Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Nov 10, 2013

1h 19m

★ 5.0

Challenge everything you believe.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

108 Productions

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption Trailers

Cast

Himself

Nic Arnzen

Joshua / Himself

James Brandon

Bartholomew / Himself

Matthew Montgomery

Philip / Himself

David Pevsner

Judas / Self

Steve Callahan

Self

Larry Kramer

Self

Anson Mount

Self

Terrence McNally

Self

Norman Lear

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