Twelve Angry Jurors 2020

In a hot jury room in New York City, 12 jurors discuss the innocence or guilt of a teenager accused of murdering his father. As time passes, they begin to question their values and morals.

Twelve Angry Jurors (Men) was assigned as my senior thesis project. Moustafa Khalil, an AUC alumni, was brought on to direct it. Once I was assigned I immediately started reading the play and I was put in contact with Khalil. We met up at the end of the Fall 2019 semester and discussed his vision for the play. He gave me an image that set the tone for the design direction.

We also were not decided on a period. To include actors from both genders we would have to rewrite some characters in the play and make them female.

The choice of time period was given to me by Khalil to decide. This is where my historical background came in. After thorough research, I found that the late 60s was the perfect time to set the play. It was right after the Civil Rights Act was passed and before the 80s when DNA technology became prevalent and made the plot of the play redundant.