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The Ramona Outdoor Play, formerly known as (and still commonly called) The Ramona Pageant, is an outdoor drama staged annually in Hemet, California, [2] since 1923. [3] It is loosely based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson .
Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and annexation of the territory by the United States, Ramona explores the life of a mixed-race Scottish–Native American orphan girl. The story was inspired by the marriage of Hugo Reid and Victoria Reid. [1]
The Ramona Outdoor Play, commonly known as The Ramona Pageant, is America's longest-running outdoor drama, first performed on April 13, 1923, in Hemet, California. The play is based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel "Ramona," which was written to expose the mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California. [1]
The city is known for being the home of The Ramona Pageant, California's official outdoor play, set in the Spanish colonial era. [7] Started in 1923, the play is one of the longest-running outdoor plays in the United States. Hemet has been named a Tree City USA for 20 years by the Arbor Day Foundation for its dedication to the local forest. [8]
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Hemet, California's official outdoor play, the annual Ramona Pageant, takes place at the Ramona Bowl outdoor amphitheatre each year in late spring. The city of Ramona, California as well as the Ramona Band of Cahuilla (and the associated Ramona Indian Reservation) take their name from the central character in her best-known novel.