Drama ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ closes Sunday

By Frontiersman.com

Valley Performing Arts performances of “Twelve Angry Jurors” ends Feb. 26 at the Fred and Sarah Machetanz Theater in Wasilla. This tense drama depicts a jury forced by a single dissenting voice into extensive deliberation to decide the fate of a young man accused of fatally murdering his father.

“He doesn’t stand a chance,” mutters the bailiff as the jurors are escorted into a bleak room for their deliberation.

It appears to 11 of them that it is an open-an-shut case, until one man begins questioning the “facts” and suggesting there may indeed be reasonable doubt that would require a “not guilty” verdict.

Originally “Twelve Angry Men,” Reginal Rose wrote the work in 1954 as a televised play, which was adapted for the stage in 1955 and as a movie in 1957 staring Henry Fonda. The film was produced again in 1990 and starred Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott.

VPA welcomes Michael Sheehan and a host of veteran and new actors to this production. The show offers fantastic drama for high-school aged youth and adults, but is not suitable for younger children.

Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for youth and seniors and $17 for adults. To purchase tickets, call Valley Performing Arts at 373-0195, or visit online at valleyperformingarts.org.

Tickets also are on sale now for “The Wizard of Oz” which plays March 23 to April 29.