Twelve Angry Jurors

Twelve Angry Jurors

November 13 - 16, 2024

By Reginald Rose

Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel

"Twelve Angry Jurors" follows the deliberations of twelve ordinary citizens tasked with the responsibility of unanimously deciding the fate of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Set in a 1957 New York jury room on a stifling hot summer day, the case appears to be open-and-shut…until one of the jurors dares to cast doubt and question the evidence.

With the death penalty hanging in the balance and the tension rising with the heat, the anonymity of our jurors begins to crumble and a variety of backgrounds, prejudices, and biases are brought to stark light. What began as an impersonal matter becomes a deeply personal one as passion and anger take over.