Song of Rage: The Ballad of Joe Hill

by Chas LiBretto

Salt Lake City, 1914. Detective Carl Carlson investigates the violent murder of a grocer and his son, a case the state of Utah seems to want to close quicker than usual. When labor leader, songwriter, and Swedish Immigrant Joe Hill is arrested, Carl must decide if this is really just a case about the murder of a grocer...or if it's a conspiracy to strangle organized labor in the west for good.

A Play with Music...

Salt Lake City, 1914. Detective Carl Carlson investigates the violent murder of a grocer and his son, a case the state of Utah seems to want to close quicker than usual. When labor leader, songwriter, and Swedish Immigrant Joe Hill is arrested, Carl must decide if this is really just a case about the murder of a grocer...or if it's a conspiracy to strangle organized labor in the west for good.

A Play with Music.

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Song of Rage: The Ballad of Joe Hill

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  • Cheryl Bear: Song of Rage: The Ballad of Joe Hill by Chas LiBretto
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    A fascinating story that is ever present in a capitalistic society that loathes unions beyond sanity. Well done.

    A fascinating story that is ever present in a capitalistic society that loathes unions beyond sanity. Well done.

    ”
  • Jack Horton Gilbert: Song of Rage: The Ballad of Joe Hill by Chas LiBretto
    “

    Wonderfully told and dishearteningly poignant. Song Of Rage Revisits the tragically less-than-well-known story of Joe Hill and his fight to support worker rights and equity and the costs he paid for his beliefs. Constructed and presented in the style of a noir/mystery tale the script beautifully marries fact and fiction while utilizing the music of the Labor Movement to tell a resonating and necessary story with shocking immediacy for the times we're currently living in.

    Wonderfully told and dishearteningly poignant. Song Of Rage Revisits the tragically less-than-well-known story of Joe Hill and his fight to support worker rights and equity and the costs he paid for his beliefs. Constructed and presented in the style of a noir/mystery tale the script beautifully marries fact and fiction while utilizing the music of the Labor Movement to tell a resonating and necessary story with shocking immediacy for the times we're currently living in.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Play Date at Pete's, 2023