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TWELVE ANGRY MEN

    

Written by Reginald Rose
Directed by Chuck Kressbach
Produced by

Produced by special permission of Dramatists Publishing

    

Friday, March 27, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Performances held at the Meyer Theater
in the Lay-Z-Boy Center on the campus of
Monroe Community College

  

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The Story

A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. “He doesn’t stand a chance,” mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts.



“This is a remarkable thing about democracy,” says the foreign-born juror, “that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing.”



But personal it does become, with each juror revealing his own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry
men.



The jurors’ final verdict and how they reach it—in tense scenes that will electrify you and keep you on the edge of your seat—all add up to a fine, mature piece of dramatic literature, a theatrical experience the Monroe Community Players are proud to present.

  

 

The Cast of Characters

Juror #1
The jury foreman, somewhat pre-occupied with his duties; proves to be accommodating to others. An Assistant High-School Football coach

Juror #2
A meek and unpretentious bank clerk

Juror #3
A businessman and an emotionally distraught father, opinionated and stubborn with a streak of sadism

Juror #4
A rational stockbroker, unflappable and self-assured

Juror #5
A young man from a violent slum, a Baltimore Orioles fan

Juror #6
A house painter, tough but principled and respectful

Juror #7
A salesman, sports fan, superficial and indifferent to the deliberations

Juror #8
An architect, the lone dissenter (in the beginning).

Juror #9
A wise and observant elderly man.

Juror #10
A garage owner; a pushy loudmouthed bigot

Juror #11
An immigrant watchmaker, proud to be a naturalized American citizen

Juror #12
An indecisive advertising executive

Baliff

Voice of Judge
     
     

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