Red Summer Songbook Volume 9: Tremble and Bleed

Red Summer culminates in Tremble and Bleed, a dramatization of the deadly street battles that came to represent the seventh day of riotous social upheaval in Chicago during the summer 1919.

In a finale complete with visceral staged violence, a stirring and lyrical battle song, (Tremble and Bleed) and the desperate families on both sides of the conflict that suffer catastrophic losses, this penultimate moment in our new musical left audiences stunned and staggered.

Choreographers and composers gathered here, with our talented cast to discuss the song, the movement, and the historical moment that closes this riveting new musical.