She argues Judas must be forgiven and allowed entrance into heaven. Judas’s defense attorney, Fabiana Aziza Cunningham (Adyana de la Torre), is part Irish and part Romanian gypsy. The production at times resembles Comedy Central interspersed with Saturday Night Live sketches, but with no option to change the channel. It almost seems as if Guirgis just could not bear to eliminate some of the characters and dialogue. Yet some scenes are superfluous to the story. Witnesses, including Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud, Peter, Matthew, Simon, Mary Magdalene and Judas’s mother, Henrietta Iscariot, have funny lines. Nineteen actors, playing 27 roles, are a bit excessive. However, the more than three-hour production is too long. ![]() ![]() In addition to Satan, a macho, sexist Pontius Pilate (Omar Bustamante), and a flattering, sycophantic prosecutor, Yusef El-Faymouy (Eliud Kauffman), give hilarious performances with natural comedic timing and flair. Several talented actors artfully deliver Guirgis’s witty and acerbic lines.
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