JOE HILL’S LAST WILL takes the audience on a journey through the life of America’s first well-known labor activist and songwriter, Swedish immigrant, Joe Hill, who was accused of murder and executed by firing squad at age 36 in Utah in 1915.  The action takes place in Joe’s prison cell just hours before his death when a young reporter is sent to the jail to interview him and record his last words.  In the early hours of morning, Joe Hill reveals to the young man some important details of his life, his music and the methods by which he organized workers to join the IWW (International Workers of the World).  Although the words of the play are fictional, the events described are true.

“With the current wholesale assault in the United States on working people and their unions, with a tragic crisis in worldwide immigration, and with the 100th anniversary of Joe Hill’s death approaching in four years, JOE HILL’S LAST WILL is a musical for our times.” – Si Kahn