Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

79 mins | Documentary | Nov. 10, 2013

Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

79 mins | Documentary | Nov. 10, 2013

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.
IMDb rating 2.9
Producers 108 Productions
Original title Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Directors James Brandon, Nic Arnzen
Writers James Brandon, Nic Arnzen

Cast

Nic Arnzen

as Himself

James Brandon

as Joshua / Himself

Matthew Montgomery

as Bartholomew / Himself

David Pevsner

as Philip / Himself

Steve Callahan

as Judas / Self

Larry Kramer

as Self

Anson Mount

as Self

Norman Lear

as Self