The annual Holy City of the Wichitas Easter Passion Play is a narrated dramatization of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The "Prince of Peace" Easter Pageant is the longest-running of its kind in the United States. Created in 1926, this passion play drama is hosted outdoors in the Holy City of the Wichitas near Lawton with the stunning Wichita Mountains serving as a backdrop. Come to the Holy City of the Wichitas Easter Passion Play to witness the story of Jesus Christ portrayed in pantomime while readers broadcast the script on FM radio to crowds of visitors.  

After its first year, the passion play expanded its cast, and the audience grew as well. By 1931, the Easter passion play included 150 cast members and by 1934, the Holy City of the Wichitas welcomed over 40,000 visitors. Located within southwest Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the Holy City sits on 66 acres that resemble Israel during biblical times. The first buildings erected at the Holy City of the Wichitas, which include replicas of the walls to Jerusalem, Calvary's Mount, the Temple Court, rock shrines and more, were completed by the Federal Works Progress Administration.

In 1936, the Lord's Supper building and Herod's Court, as well as buildings including biblical murals and paintings, were created. Attendance to the annual Easter passion play reached its peak in 1939 as 225,000 visitors filled the hall for the Easter performance.

Join thousands of visitors from across Oklahoma and the nation to see this much-anticipated passion play in a replica of the Holy Land. Attendance to the passion play is free; however, donations are appreciated.