12

NMC Theatre—Alto – Portage Place

12 is a retelling of 12 angry men, with the jurors replaced by teens trying to determine the identity of the student forcing the school into an active shooter lockdown. Reducing what could be a fairly lengthy review with an evocative sentence, 12 is a high school production, for all the good and bad that implies. The actors were inexperienced, and the script featured a few too many preaching soliloquies. A few moments stood out very powerfully, and the core of a fantastic show exists, but it definitely required more work and experience before reaching that level.

Josh Fidelak