This week on our podcast, the playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, author of the “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” discusses his new play, “The Little Flower of East Orange.” Guirgis talks about moments of grace in his life, and the writers who have inspired him. Listen here. “Little Flower,” starring Ellen Burstyn and produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company, runs through Sunday May 4 at The Public Theater in New York. Click here for ticket information. Tim Reidy

Tim Reidy is the deputy editor in chief of America Media.