Reviews from "The Exonerated"

Director Vince De George brings both theatricality and humanity to the proceedings, keeping Exonerated the full cast onstage and lit to be an ever-present empathetic, sad-eyed, knowing group of witness-bearers and implicit support network. Their physical proximity, actually seated in chairs in a circle at first, in fact, recalls a structured "support group" meeting as their introductions overlap. Just as some of the stories and characters are more compelling than others, some of the acting is more engaging --- and more convincing. Some feels more effortful and less liquid. Still, our hearts break for the character of Robert, struggling to wrap his mind around an insane world that beats him down time and again, as his world is shattered, in Lufthansey Josa's quietly heroic portrayal. Jane Buchanan injects some fresh energy into the dour proceedings with a certain resilience and the maturity of hindsight, still puzzled that she could be thought of as someone who'd take a human life when she is, after all, a vegetarian who won't even endorse animals being slaughtered. Daryl Glenn brings an eloquently pained dignity to a man who carries the weight and consequences of victimization that never really gets a vacation. Four of the actors play multiple roles, allowing for characters and interaction that give some respite from the recounting of the cases and their aftermath.


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