Linda Powell, Andrew Garman, Larry Powell, and Philip Kerr in a scene from the Playwrights Horizons New York premiere production of 'The Christians'

A Pastor's New Sermon That Could Lose Him His Congregation

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 14, 2015

Playwright Lucas Hnath and actor Andrew Garman discuss the new play “The Christians.” Pastor Paul’s church houses thousands, with a coffee shop in the lobby and a baptismal font as big as a swimming pool. But Paul is about to preach a sermon that will shake the foundation of his congregation’s beliefs. At Playwrights Horizons’ Mainstage Theater through October 25.

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