YHS ‘Jurors’ production concludes next weekend
“Twelve
Angry Jurors,” a production by the Yosemite High School Drama Department, will
conclude with performances Thursday [December 20], and Friday, December 21.
The house
opens at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8.
YHS drama
teacher and the play’s director, Scott Evans, says this is a courtroom drama
that touches on prejudice, fair trials and the justice system.
He notes
that the play was originally written for a television script in the 1950s.
It is
about jurors dealing with a murder trial and facing their own prejudice and
ignorance.
“It is
about what they learn about themselves and about the justice system,” Mr. Evans
says.
Adam
Kernaghan plays the bailiff and Tyler Mackey is the jury foreman.
Other
jurors are: Ashley Newton, Brie Solaegui, Steven Sciarrino, Ben Buckarma, Anna
Tompkins, Amber Kroll, Joy Barney, Joshua Odom, Jessica Knotts, Andrzej Zabicki
and Emily Peck.
Desiree
Goss is stage and house manager.
Members of
the production staff are: Kara Bolding, artistic designer; Nick Cavin, chief technician;
Michelle Henderson, chief carpenter; Amber Crane, chief paint technician;
Charisse Wells, floor design.
Jennie
Knowles and Michelle LaPlante, costumes; Aaron Nichols, head sound technician;
Steve Ramos, sound designer and Tyler Mackey, house manager.
Members of
the production crew are: Nikki Crane, Amber Dowling, Jessie Durham, Brian
Gearhart, Lisa Gonzales, Kimberly Johnson, Tiffany Jordan, Katherine Keel,
Susannah Knowles, Kevan Kolander, Sara Kyllonen, Matthew Lamont, Louie Liounis,
Michael McCarty.
Jennie
Miner, Joseph Montelongo, Michael Nystrom, Gabriella Ripley-Phipps, Daniel
Steele, Michelle Stuber, Elane Talanoa and Travis Tidwell.
The play
was written by Sherman L. Sergel and adapted by Reginal Rose. It is presented
at YHS with special permission of Samuel French.
Admission
is $5 for adults and $3 for students.