2002–2003

The Exonerated

Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

Directed by Bob Balaban

“Jaw-dropping... an intense and deeply affecting new play”
– The New York Times

Sunny Jacobs was convicted of a crime she did not commit and lost 16 years of her life to death row. Frighteningly, Sunny's story is not unique. It could and does happen dozens of times right here, right now, in the United States. The Exonerated tells the true tales of six innocent death row survivors. In their own words. In words you won't forget. Seen by over 500,000 people across the country, The Exonerated was made into a Court TV movie starring Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Aiden Quinn, and raised over $800,000 for the individuals depicted in the play.

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2002

Culture Project and Clear Channel Entertainment present

Jesus Is Magic

Written and performed by Sarah Silverman

Directed by Sam Seder

“[S]he can get away with almost anything... Ms. Silverman is the kind of feminist comic whose appeal skews male.”
– The New York Times
"Silverman has won legions of fans by being not only as profane and provocative as her male peers, but arguably funnier"
– Time Out New York
Actress/Comedian Sarah Silverman, who has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brian, Larry Sanders, Politically Incorrect, Mr. Show and more, performs her own material in an outrageous solo show, Jesus is Magic backed by the band The Silvermen, spouts off about her interfaith relationship, 9/11 and culminates the show with her own rendition of "You Are My Sunshine." The show, which played earlier in 2002 at the Second City Studio Theatre in Hollywood, CA, drew reviews likening her work to that of Lenny Bruce. The show was released as an independent film in the fall of 2005.

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