A 19 year old boy has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. He doesn t stand a chance , mutters the guard as he leads the jurors off to deliberate. It looks like an open and shut case, until one of the jurors begins opening the others eyes to the facts. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing.
Tempers get short, arguments grow heated and the jurors become twelve angry people.
The final verdict and how it is reached in tense scenes add up to an exceptional piece of dramatic literature. The production is directed by Ron Hesseling and produced by Joan Hageman and Marylou Miracle. In cooperation with Encore Theatre, the McDonald s Youth Theatre will produce three shows in the 2001-2002 Season. The cast includes a variety of birds, spiders, ants, crickets, grasshoppers and even two clothespins. Second on the list of shows is the musical Fame, by Fernandez, Levy and Margoshes, to be performed February 15-17, 2002.