A 19 year old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open and shut case, until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place - and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it becomes, with each juror revealing his own character as the various testimonies are re-examined. Tempers are short, arguments grow heated, and the juroros become 12 angry men. A fine, mature piece of dramatic literature, and an experience you'll be proud to be part of.

It is December of 1939. Gone With the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister, Beulah, and sister-in-law, Reba. Beulah is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo. Adolph brings his new assistant, Joe, home for dinner. Will they avoid the land mines of rejudice that stand in their way? Will Lala ever get to Ballyhoo? the family gets pulled apart and mended together with plenty of comedy, romance and revelations along the way. Events take several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and are forced to deal with who they really are.

Four inter-connected vignettes:.

Emily, a widow moving into a new apartment meets the owner of her moving company and begins an affair. Celia, the wife of a bigoted ex-Army Sergeant has invited an old chum for a visit. As the men relive old times and sports events, Celia is left out in the cold. Dorothy, and her husband, celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, try as adroitly as possible to learn if the other has been faithful through the years. Ma, the mother of all 3 women, a headstrong lady who rises from her deathbed to have the priest sanctify her common law marriage.

Children's book author Andy Robbins has been an unhappy bachelor since his divorce eight months before from his former collaborator, Ellen. On one incredible day, Ellen re-enters his lilfe, eight months pregnant; his agent arrives with a TV contract that needs both Andy's and Ellen's approval, and a beautiful lawyer appears to wrap up the deal and seduce Andy. Completely rattled, Andy lies and introduces the lawyer as his agent's fiance, while he tries to get Ellen to sign a contract she opposes. Comedy ensues.