NASHVILLE |FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON
SEVEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN, STAGE AND
FILM ACTRESS ALANIS MORISSETTE STEPS INTO THE
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HIT OFF-BROADWAY PLAY, THE
EXONERATED, FOR ONE WEEK ONLY;
ALANIS MORISSETTE WILL PORTRAY EXONEREE SUNNY JACOBS
STARTING DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH DECEMBER 7TH
Seven-time Grammy Award-winning musician, stage and film actress ALANIS MORISSETTE steps into the critically acclaimed hit off- Broadway play “The Exonerated” for ONE WEEK ONLY. ALANIS MORISSETTE will portray exoneree Sunny Jacobs starting December 2nd through December 7th. Directed by Bob Balaban, The Exonerated opened on October 10th, 2002 to rave reviews. It has received numerous awards including a 2002-2003 Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award as well as the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Champion of Justice Award, and Court TV’s Annual Scales of Justice Award.
Arriving on the scene in 1995 with the groundbreaking multi-Grammy Award-winning album JAGGED LITTLE PILL, ALANIS MORISSETTE has become one of the premiere singer/songwriter/musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned the seven-time Grammy Award winner vast critical praise and a dedicated fan-base that extends throughout the world. Her other albums include the recently released UNDER RUG SWEPT(2002), and SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE (1998), as well as an MTV Unplugged album (1999). In addition to her musical accomplishments, ALANIS has also expanded her career by directing music videos and acting in the film “Dogma” and HBO’s “Sex In the City.” ALANIS also appeared off-Broadway in “The Vagina Monologues.” At the same time, ALANIS has remained at the forefront of humanitarian issues, Internet technology, and music artists’ rights, participating in various benefit performances including the John Lennon Tribute from New York City, Toronto’s Music Without Borders event, Seattle’s Groundworks, and The Great Jubilee Concert for A Debt-Free World. She has visited and performed in fifteen countries and was awarded a Global Tolerance Award by the Friends of The United Nations in December 2001.
“The Exonerated” began its journey over the summer of 2000, when married authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen traveled across the United States, interviewing 40 of the (then) 89 former death row prisoners. They went as far south as Texas and Miami, as far north as Chicago and just about everywhere in between to meet the people whose stories appear in “The Exonerated.” The interviewees were from vastly different ethnic, religious and educational backgrounds. Their views on the world varied greatly. The only thing they had in common was that all 40 had been sentenced to death, spent anywhere from 2 to 22 years on death row and were subsequently found innocent and freed by the state. Their interviews form the core of The Exonerated.
Directed by Bob Balaban, “The Exonerated” began performances at The Culture Project at 45 Bleecker Theater (at Bleecker and Lafayette Streets) on October 1, 2002, opened on October 10, 2002 and continues its critically acclaimed run.
Produced by The Culture Project, Dede Harris, Morton Swinsky, Bob Balaban, Allan Buchman, Patrick Blake, David Elliott, Jane Bergere, Ruth Hendel, Cheryl Wiesenfeld.
“The Exonerated” is at 45 Bleecker Theater, 45 Bleecker Street (@ Lafayette). For tickets and information call Ticketmaster (212) 307-4100 or the box office at (212) 253-9983. The playing schedule of “The Exonerated” is Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m., Wednesday and Sunday at 3 pm, Saturday at 5 p.m. & 9 p.m. Tickets, which are $56 Tuesday-Thursday at 8 p.m. and Wednesday at 3 p.m. and $61 Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 5 and 9 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. and may be purchased through Ticketmaster (212) 307-4100 or on their website, www.ticketmaster.com or at The Culture Project Box Office- (212) 253-9983, 45 Bleecker Street. Box-office hours are: Monday 12:00–6:00 p.m., Tuesday–Friday noon to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday noon to 7 p.m.
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Contacts:
For EXONERATED: Carol Fineman, 212-354-7343
For ALANIS MORISSETTE: MSO, Mitch Schneider/Marcee Rondan/Lathum Nelson, 818-380-0400
