About the Show
Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi is a retelling of the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in 1950s Corpus Christi, Texas. The show originally opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club in NYC, 1998 to intense protest and bomb threats. Deemed by religious zealots as “blasphemous,” the shock and controversy it created before it opened easily overshadowed McNally’s original intention in creating the piece: inclusive love for all people. Typically performed by thirteen young men we further celebrate the play's message of embracing diversity by casting both men and women of a large age range, varying religious beliefs and all walks of life.
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The 108 Productions' "Resurrection"
Starting humbly in 2006 for an intended 8-night run, 108 Productions’ resounding success of Corpus Christi continued to sell-out audiences for months at Los Angeles’ famous Zephyr Theatre and went on to tour across America. In Europe, the play was a stand-out success at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was awarded the Intercultural Dialogue Award at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival in 2008. Following, the company celebrated the show’s 10th anniversary Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Theatre, benefiting the Matthew Shepard Foundation and New York’s Gay Community Center, and was invited to the MCC International Conference in Acapulco. The show continues to tour nationally and internationally.
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 photo taken at Grace Cathedral, 2010 by Matthew Denman |
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