Twelve Angry Black Women is a Black feminist re-interpretation of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men wherein the United States of America is on trial and its fate lies in the hands of an all Black, all femme jury.
Developmental History:
Fault Line Theatre’s Irons in The Fire Finalist, 2025
Developmental reading, Hi- Arts, February 2025
director: Taylor Reynolds, choreographer: nicHi douglas, composer: S T A R R busby
The jurors: Heather Alicia Simma, MaYaa Boateng, Jerrie Johnson, Lizan Mitchell, Lauren Fraites, Chalia La Tour, N’yomi Allure Stewart, Gail Bean, Kai Heath, Alana Raquel Bowers, Naomi Bah, and Janelle McDermoth.
Developmental reading, New York Theatre Workshop, February 2024
director: Taylor Reynolds
The jurors: Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Marinda Anderson, Naomi Lorrain, Lizan Mitchell, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Chalia La Tour, Vann Dukes, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Denise Manning, Abigail C. Onwunali, Jennifer Mogbock, and Jade Jones.
