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This list of pageants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delineates those annual outdoor theatrical performance produced by members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...
(LDS Church). It is reminiscent of early Christian Pageants which reenacted the world history in processional performance. Latter-day Saint pageants are held outdoors, they are free to the public, and typically last for a two-week period. In December 2018, the LDS Church announced that four pageants will phased out over the next several years.


Pageants in production

* Easter Pageant ''Jesus the Christ'', Mesa, Arizona: Temporarily suspended in 2019 and 2020 due to the renovation of the
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, resumes in 2022 * Truth Will Prevail ( Chorley,
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): Will generally be held every four years, with the next one deferred until 2023


Discontinued productions

*Castle Valley Pageant ( Castle Dale, Utah) *Clarkston Pageant (
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) * Hill Cumorah Pageant, Palmyra, New York: ended in 2019 * Mormon Miracle Pageant,
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*'' And it Came to Pass'': An informal, indoor pageant near the Oakland California Temple, ceased production in 2007.


One-time productions

* ''
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( Burbank, California, 1967)"People of the therBook" by Michael Hicks. ''Spencer Kimball's Record Collection: Essays on Mormon Music''. Signature Books. 2020. 9781560852865.


See also

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Christian drama Christian drama or Christian tragedy is based on Christian religious themes. The Bible contains many drama sequences, the very Betrayal and arrest of Jesus in the new testament is a tragedy. Mystery play Through the medieval period churc ...
* Easter Drama * Jesuit drama * Liturgical drama *
Morality play The morality play is a genre of medieval and early Tudor drama. The term is used by scholars of literary and dramatic history to refer to a genre of play texts from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries that feature personified concepts ( ...
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Mystery play Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the represe ...
* Mormon literature * Passion play * Savior of the World


References


External links


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