Friday, August 3 at 8pm
Saturday, August 4 at 8pm
Sunday, August 5 at 3:30pm
Cost
$20, $15 for students and seniors
Ticket Info
To reserve, please call (516)531-3525 or email theater294@gmail.com.
Description
In 1985, A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. ìHe doesnít stand a chance,î mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case ñ until one of the jurors begins opening the othersí eyes to the facts. ìThis is a remarkable thing about democracy,î says the foreign-born juror, ìthat we are notified by mail to come down to this place ñ and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing.î But personal it is, 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 angry in this riveting show.
Note
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois