Terrence McNally’s “Corpus Christi” is set in Texas, but it’s never before been staged in the Lone Star State. That will change this weekend, when the Cathedral of Hope hosts a Los Angeles-based production of the play about a gay Christ-like figure named Joshua. This weekend’s shows grew out of the recent controversy at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. TSU student John Jordan Otte wanted to stage an excerpt from “Corpus Christi” as a class project, but the university canceled the production, citing security concerns. We later learned that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and even Gov. Rick Perry may have been responsible for cancellation of Otte’s project.
For the DVtv segments previewing this weekend’s shows, we sat down with the Los Angeles-based co-producers of “Corpus Christi,” Nic Arnzen and James Brandon (who also plays Joshua); with Otte and with the Rev. Jo Hudson, senior pastor at the Cathdral. Our interviews with Otte and Hudson are after the jump. Showtimes are Friday through Sunday at 7 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. Tickets are $32–$52 and can be purchased at the door of the Cathedral, 5910 Cedar Springs Road.
I’m glad their showing here! Has anyone sent Rick Perry free tickets and a can of Aquanet?
Thank you Dalas Voice… for existing.
I saw the play Saturday night and it was moving and wonderful. Why anyone would protest amazes me.
The cast was great and the project is a piece if real theater that makes you think as good theater should.
I wish that CoH would have reached out and allowed the students from Tarlton to perform instead of paying a production company from L.A. They (the students) started the controversy, let them perfom the play.
It was not “they (the students)” who caused the controversy, it was “christian” activists that decided to stir things up. Any ‘tiny’ thing that happens in Stephenville (or any small town) always blows out of proportion. But, I agree, the students of the One-Act performance (and not just ‘Corpus Christi’…there were 3 others that were not allowed to be performed) should have gotten the chance to perform their project.