"Labor’s Martyr: The Story of Joe Hill" Seeks Teenagers

Audition for "Labor’s Martyr: The Story of Joe Hill". Roles include five principal characters and multiple ensemble roles for characters ranging in age from 12+. Please see the details below. About the project: Labor’s Martyr tells the story of Joe Hill, a Swedish immigrant and itinerant worker who wrote new lyrics to old hymns—like an early 20th century “Weird Al” Yankovic—to spread the word of his union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In one song, “The Preacher and The Slave,” he coined the phrase, “Pie in the Sky.” Hill was later arrested, tried, and executed for a murder he did not commit. The play, though set in the early 1900s, reflects our present era with references to topics such as immigration, income inequality, wage slavery, unions and anti-union sentiment, the concept of being guilty until proven innocent, monopolies and mergers, and democracy vs. theocracy. Additional info: Labor’s Martyr will be performed May 1-2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm and May 3 @ 2:00 pm. Rehearsals will begin March 31. See the flyer attached for details. If interested, please apply.