The Plaza Alliance for the Performing Arts (PAPA) announces audition and performance dates for its production of “Twelve Angry Jurors” by Reginald Rose, who wrote the TV play in 1954. The play was later adapted for the stage by Sherman Sergel.

Performed on Broadway and as a movie, the play has been a successful and highly acclaimed drama, both for the script and for the intensity of the acting.

The original script was written for men, but today, theater groups are permitted to update the script to include women, hence the name jurors. There are six leads, six supporting, and three ensemble roles with a mixture of adult males and females filling these parts. Play directors are Sarah Daly Weir and Dennis McClain, who will decide which characters will be portrayed by men and which by women after the auditions.

Auditions with be held at The Plaza Arts Center on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. and on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m.

Performance dates are Nov. 9, 10, 12 and 16, 17, 19. Notice that there will be no Saturday performances.

All adult ages, genders, ethnici5es, and races are invited to join in this production. Please call DoLe at 706-473-0326 or at dottie12@bellsouth.net for more informa5on.

If you want to get a link to the script for Twelve Angry Jurors in preparation for auditions, email dottie12@bellsouth.net. Copies will be provided at audition for reading.