Execution is a pretty grim subject. So imagine a man telling us 
his life story on the night before he is executed, executed for a crime he did not commit. How is a play treating this subject going to find its way to humor, to be uplifting? Let labor historian and songwriter Si Kahn write the play and let multi Grammy-nominee John McCutcheon star in the play!
For those of you who have had the pleasure of playing audience at a John McCutcheon concert, you know he tells a story in a way that makes you laugh – or weep – right along with him. You know his mastery of many instruments and creative genius at song writing and song delivery. In “Joe Hill’s Last Will” John takes the songs of Joe Hill and delivers them with the fervor of labor organizer Joe Hill and the singing ability and spirit for which John is known. Yes, the songs are Joe Hill’s, save one, his last will; John cast his own tune upon the poem of Joe’s “will” thrust through the bars of his cell hours before he died. In between the songs John tells Joe’s story with the style and humor born of many on-stage years. You will forget that the man on stage is not Joe Hill.
So prepare to be fascinated and astounded at the story of Joe Hill. How does his story relate to us one hundred years later? It is amazing how events are repeated – and repeated – and don’t really change. The play will open eyes often dimmed by current issues and current attitudes. Does it take an execution to get our attention?