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Jesus Hopped the “A” Train
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Narrated by Marco Greco, Janel Moloney, Joe Quintero and
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
Author
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Stephen Adley Guirgis is an actor and playwright. A member of the LABrynth Theater Company and the MCC Playwrights Coalition, Guirgis is the recipient of new play commissions from South Coast Repertory and The Manhattan Theatre Club. He is the author of the plays Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the A Train, In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, all published by Faber. He lives in New York City.
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Reviews for Jesus Hopped the “A” Train
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great performance by some well seasoned performers. great writing and production.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thoroughly engaging and well acted. The performances had me hooked from start to finish ?