Past Production
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Summer L. Williams

The Boston Center for the Arts
Black Box Theater
July 17 – August 9, 2003

"Its aggressive high-octane style is like a shot of caffeine straight in the veins"
              - Guardian

Company One presents the Boston premiere of the off-Broadway and Edinburgh Festival hit, Jesus Hopped the A Train. The New York Times labeled Stephen Adly Guirgis “AMERICA’S BEST YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT,” and exclaimed “[JESUS] HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN FLAME.” Two prisoners incarcerated on Riker’s Island, - one a first time offender and one a psychopathic serial killer turned born-again Christian - search for morality and grace within the prison gates. Freedom is juxtaposed with the responsibility of spiritual rebirth in this cage-rattling comic drama about faith and justice.