Easter play
Spring religious performance
An Easter play is a dramatic performance depicting events from the Christian Easter story—typically the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Churches and schools commonly stage Easter plays during Holy Week or on Easter Sunday: The children rehearsed their Easter play for weeks.
The tradition dates to medieval mystery plays.
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
- Good FridayCrucifixion memorial day
- ChurchOrganized religious denomination
- church dramaPerformance in worship setting
- community theaterLocal nonprofessional stage productions
Resurrection · risen Christ · Festival · Lent · Symbolism · Last Supper · Holy Week · crown of thorns · Gospel · Tradition · Pilgrimage · Community · Palm Sunday · Golgotha · Stations of the Cross
- Easterdyed eggs, egg hunt, jelly beans, chocolate bunny, risen
- religious dramaliturgical drama, religious drama, biblical drama, auto sacramental, Abraham and Isaac
- ritual dramaliturgical drama, sacred dance, ritual dance, ceremonial dance, auto sacramental
- sacred performancegospel concert, choir concert, oratorio, cantata, Handel's Messiah
- seasonal showsNutcracker, spring musical, fall festival, solstice celebration
- medieval theaterliturgical drama, religious drama, Everyman, hell mouth, biblical drama
Easter playburlesque
Exaggerated mockery or risqué variety
commercial theater · Broadway show · comedy sketch · variety show · cabaret
Easter, play, plays, played, playing, player, players, playful, playfully