Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant
The Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant Jesus the Christ is an annual production of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) staged on the grounds of the Mesa Arizona Temple. One of the six LDS pageants, Jesus the Christ began in 1928 as a small sunrise Easter presentation. The pageant is now the "largest annual outdoor Easter pageant in the world." With a 450-member cast, the 65-minute pageant depicts the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ using song and dance.
The pageant runs Tuesday through Saturday evenings during the two weeks just before Easter, performing completely in Spanish on the first Friday and Saturday evening. No donations are accepted and no tickets are required, although seating is first-come, first-served.
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