Mesa Easter Pageant Teaches of Christ

Each year the Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant draws more than 100,000 people, who watch the story of Christ's life, mission, and Resurrection unfold through speech, music, dance, and drama played out on a 9,600-square-foot (890 square meter) stage.

Many who attended this year's performances April 13–16 and 19–23, 2011, as well as the nearly 1,000 cast and crew members, say that the pageant brought them closer to the Savior.

"I know that the people who come to our pageant leave with a peace and a hope in their heart that maybe wasn't there when they came," said Nanci Wudel, who has directed the pageant for nine years. "We want so much to bring to the heart of every person sitting in the audience [the message that] there is peace, there is hope, because Jesus lives and He loves them."