The baptism & The toilet / by LeRoi Jones

L. Jones, A. Baraka

The baptism is a satirical one-act play about religion. The play begins with a Minister's attempts to encourage a homosexual to change his ways. A boy comes to the church to be baptized, but his sins become a heated topic of discussion, launching angry accusations and a violent end. Throughout the play, the boy's identity remains a question and a source of strife for the other characters. Is he simply a clever teenager, skilled at deception, or is he actually some sort of deity, maybe even Christ? One of the leading characters is named homosexual.