Jesus Hopped the 'a' Train

by Stephen Adly Guirgis

THE STORY: 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822217996
• ISBN13: 9780822217992
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
• Length: 67 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 19.1" x 13.3" x 13.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful surprise

I had heard of the writer's other play, "Our Lady of 121st Street," but I decided to pick up this one too, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. "Jesus Hopped the A Train" is a powerful play about the meaning of faith and some of the hypocrisy in people who use organized religion (or misuse it) for their own earthly goals. But the story is so much more than that. The character of Angel is wonderful, and as an actor myself I hope to get the chance to play him on stage while I'm young enough to do it. Stephen Adly Guirgis has a great talent for believable dialogue and unique characterization. Some have criticized his alleged weak plotting, but I think the overall pluses in his tales compensate for any negatives. Read his plays and judge for yourself.