James Coull, Ron Zeno, Chuck Feil, Peter Gardner and Will Gronlund, front.
Bisbee’s Obscure Productions opens the new year with Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Opening
night will be Friday, January 10, at 7:30 pm in the Squffy Theater at Central
School Project. As always, the first performance will be accompanied by the
First Night Café, courtesy of the BOP Bakers. Plan to come early Friday night
to enjoy wine, coffee and baked goods.
Twelve Angry Men was
first staged as a television drama before being made into one of the world’s
most beloved dramatic films. Twelve men are locked in a jury room to
debate the fate of a young man in what seems to be an open and shut murder
case. In the end the twelve angry men reach a verdict in an electrifying piece
of theater.
Peter Gardner is making his
directorial debut. Gardner
finds the show “the archetypal jury room play, but to me
it is more than that. By putting these twelve men into a room together to
discuss the guilt or innocence of a man they have never met, it evokes
classical philosophical inquiry, even if the tone becomes course. This cast, a
mixture of BOP favorites and newcomers, captures the spirit of the show while
still making it their own.”
Twelve Angry Men continues on Saturday, January 11; Friday and Saturday, January 17 & 18, at 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees are on January 12 and 19 at 3:00 pm. All performances are at Central School Project, 43 Howell Avenue in Old Bisbee.
$10 adult tickets will be available at Atalanta’s Music and Books in Old
Bisbee, The Bisbee Food Coop in Lowell and from Bisbee’s Obscure Productions.
For credit card sales from BOP, add $1 per ticket. Contact them at PO Box 277,
Bisbee AZ 85603, 520.432.2901, or theaterbisbee@gmail.com for more information.
Tickets are $12 at the door for adults and $6 for students.
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