"12 Angry Men" Opens Tonight!

 “12 Angry Men,” the jury room suspense classic, will be the final show of the Cutler Brother’s 2017 summer theatre season and will run August 3rd to August 13th on the Deer Lodge stage.  The story is by Reginald Rose and is adapted from the 1954 teleplay of the same title.  The Broadway debut came 50 years after CBS aired the play, on October 28th, 2004.

​The entire setting of “12 Angry Men” takes place in a jury room on one set.  Twelve jurors convene to figure out the verdict of a young teenager who is on trial for allegedly stabbing his father to death.  At first they all seem to agree on a guilty judgment, until one juror has other ideas.  Through some intense discussion and reenactment one by one each juror switches their vote to not guilty, even the most bullheaded of the men. 

​“Finding 12 men that could act this drama in a town as small as Deer Lodge was the real challenge,” said the show’s director Kelly Cutler.  He managed to do just that.  Josh Pentland, who was last seen in “Beauty and the Beast” as the role of Lefou, will play the Foreman who leads the common jury duties.  Other familiar Cutler Brother faces in the play include Kyle Gillette, Paul Chapman, Tristan Marjerison, Jim Cameron, Marquis Archuleta, Marik Chrisman, and Kelly and Matthew Cutler.  Daryll Barton, who hosted Comedy Night 33 last summer, took the role of flashy juror number 4 while Tom Gomola, a newbie to the theatre troupe, will play the soft-hearted juror number 10. 

​“12 Angry Men” runs Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm.  Reservations are recommended and may be made by calling the Cutler Bros. box office at (406) 846-4096.  The Cutler Bros. Theatre is located at 301 Main Street in Deer Lodge.  For directions, questions, or more info visit cutlerbros.com or call the number listed above.