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Announcing Auditions for...

IT IS 1957 AND ITS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IT TAKES PLACE IN A LOCKED JURY ROOM IN NEW YORK CITY - BUT FEELS LIKE ITS UNFOLDING IN THE DIRT AND DUST OF A BULLRING OR THE CANVAS FLOOR OF A BOXING RING.
12 JURORS WITH THE FATE - THE LIFE - OF A TEENAGER ACCUSED OF MURDER IN THEIR HANDS.
IF GUILTY, THE BOY WILL BE EXECUTED.
ONE WOULD THINK THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT DEMANDS TO BE DISCUSSED AND DISSECTED FOR HOURS, IF NOT DAYS , BUT ON FIRST BALLOT, 11 OF THE 12 VOTE ‘GUILTY’.
ONE MAN STANDS ALONE.
NOT TO SPARE THE BOY'S LIFE BUT TO DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM AND NOT RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
BUT HE FINDS HIMSELF BATTLING HATRED, PREJUDICE, INDECISION, CRUELTY AND IN ONE CASE A JUROR VOTING FOR EXECUTION BECAUSE HE HAS TICKETS TO A BALLGAME.
12 ORDINARY MEN.
ONE SHOCKING DRAMA.
ONE EXTRAORDINARY THEATRE EXPERIENCE.
Click link above to sign up for an audition time.
OR
Walk-Ins Welome!
Auditions held at McGonigals in Barrington
Upstairs Event Room
105 S Cook Street Barrington, IL 60010
April 10th, April 11th & April 12th
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Nothing to Prepare. Just be yourself and show up. There may be cold readings from script.
Bring your calendar for conflicts.
Rehearsals: Begin May 1st, 2022. 3-4 evenings per week. 1 weekend morning/evening rehearsal determined by actors schedules.
Tech Week: July 5th-July 7th 2022
Performances: Friday July 8th @ 7:30pm Saturday July 9th @ 2:30 & 7:30pm Sunday July 10th @ 2:30pm
Friday July 15th @ 7:30pm Saturday July 16th @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm Sunday July 17th @ 2:30pm
Performances at Barrington Campus Life Center
150 S Lageschulte St Barrington, IL 60010
Character Descriptions
FOREMAN:
...rather ordinary - no leadership abilities despite being in a leadership role ...
JUROR 2:
...indecisive man... meek....
JUROR 3:
...a bull...large, loud, arrogant, strong-willed, physically intimidating... determined.
JUROR 4:
...lives by logic... very neat, very organized... has air of intelligence and wealth..
JUROR 5:
a male nurse who grew up on the 'wrong side of the tracks '
JUROR 6:
...working man... honest... timid at first but eventually engages without prejudice...
JUROR 7:
...thinks he’s the life of the party but is actually an unlikable man... wants to make a decision and get to a baseball game.
JUROR 8:
...an ordinary man who is quite extraordinary... he is loyal, believes in good over evil and takes being a juror seriously.... He will send a man to his death but only if he is 100% certain....
JUROR 9:
...an elderly man... insightful... thoughtful...
JUROR 10:
A man filled with prejudices... small-minded, cruel...
JUROR 11:
Came to America from Eastern Europe... believes in America and it’s legal system.
JUROR 12:
.Advertising is all he knows and incorporates ‘ad thinking’ to all he does...