The Great Passion Play, “America’s #1 Attended Outdoor Drama,”
Featuring a cast of over 150 actors and actresses, the Play is performed amid a 550-
ft historically accurate stage and brings to life the thrilling epic drama surrounding
Christ’s last days on earth, including his death, resurrection and ascension. The Great
Passion Play runs 1 hour and 45 minutes, featuring an original musical score composed by
John Stanley and performed by the world-renowned Budapest Scoring Orchestra (available wherever you stream music). The Passion Play has invested over a million dollars in the past 5 years to bring together perhaps the most technologically advanced outdoor production in the world with incomparable surround sound. This year’s performance also features horses, donkeys, a Pharaoh Hound, and dozens of birds as well as a camel.
While on the grounds, walk through Jerusalem’s Eastern Gate and journey through
recreations of the Holy Land including the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. See the Sacred
Arts Museum with hundreds of pieces of rare works in 64 different forms and the Bible
Museum with 6,000 Bibles (including an original 1611 King James Version of the Bible)
and artifacts dating back to 2,000 B.C. Experience the popular free performances of
David the Shepherd and the Parables of the Potter. Eat the buffet dinner that is served on nights the Play is performed.
Dedicated in 1966, the Christ of the Ozarks memorial statue stands 7 stories tall and is one of the most visited attractions in the Ozarks. In fact, TripAdvisor—has placed the Lincoln Memorial in the number 1 spot, followed by Mt. Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, and the Christ of the Ozarks.
New attractions on the Passion Play grounds include the above-mentioned trails, Noah’s Ark Park Petting Zoo at the beginning of the Holy Land area, a bomb
shelter similar to ones used in Israel today, and the Jerusalem Marketplace area which features biblical craftspeople working with pottery, sculpting, weaving, carpentry, jewelry making, and painting.”
The Passion Play performance run is as follows: Good Friday and Saturday, special performances around the first weekend of May, with the regular season picking up on Memorial Day Weekend through the first two weekends of November on most Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. For reservations, performance schedules, volunteer opportunities, or special event information, go to GreatPassionPlay.org or call toll free
800-882-7529. Join the over 8 million who have seen “The Greatest Story Ever Told” at The
Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
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