Holme was also the original director and the person who chose the plot of land where the play is still currently set, called the Ramona Bowl.

[6] The play is held over three consecutive weekends in April and May in the Ramona Bowl, a natural amphitheater in the foothills above Hemet in Riverside County.

In 2015, a brand new, updated script was written by international award-winning film director and screenwriter Stephen Savage, featuring much more action and historic content, while remaining far from the author’s original novel.

[7] The Ramona Pageant used to be the longest running outdoor play in the United States, until 2020 when COVID ended this incredible streak.

[5] Ramona is an orphaned half-Native American and half-Scottish, who was adopted by Senora Moreno, a Mexican-American woman.

When Ramona finds out that Senora Moreno never actually treated her with love and respect as a child, she runs away with Alessandro.

[6] Animals such as horses and mules are also featured in the play, as well as early California musicians, The Arias Troubadours.

[5] Moreover, it gave an opportunity of exposure in which it altered the public opinions of Native American culture and the history of how they were almost decimated as the country moved forward, advancing in technology and urbanization.

The romanticizing of 1850s Southern California also signified the historical heritage and the lifestyle of the indigenous people before industrialization and modernization.