OPEN AUDITIONS FOR AUGUST PRODUCTION
May 18 & 20, 2026, 6:30-9 PM
The Little Theatre of Manchester announces open auditions for its August production of 12 Angry Jurors, adapted by Sherman L. Sergel from the teleplay by Reginald Rose.
PRODUCTION DATES: July 31 – August 16, 2026
AUDITION DATES: Monday and Wednesday, May 18 and 20 from 6:30-9:00 pm at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT.
Callbacks will be held only if needed. All roles are open.
Actors should prepare a one-minute monologue and be prepared for sight readings from the script. Rehearsals begin the week of June 7th, and are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6:30. The show is being directed by Joy Grabow.
Any questions should be directed to her at joygrabow228@gmail.com
LTM is committed to building diversity and inclusion throughout our organization. Actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, ages, and abilities are highly encouraged to audition. This play is specifically designed to accommodate gender swapping, enabling a mixed-gender cast.
Twelve Angry Jurors contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people who must decide the guilt or innocence of a teenager accused of murder. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one voice casts doubts and challenges a deeper examination of the facts. In the sweltering jury room, each person brings their individual histories, biases, and prejudices to the table as they struggle to reach a unanimous decision that will decide one youth’s fate.
The character breakdown is as follows:
Juror One: Foreman of the jury who takes their authority seriously; but not an overbearing leader.
Juror Two: A meek hesitant person, who finds it difficult to maintain any opinion of their own. They are easily swayed, and they usually adopt the opinion of the last person to who they spoke.
Juror Three: They are a very strong, very forceful, extremely opinionated person. They are humorless and intolerant of opinions other than their own and are accustomed to forcing their wishes and views upon others.
Juror Four: They seem to be a person of wealth and position, and a practiced speaker who presents well at all times. They seem to feel a little bit above the rest of the jurors. Their only concern is with the facts of the case, and they are appalled with the behavior of others.
Juror Five: They are a naive, very frightened person who takes their obligations in this case very seriously but who finds it difficult to speak up when their elders have the floor.
Juror Six: They are an honest but dull-witted person who comes upon their decisions slowly and carefully. They are a person who finds it difficult to create positive opinions, but who must listen to and digest and accept those opinions offered by others which appeal to them the most.
Juror Seven: A loud, flashy, salesperson type who has more important things to do than to sit on a jury. They are quick to show temper and equally quick to form opinions on things about which they know nothing. They are a bully, and, of course, a coward.
Juror Eight: This is a quiet, thoughtful, gentle person, one who sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. They are a person of strength tempered with compassion. Above all, they want justice to be done, and will fight to see that it is.
Juror Nine: This is a mild, gentle older person, long since defeated by life who mourns for the days when it would have been possible to be courageous without shielding them self behind their many years.
Juror Ten: They are an angry bitter person who antagonizes almost at sight. A bigot who places no value on any human life save their own.
Juror Eleven: This is a foreign-born juror who speaks with an accent. They are almost subservient to the people around them. They will honestly seek justice, because they have suffered through so much injustice.
Juror Twelve: They are a slick, bright advertising person who thinks of human beings in terms of percentages, graphs and pools, and has no real understanding of people. They are a superficial snob.
Guard: A police officer to assist the legal process.
Judge: The judge presiding over the case.
