Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis Synopsis Jesus Hopped the A Train tells the story of several inmates of Rikers Prison who are awaiting charges for murder. Angel Cruz is a young Puerto Rican man incarcerated for shooting a cult leader after said person “stole” his best friend. Our Lady of st Street: Jesus Hopped the A Train; In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings. Stephen Adly Guirgis Nov Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 5. Buy as Gift. Add to Wishlist. Free sample.5/5(5). · Stephen Adly Guirgis, currently Playwright-in-Residence at Signature Theatre, discusses the revival there of “Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train.” He also talks with.
"Angel Cruz is a thirty-year-old bike messenger from NYC who has lost his best friend to a religious cult. At the opening of the play, he is in his second night of incarceration, awaiting trial for shooting the leader of that cult in the "ass." He is on his knees, alone and terrified, trying to say a prayer he no longer remembers to a God he has all but forgotten. Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced both Off-Broadway and on Broadway as well as in the UK. His play Between Riverside and Crazy won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Off Broadway Review: 'Jesus Hopped the A Train'. Taut, terrific revival of this harrowing prison drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis is proof positive the playwright deserved his Pulitzer Prize.
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train; Written by: Stephen Adly Guirgis: Date premiered: November Place premiered: Off-Broadway, New York City: Original language: English: Subject: Prison: Genre: Drama. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis on the revival of his play Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and his work on the original production in Jesus Hopped the A Train. by. Stephen Adly Guirgis. · Rating details · ratings · 23 reviews. Angel Cruz, a poor Puerto Rican, isn't sure why he's in jail after shooting Reverend Kim, the born-again Christian who brainwashed his best friend. But when the Reverend dies in hospital, Angel lands in solitary confinement next to Lucius, a card-carrying Christian serial-killer.
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