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'',

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: Temporarily suspended in 2019 and 2020 due to the renovation of the

Mesa Arizona Temple The Mesa Arizona Temple (formerly the Arizona Temple; nicknamed the ''Lamanite Temple'') is the seventh operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in the city of Mesa, Arizona, it is the first of ...

, resumes in 2022 * Truth Will Prevail (

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): Will generally be held every four years, with the next one deferred until 2023

Discontinued productions

*Castle Valley Pageant (

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) *Clarkston Pageant (

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Hill Cumorah Pageant The Hill Cumorah Pageant was an annual production of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) staged at the foot of the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York. Premiering in 1937, it was considered to be the flagship pageant of th ...

, Palmyra, New York: ended in 2019 * Mormon Miracle Pageant,

Manti, Utah Manti ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 United States Census. Description Manti was the first community in Utah to be settled outside the Wasatch Front and served as ...

*'' And it Came to Pass'': An informal, indoor pageant near the

Oakland California Temple The Oakland California Temple (formerly the Oakland Temple) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in the hills of Oakland, California. It was built in the early 1960s, as part of a project announced b ...

, ceased production in 2007.

One-time productions

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References

External links

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