The Rapture Project

The Rapture Project

(2007)

Inspired by classic Sicilian puppet theater’s Orlando Furioso cycles, which performed the epic “clash of Christians and Muslim Civilizations” in the 1800’s, The Rapture Project examined the influence of religion in American culture and politics. In an age when so many Americans believed in the imminent arrival of The End Times, what did/does it mean that these believers have the ear of their highest ranking politicians? With Esther Kaplan’s With God on Their Side as a road map, The Rapture Project ridiculously and terrifyingly followed a cast of characters from the USA to The Middle East and beyond. More