Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2013)

Challenge everything you believe.

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.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

N

Nic Arnzen

Himself

J

James Brandon

Joshua / Himself

M

Matthew Montgomery

Bartholomew / Himself

David Pevsner

Philip / Himself

Steve Callahan

Judas / Self

Larry Kramer

Self

Anson Mount

Self

Terrence McNally

Self

Norman Lear

Self

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