November 14, 2024
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - The Rocky River High School Drama Department presents 12 Angry Jurors as this year's Fall Play. The production is on stage November 22-23 with shows at 7:00pm both nights in the RRHS auditorium.
Tickets for both shows are available here. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. Senior citizens, children under the age of five and Veterans/active military are admitted free of charge.
A preview of the show is available in the video below.
In 12 Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose, 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 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 the jurors become 12 angry jurors.