Events

Southampton Cultural Center presents Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men, directed by Michael Disher

January 21, 2010 and run through January 24, 2010.

12 Angry Men follows a dozen jurors after closing arguments have been presented in a murder case. Their verdict (whether guilty or not guilty) must be unanimous. A non-unanimous verdict, resulting in a hung jury, forces a retrial. The question they must answer is whether or not the defendant, a young teenage boy from a city slum, murdered his father.

The jury is further instructed that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence—the electric chair. The jury of twelve spends ninety tense and often terse minutes encountering each others' opinions, personalities, peccadilloes and prejudices.

12 Angry Men has enjoyed enormous success as a television special, film and on stage since its creation in 1957.