Shocked is a new bio-musical about psychologist Stanley Milgram, who shocked the world by proving how easily ordinary people will commit extraordinary harm.

Shocked is a new bio-musical about psychologist Stanley Milgram, who shocked the world by proving how easily ordinary people will commit extraordinary harm.

Obedience to Authority: How do people behave under authoritarian regimes, and what, if anything, can be done to resist them? It’s an important question for our time, and it was an important question for famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s when the world was still grappling with the aftermath of World War II.

tells the true story of Milgram, who sought to understand how the Holocaust could happen. In his most famous experiments, he explored what people will do when instructed by an authority figure to deliver increasingly powerful shocks to a stranger. He wanted to know how many would comply and how far they would go. What he discovered shocked the world, but what he learned might save it.

Shocked was conceived in the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, which happened across the street from Slater's childhood home. He felt compelled to bring this story to a wider audience in a form that would be both intellectually and emotionally engaging.