The distinguished playwright issues a passionate call for the young and vibrant to join the struggle for a more just world
What to say to you vibrant young people leaving college and entering the great world just in time to be trampled flat by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? "Duck!" might be a good place to start.—from Save Your Democratic Citizen Soul!
Tony Kushner, one of the most impassioned and eloquent voices in contemporary American theater, here offers words of inspiration for the young and talented. In a stirring invocation he urges political engagement on the side of what is moral and true, appealing not just to a sense of responsibility but to the fulfillment of human potential. At once funny and serious, pointed and compassionate, Kushner's words spill from the page in a torrent to demolish the dark mills of lethargy and cynicism: "Hurry hurry hurry. The world is waiting for you! Organize. Speak the truth."
About the Author
Tony Kushner's play Angels in America received two Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. His other plays include A Bright Room Called Day; Hydriotaphia; A Dybuk; The Illusion and Homebody/Kabul. He is also the author of a collection of essays, Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness. He lives in New York City.
