
WRITER Andrea Ambam
PRODUCERS Level Forward, The Billie Holiday Theatre & Hi-ARTS
WRITER Andrea Ambam
PRODUCERS Level Forward, The Billie Holiday Theatre & Hi-ARTS
Offering a powerful re-imagining of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men through a Blackfeminist lens, TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN by Andrea Ambam transforms the classic courtroom drama into a sharp interrogation of democracy, accountability, and collective truth-telling. In this iteration ofthe work, the fate of a peculiar and unprecedented case in American history rests in the hands of an all-Black, all-femme jury. A finalist for the Perelman Performing Arts Center 2025 Democracy Cycle commission, Ambam reframes the jury room against the backdrop of an America wrestling with democratic erosion and social unrest. The play poses an urgent, provocative question: What transformation would unfold if Black women - so often relied upon yet rarely centered - were empowered to deliver the nation’s verdict? The result is a searing theatrical experience that pushes the boundaries of contemporary performance.