joined the crowd to enjoy the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Director Bob Balaban (right) joined actor Delroy Lindo after his opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Stockard Channing after her opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Brian Dennehy after his opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Chris Sarandon after his opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Amelia Campbell after her opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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April Yvette Thompson after her opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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Jim Bracchitta after his opening in the Culture Project production of The Exonerated.
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On Wednesday, September 19, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s play The Exonerated opened at the Culture Project, where it is set to run through November 4 with Bob Balaban at the helm.

Opening night guests included exoneree Sunny Jacobs, who joined star Stockard Channing on-stage after the show, as well as Sting, actress Trudie Styler, trumpeter Chris Botti, and model Camilla Barungi.

Presented in association with The Innocence Project, The Exonerated is the dramatization of the real-life stories of six individuals who were sentenced to death and later freed amidst overwhelming evidence of their innocence.

The cast features Jim Bracchitta, Amelia Campbell, Bruce Kronenberg, Curtis McClarin, April Yvette Thompson, and JD Williams as well as rotating cast members Stockard Channing, Brian Dennehy, Steve Earle, John Forté, K’naan, Delroy Lindo, Lyle Lovett, Chris Sarandon, and Brooke Shields. In addition Jacobs, whose story is shared within the play, will join the cast September 25-30.

Click here for TheaterMania’s review of The Exonerated.

For more information and tickets to The Exonerated, click here.