Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Challenge everything you believe.

  • Rated 5.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2013
  • 1h 19m
  • Documentary

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.

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Director
James Brandon
Starring
Nic Arnzen, James Brandon, Matthew Montgomery, David Pevsner

Cast

  • Nic Arnzen

    Himself

  • James Brandon

    Joshua / Himself

  • Matthew Montgomery

    Bartholomew / Himself

  • David Pevsner

    David Pevsner

    Philip / Himself

  • Steve Callahan

    Steve Callahan

    Judas / Self

  • Larry Kramer

    Larry Kramer

    Self

  • Anson Mount

    Anson Mount

    Self

  • Terrence McNally

    Terrence McNally

    Self

  • Norman Lear

    Norman Lear

    Self

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