Workshop Players theater group in Amherst holding auditions for drama Jan. 5 and 7

Workshop Players theater group in Amherst holding auditions for drama Jan. 5 and 7

The Workshop Players, 44820 Middle Ridge Road, in Amherst, a nonprofit community theater group, will hold auditions for the production “12 Angry Jurors.” The auditions will take place  at 5 p.m., Jan 5, and 1 p.m., Jan 7, at the Workshop Players. Inspired by his experience on jury duty, author Reginald Rose set “12 Angry Jurors” in 1957 and takes viewers through the experience of a jury deliberating the case of a teenage boy who killed his fathe…