October 14, 2024
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - The Rocky River High School Drama Club presents 12 Angry Jurors as this year's Fall Play for the school and community. Opening night is on Friday, November 22 with the second show scheduled for Saturday, November 23. The play begins at 7:00pm both nights in the RRHS auditorium.
Pre-sale tickets are available beginning November 1 and are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. Senior citizens, children under the age of five and Veterans/active military are admitted free of charge.
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.