Soon

by Hal Hartley

Originally staged in Europe and the United States in 1998 and 2001 respectively, SOON is a fever-dream verbal avalanche about the joys, sorrows, and disasters of “creative religiosity.” Inspired by the Branch Davidian Conflict of 1993, the play explores the turbulent spiritual needs and the tortured reasoning of sectarian “end-time” Christians in America. Hilarious, moving, and sociologically astute, SOON “touched a naked nerve in contemporary American sensibility” (Western European Stages).

85 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Hal Hartley is the writer, director and producer of numerous feature films. He received the best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1998 for Henry Fool as well as prizes at Sundance (Trust), Tokyo (Amateur), Prague (Meanwhile) and Berlin (Ned Rifle). He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the Republic of France and an alumnus of the American Academy in Berlin. He lives in New York City.