Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2013)
Documentary
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.
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
- Terrence McNally as Self
- Norman Lear as Self