CARSON CITY — Fans of the movie “Twelve Angry Men” will delight in Proscenium Players’ stage-play version of it, “Twelve Angry Jurors.”
Director Heidi Hampton has chosen to balance male and female roles and set the stage play, to be performed at the Silver State Charter School’s Performing Arts Theatre, in a time period when women were first allowed to sit on a jury.
Auditions will be held for the play beginning June 16 and 17 at 6:30 pm at the theatre, located at 900 Malory Way in Carson City. Additional audition times may be set, but interested actors and actresses should plan to be at the first set of auditions. For more information, contact Producer Diane Dye-Hansen by emailing diane@hansenmarcom.com.
About Twelve Angry Jurors
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 or her 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 jurors. The jurors' final verdict and how they reach it—intense scenes will electrify the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats—add up to a fine, mature piece of dramatic literature, an experience we are proud to present.
About Proscenium Players, Inc.
Proscenium Players, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to presenting high quality community theater in Carson City. Organized in 1965, PPI is the second oldest continuously-operating theater company in Nevada. Over the years, our shows have been varied: drama; musicals; comedy; classical; improvisational; old favorites and avant-garde. prosceniumplayers.org