Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Jun 2, 2023 7pm - 9pm
Location
4 N Blount St
4 N Blount St
Details
A queer passion play by Terrance McNally. Being performed for the first time in over 20 years in North Carolina.
Corpus Christi was workshopped by the author with the theatre department at the UNC School of the Arts before its off-Broadway premiere. It was originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on September 22, 1998. This is the first NC production of the play in more than 20 years and its premier in the Triangle.
The play depicts the story of Jesus and the disciples as queer people living in Texas in the 20th century. Featured scenes include a campy Christmas play, an 80s high school dance between a Black Jesus and Judas, a ghostly encounter with James Dean, and the inevitably painful and shocking ending at Calvary.
"McNally uses the Christ story to tell a contemporary tale of the fight against cruelty, division, hatred, and, above all, hypocrisy.” — BackStage.
