Seven Prisoners

Music & Lyrics by Kate Douglas & Shayfer James

Seven Prisoners is the story that began World War I. Based on the fearless political novella believed to have inspired the assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, this musical recounts the stories of seven criminals awaiting their death sentences: five revolutionaries who conspired to assassinate a politician and two murderers. It is an equalizing and intimate portrait of the seven facing their fate that investigates the history of the death penalty in the United States and abroad.

Seven Prisoners has been developed at Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and Wildacres Residency.