Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train

Theatre

Name:	Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage
Address:	480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	October 14, 2017
Opening date:	October 23, 2017
Closing date:	November 26, 2017
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Crazy) begins his Residency at Signature with a revival of his darkly comic meditation on redemption and faith, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, directed by Obie Award-winner Mark Brokaw. 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.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Signature Theatre	Producer
	Paige Evans	Artistic Director
	James Houghton	Founder
	Beth Whitaker	Associate Artistic Director

	Stephen Adly Guirgis	Playwright

	Mark Brokaw	Director
	Antonio Minino	Assistant Director

	Riccardo Hernández	Set Designer
	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
	Scott Zielinski	Lighting Designer
	M.L. Dogg	Sound Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Hair/Make-Up
	Frank Oliva	Associate Set Designer
	Sueann Leung	Assistant Costume Designer
	Jennifer Hill	Assistant Lighting Designer
	John Kemp	Assistant Sound Designer

	Linda Marvel	Production Stage Manager
	Paula R. Clarkson	Assistant Stage Manager

	Paul Ziemer	Director of Production

	Jenna Clark Embrey	Dramaturg
	Caparelliotis Casting	Casting
	David Caparelliotis	Casting
	Lauren Port	Casting
	Deborah Hecht	Dialect Coach
	Andrea Haring	Vocal Coach

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Erick Betancourt	Charlie D'Amico
	Sean Carvajal	Angel Cruz
	Ricardo Chavira	Valdez
	Stephanie DiMaggio	Mary Jane Hanrahan
	Edi Gathegi	Lucius Jenkins

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	WON	2019 Artios Award, New York Theatre - Drama	David Caparelliotis	Casting
			Lauren Port	Casting
2	WON	2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Stephen Adly Guirgis	Playwright
3	WON	2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play	Sean Carvajal	Actor
4	NOMINATED	2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Edi Gathegi	Actor
5	WON	2018 Artios Award, New York Theatre - Drama	David Caparelliotis	Casting
			Lauren Port	Casting
6	NOMINATED	2018 AUDELCO Award, Lead Actor in a Play	Edi Gathegi	Actor
7	WON	2018 Drama Desk Award, Special Award	Sean Carvajal	Actor
			Edi Gathegi	Actor
8	NOMINATED	2018 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design	Riccardo Hernández	Set Designer
9	WON	2018 Obie Award, Performance	Sean Carvajal	Actor
			Edi Gathegi	Actor
10	NOMINATED	2018 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Stephen Adly Guirgis	Playwright
11	NOMINATED	2018 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Actor in a Play	Sean Carvajal	Actor