Jesus Hopped the A Train, Stephen Adly Guirgis
Jesus Hopped the A Train, Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Jesus Hopped the “A” Train

Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis

Narrator: Marco Greco, Janel Moloney, Joe Quintero, Charlie Robinson, David Zayas

Unabridged: 1 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2007


Synopsis

Angel Cruz is imprisoned at Riker’s Island because he shot the cult leader who brainwashed and stole his friend. Angel meets Lucius, who is awaiting extradition to Florida—where he casually killed eight people while paranoid and high on drugs. Two men who might otherwise never have met are brought together behind bars. Lucius takes his solace in God and Angel thinks he knows what he believes in but finds that he doesn’t. A riveting work from the recipient of the 2006 PEN Literary Award for Drama, which cites Guirgis as “creating a theatre that feels vital, political, intimate and undeniably of the moment”.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Marco Greco as Charlie d’Amico
Janel Moloney as Mary Beth Harnahan
Joe Quintero as Angel Cruz
Charlie Robinson as Lucius Jenkins
David Zayas as Valdez

Directed by Richard Masur. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November of 2006.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

An LA Theater Works production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play about Angel Cruz, a Puerto Rican who is in jail after a prank turned badly: He shoots Reverend Kim in the, uh, posterior, after Kim, a rich hypocrite preacher, brainwashed his best friend. But the guy dies, and the Angel is in solitary, s......more

Goodreads review by Sophie

Interesting concept, commentary on morality and religion, the usual but found it dull and difficult to follow. That said, I was listening whilst wandering around Brighton looking at rings......more

Goodreads review by A. V.

Who is worth forgiveness? Who is owed a chance at redemption and who is not? We are all corrupted, but only some punished... do we as society have the tools to progress to a more fair implementation of justice? Or is that what a belief in God is for? To absolve the complicated issue and be unburdene......more

Goodreads review by elena

-read for school- interesting commentary... but all in all this wasn't as entertaining to read. it just gets 'good' when one reflects on it.......more