Full Cast Announced for Twelve Angry Men Tour

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full company for the national touring production of their Broadway smash hit Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose and directed by Scott Ellis. 

Joining previously announced cast members Richard Thomas (A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, Democracy) as Juror #8 and George Wendt ("Cheers," Lakeboat) as Juror #1 will be Randle Mell (The Rainmaker, Macbeth) as Juror #3, Charles Borland (12 Angry Men on Broadway, A Streetcar Named Desire) as Juror #6, Todd Cerveris (Twentieth Century, Almost, Maine) as Juror #2, T. Scott Cunningham (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Design for Living) as Juror #12, Julian Gamble (Democracy, The Invention of Love) as Juror #10, Jeffrey Hayenga (The Elephant Man, Long Day's Journey Into Night) as Juror #4, David Lively (Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 at Stratford-upon-Avon) as Juror #11, Alan Mandell (Impossible Marriage) as Juror # 9, Mark Morettini (Bleacher Bums, London Suite in Chicago) as Juror #7, Patrick New (Time of Your Life for Steppenwolf) as Guard and Jim Saltouros (Sideman at Steppenwolf) as Juror #5.

Twelve Angry Men will premiere in New Haven, Connecticut at the Shubert Theatre beginning September 19th, 2006, and then continue on to markets nationwide during its 32-week national tour.  This is the first touring production for the not-for-profit organization
  

Ten additional cities have been announced and include Washington, DC at The Kennedy Center, Baltimore at the New Hippodrome, Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre, Atlanta at the Fox Theatre, Cincinnati at the Aronoff Center For The Arts, Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre, Houston at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle at the Paramount Theatre, Miami at the Miami Performing Arts Center and Philadelphia at the Merriam Theatre.

 

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of the searing courtroom drama, Twelve Angry Men, was the longest running production at their home, the American Airlines Theatre, running for 32 weeks.  This production marked the first time the show was ever seen on a Broadway stage.  Its record-breaking run earned three Tony Award nominations and critical praise.

 

In Twelve Angry Men, a young delinquent awaits sentencing for the manslaughter of his aggressive father.  Twelve jurors are corralled in a room for their deliberations in a murder trial.  One juror feels that there is a "reasonable doubt" - to the frustration of his eleven colleagues - thereby preventing a quick verdict.  During the heated debate, the hidden preconceptions and assumptions of the jurors are revealed.  When faced with playing the hangman, each juror is forced to face himself.

 

Twelve Angry Men, originally written as a teleplay that appeared in 1954 on CBS' drama series "Studio One," was one of the brightest jewels of television's Golden Age.  The story was subsequently made into a major motion picture in 1957.  Reginald Rose, who would go on to create and write scripts for the television series, "The Defenders," wrote a stage version in 1964.  In 1997, Showtime, in response to questions about "reasonable doubt" raised during the OJ Simpson trial, produced a new movie version with a racially diverse cast.

 

The design team for includes: Allen Moyer (sets), Michael Krass (costumes), Paul Palazzo (lights) and Brian Ronan (sound).

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