Souhegan holds auditions for ‘12 Angry Jurors’

It is once again the time of year for Souhegan High School’s fall play to grace the stage. This year it will be “12 Angry Jurors.” “The play centers on the jury in the trial of a young man indicted for the murder of his  father,” said Latin teacher Steve Hodgman, the play’s director. “He is of foreign background, and this factor, in addition to his youth and poverty, provokes many assumptions and biased responses among the jurors that restricts their ability to make a fair judgment in the case. “One juror, who has a ‘reasonable doubt,’ becomes the conscience of the group with his probing questions and analysis of the evidence.” There was a good turnout for the auditions, which were held Sept. 12-13. “There were 30 students who auditioned,” Hodgman said.