Critics’ Choice

* The Exonerated (Actors’ Gang Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, [323] 465-0566, Ext. 15). Skillfully weaving the riveting real-life dramas (told in their own words) of six death-row inmates freed by new evidence, this urgent piece avoids moral abstraction to examine capital punishment and the justice system in painfully human terms. Among the stars are Victoria Cunningham and Brian Powell, above. Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. (May 25, 8 p.m. show sign-language interpreted.) Ends June 16. $20-$25; Thu. shows, pay what you can.