Signature Theatre continues its 2017-2018 Off-Broadway season with Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the A Train on the Irene Diamond Stage. This new revival marks the acclaimed playwright's inaugural production of his residency at The Pershing Square Signature Center.
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7 images Angel Cruz is a 30-year-old bicycle messenger awaiting trial for the death of the leader of a religious cult. Inside Rikers Island, a terrified Angel is befriended by a charismatic serial killer named Lucius Jenkins. Lucius has found God and been born again, and now, Angel's life and the course of his trial will be changed forever. Jesus Hopped the A Train is a darkly comic meditation on redemption and faith.
Jesus hopped the A train indeed. Twice. Once when Angel Cruz (Sean Carvajal) and his pal Joey were climbing through the subway tunnels because they were boys looking for adventure. One night their playtime went wrong and they froze when the train came rumbling at them. Something intervened and exploded them to safety - Jesus. Jesus had hopped the A Train to save them.
