TWELVE ANGRY MEN
November 6-8, 2008
I am very excited about our upcoming fall play, Twelve Angry Men! This play has become a timeless classic and a great challenge to stage. The synopsis is as follows:
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 man; of a man 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 does become, 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 men.
For those of you who are wondering...NO, you do not have to be an angry man...we are taking angry women as well. There are twelve jurors and one guard. I will be taking a combination of men and women to make up the cast.
Auditions will be held on August 27th and 28th from 3pm-5pm. The auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. You do not need to come to both days of auditions. If you would like to take a look at a script before auditions, you make check one out from me.
I hope to see many of you come out! This should be a lot of fun and perhaps one of the greatest challenges you will ever experience in acting.
November 6-8, 2008
I am very excited about our upcoming fall play, Twelve Angry Men! This play has become a timeless classic and a great challenge to stage. The synopsis is as follows:
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 man; of a man 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 does become, 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 men.
For those of you who are wondering...NO, you do not have to be an angry man...we are taking angry women as well. There are twelve jurors and one guard. I will be taking a combination of men and women to make up the cast.
Auditions will be held on August 27th and 28th from 3pm-5pm. The auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. You do not need to come to both days of auditions. If you would like to take a look at a script before auditions, you make check one out from me.
I hope to see many of you come out! This should be a lot of fun and perhaps one of the greatest challenges you will ever experience in acting.
4 comments:
I'd like to thank Mr. Madden for letting me try out and say good luck to all of you. I can't wait to see the cast, but until then I'll sit here and wait. Hey you can all come see my blog at http://mylifeinmvcsdrama.blogspot.com/
hey i finally got one of these things...anyways, I am anxiously waiting and so excited t see who gets in!
Good luck everyone.
Come on Mr. Madden! Your killing me! It's Monday night! Pleaseeeeeee! Pleaseeeeeee! Will you post the cast?
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