TWELVE ANGRY JURORS
by Reginald Rose
Non-AEA No pay
11 Performances June 4-27
Please bring to the audition a resume if you have one, and a calendar/list of potential conflicts. Availability will affect casting decisions. Headshots are nice to have, but not required, for we will take a digital photo of you at the audition.
Please prepare a 2 or 3 min dramatic monologue for the initial audition. Sides will be provided if you don't have one.
Rehearsals begin Monday, April 12, 2010. Most rehearsals will be Mon, Tues, Wed, & Thurs. evenings, with occasional Sunday rehearsals as needed as we near tech week.
The Tech and Dress Rehearsal Period will begin on Memorial Day weekend (May 29, 2010 – June 3, 2010) and attendance will be mandatory for all actors.
PSP, 1050 Crespi Drive, Pacifica.
Click here for directions to the theatre
Info:
dramamamaxlnt@comcast.net
or 650-712-1659
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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
There are 12 Ensemble Roles available and one bit part.
Both males and females will be considered for each role, though I’m hoping for a fairly equal number of men and women in the cast. Ages listed are approximate.
Juror #1 – The foreman is a small, petty person who is impressed with the authority and handles him/herself quite formally. Not overly bright, but dogged. (age range 25- 45)
Juror #2 – A quiet, shy, & meek, person who finds it difficult to maintain his/her own opinion. Easily swayed, but finally begins to think for him/herself. (age range 40- 60)
Juror #3 –The final hold out, he/she is forceful, opinionated, and intolerant, a humorless person who is accustomed to forcing his/her opinions and views upon others. A person with a quick temper who is easily angered. (age range 40-60)
Juror #4 – A stockbroker, smart, uptight, thoughtful, wears glasses and dresses very expensively. He/she feels superior to the others, is interested in the facts, and is appalled at the behavior of some of the others. (age range 35-60)
Juror #5 – Originally from a poor neighborhood and feels some rapport with the accused; A naïve, young person who finds it difficult to talk when the older folks have the floor, but takes the duty of being a juror very seriously. (age range 20-35)
Juror #6 – An honest working person who, though not very educated, makes decisions carefully and takes considerable time digesting the opinions of the others, finally able to accept the opinions which have the most appeal. (age range 25-45)
Juror #7 – The baseball fan – a flashy, loud dresser who has tickets to the game and wants the jury to hurry to a decision. He/she is a person who is quick to show temper and form opinions, a bully, and of course, a coward. (age range 25-45)
Juror #8 – The architect – a quiet, thoughtful, gentle person who sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. He/She is a person of strength, tempered with compassion. This is a person who wants justice to be done and will fight to see that it is. (age range 35-60)
Juror #9 – The oldest of the group, a mild, gentle person who understands what it means to be defeated by life and seems to live merely waiting to die, and mourns the days when it would have been possible to be courageous without hiding behind his/her age. (age range 55 -75)
Juror #10 – The extremely prejudiced older person, angry and bitter, who places no value upon any human life except for him/herself. This person knows he/she is a failure, going nowhere. Also he/she is quite volatile. (age range 45-65)
Juror #11 – The foreigner who is a refugee from Europe, arriving in the USA in 1941, humble, almost subservient, he/she changes and takes a stand when he/she’s challenged. Fervently believes in the justice system. (age range 35-55)
Juror #12 – The salesman who doesn’t really want to take a stand. Thinks of people not has human beings, but as graphs and charts. Tries to be a good person. Dresses nicely and seems to be bright. (age range 25-50)
A Guard, which is only a bit part, but appears on stage.
Two off stage voices, the Judge & a Clerk, will probably be recorded.
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