Twelve Angry Jurors

Written by Reginald Rose, Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel

Venue

BF Rec Center Auditorium
Dates

June 24 & 25 at 7pm, June 26 at 2pm
Duration

Approx. 120 Minutes (Incl 15 Min Intermission)

Life is in their hands. Death is on their minds.

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 twelve 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 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.”

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 they become twelve angry jurors.

This is somebody’s life. We can’t decide in five minutes.

Juror 8

The classic drama comes to Belle Fourche

Twelve Angry Jurors was one of those wish list plays for many in Belle Fourche Community Theater. One of those shows you hope you get to do someday, but you don’t think you will ever really get a chance to do it. In 2016, that day came and we were able to tackle one of the all-time great dramas and we were so happy to get to do the non-gender specific version, Twelve Angry Jurors. For many in the cast, this was the highlight of their community theater acting career, there may have been more fun shows to do, but not many that were as much of an acting opportunity as this. The play itself has so many meaty scenes and monologues to dig into and the cast did such a great job that many in the audience didn’t even recognize some of our regulars.