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Casting Teen Performers for "12 Angry Jurors" Show

Biloxi, MS, United States
ID: 585165Exp: 5/19/2025
Description:

Casting performers ages 13-18 years old for "12 Angry Jurors" Show. Please see the details below. About the project: 12 Angry Jurors is a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. The 12 jurors bring their own histories, prejudices, and biases to the jury room as they work through this life-or-death decision. Additional info: Rehearsals will begin the week of June 9. Production dates will be July 24 – 27, 2025. If interested, please apply.

13 roles

Foreman (Juror One)Male13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A small, petty person who is impressed with his/her authority and handles himself/herself quite formally. Not an overbearing leader. Not overly bright but dogged.

Juror TwoBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A meek hesitant person, who finds it difficult to maintain any opinion of his/her own. He/she is easily swayed and usually adopts the opinion of the last person to whom he/she spoke.

Juror ThreeBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

He/she is a very strong, very forceful, extremely opinionated person within whom a streak of sadism can be detected. He/she is a humorless person who is intolerant of opinions other than his/her own and accustomed to forcing his/her wishes and views upon others.

Juror FourBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

She/he seems to be a person of wealth and position, and a practiced speaker who presents herself/himself well at all times. She/he seems to feel a little bit above the rest of the jurors. Her/his only concern is with the facts in this case, and she/he is appalled by the behavior of others.

Juror FiveBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

She/he is a naïve, very frightened young person who takes her/his obligations in this case very seriously but who finds it difficult to speak up when her/his elders have the floor.

Juror SixBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

He/she is an honest but dull-witted person who comes upon his/her decisions slowly and carefully. He/she is 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 him/her most.

Juror SevenBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A loud, flashy, salesperson type who has more important things to do than to sit on a jury. She/he is quick to show temper and equally quick to form opinions on things about which she/he knows nothing. She/he is a bully, and, of course, a coward.

Juror EightBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

This is a quiet, thoughtful, gentle person, one who sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. She/he is a person of strength tempered with compassion. Above all, she/he is one who wants justice to be done and will fight to see that it is.

Juror NineBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

This is a mild, gentle older person, long since defeated by life and is now merely waiting to die. He/She recognizes himself/herself for what he/she is and mourns for the days when it would have been possible to be courageous without shielding him/herself behind his/her many years.

Juror TenMale13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

He/she is an angry bitter person who antagonizes almost at sight. A bigot who places no values on any human life save his/her own. Here is a person who has been nowhere and is going nowhere and knows it.

Juror ElevenBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

This is a foreign-born juror who speaks with an accent. He/she is almost subservient to the people around him/her. He/she will honestly seek justice, because he/she has suffered through so much injustice.

Juror TwelveBoth genders13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

She/he is a slick, bright advertising person who thinks of human beings in terms of percentages,graphs and polls, and has no real understanding of people. She/he is a superficial snob but is trying to be a good person.

GuardMale13-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A police officer to assist the legal process.