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PopUp Theatre Threatened With Protests Over Its Production of Corpus Christi
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'It's absolutely despicable that some people would turn around and make [Jesus Christ] homosexual.'

"I am so excited to be participating in a show that is wildly different than anything I have seen on a Denver stage in a long time," says Maxfield."If people are freaked out by the fact that we have a Black and very gay Jesus character, this show asks why that makes patrons uncomfortable and forces them to confront those feelings."'s religious themes and explicit queerness, in particular, resonated with Maxfield, who grew up in a religious environment.

"I wanted to make sure the biblical parts were as accurate as possible, because I knew there would be people in the audience that knew the scripture backwards and forwards," he explains."This has been the most amount of research that I have done for a role, because I needed to make sure I understood all the parables mentioned by Terrence McNally in the play."

McNally's message of love toward the LGBTQ+ community feels more urgent now than ever before to the creative team.

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