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      • Drone Footage from Christ of the Ozarks
    • Holy Land
    • Virtual Tour of the Holy Land
    • Park Map
    • Free Things To Do >
      • Museums >
        • Bible Museum
        • Sacred Arts Museum
        • History Museum
      • Trails
      • The Cross
      • Marketplace >
        • Noah's Ark Park
        • Parables of the Potter
        • David the Shepherd
      • Church in the Grove
      • Berlin Wall Section
      • Israeli Bomb Shelter
    • Buffet
    • The Tabernacle
    • Backstage Tour
    • Christmas
  • Give Back
    • Donate Now!
    • Ways to Donate
    • Planned Giving
    • Special Projects
    • Before and After
    • Save A Seat Campaign
    • Mission Trips
    • Intern
    • Volunteer Opportunities >
      • Volunteer Projects
  • more...
    • Israel Trip
    • Storefront >
      • Purchase Art by Jack Dawson
      • Buy DVDs
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      • Car Shows
      • Weddings
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Best Reaction to Virtual Holy Land Tour

12/3/2021

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These kids had the best reaction to our virtual Holy Land Tour experience! 
These tours allow you to experience the Holy Land in Israel without having to leave Eureka Springs, Arkansas!
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First Annual Eureka Springs Jeep Jam

9/19/2021

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Eureka Springs Jeep Jam Website
​We are so honored to have over 450 Jeeps registered, plus tons more in attendance! It’s all about community and raising money for a great cause! OVER $42k for Peterson Outdoor Ministries….and we couldn’t have done it without all of our sponsors, vendors, volunteers, AWESOME JEEP GROUPS, veterans, our AWESOME downtown merchants and everyone in between….
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
SAVE THE DATE! SEPT. 16-18, 2022
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Fireworks in Eureka Springs

7/1/2021

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The Passion Play seats and the Christ of the Ozarks are a great place to see the Eureka Springs fireworks show on this Sunday night, July 4. Our snack shop with ice cream will open at 8:30pm with the show set to start at dark (from around 9:00-10:00pm)!

Free for you and your family!
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Opera in the Ozarks starts July 2-23

6/29/2021

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History of the Opera in the Ozarks:
​Inspiration Point, poetically described as “a mountainous place not too many miles from Heaven” is located northwest of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on Scenic U.S. Highway 62, overlooking the White River valley some 600 feet below. Creating one of the most idyllic scenes, the lowlands merge in the background into range after range of the incomparably beautiful Ozarks.
Dr. Henry HobartIn 1928 a German-born architectural engineer, Charles Mowers, purchased the land overlooking the valley and began construction of a castle patterned after those of the Rhine River valley. In 1932 the unfinished castle and the grounds were purchased by Rev. Charles Scoville, a Christian missionary who completed the castle and gave it its name, Inspiration Point. When he died in 1938 his wife gave the entire Inspiration Point estate to Phillips University, a Christian university in Enid, Oklahoma.
In 1950, Dr. Henry Hobart, former Dean of Fine Arts at Phillips University, was contacted with regard to starting a summer music camp on the grounds. With the support of Gertrude Stockard, Director of Music at Eureka Springs High School, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony came into being during that summer.
The first Fine Arts colony session was held in 1950 for four weeks. It was patterned after most any other camp across the country, with a little of everything in vocal and instrumental music and dramatic art. However, Dr. Hobart and Ms. Stockard wanted something different and distinctive, and decided to make Inspiration Point into an opera or music drama summer workshop conducted under the highest professional standards and carefully planned for the young voices of talented college, high school and outstanding junior high students. All opera roles would be performed in their entirety by the students; no lead singers would be brought in to sing the principal roles. The theme of Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony would be “The students are the stars”.
For the first two years a major portion of the funds needed for operating expenses and capital expenditures were provided by Dr. and Mrs. Hobart and by loans  from Phillips University. Some construction materials were donated by Eureka Springs businesses, but the financial needs quickly grew greater than the Hobarts and the handful of loyal supporters could continue to meet.
For a number of years Dr. Hobart had been state opera chairman for the Oklahoma State Federation of Music Clubs. He suggested to Leta Mae Smith of Lawton, the Federation president, that they sponsor the youth opera workshop. Miss Smith was quick to agree and invited the state federations of Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri to become co-sponsors of the project. By 1993, Illinois, Texas, and Iowa had also joined the group.
Dr. Isaac Van GroveDr. Hobart’s philosophy with regard to the faculty for Inspiration Point was to try to get only the best. As a result, a number of eminent artists at the top of their professions have been associated with Inspiration Point. During the early years, the most outstanding of these was Dr. Isaac Van Grove. His accomplishments as an opera composer, conductor of leading opera companies, vocal coach and accompanist for several world famous singers qualified him as an opera director of the highest order. For twenty years, up to her death in 1976, Joan Woodruff, wife of Dr. Van Grove and an internationally known choreographer and ballet instructor, taught advanced ballet, stage action and stylized dance forms at Inspiration Point. Dr. Van Grove was the Artistic Director at Inspiration Point for 25 years. He died in 1979 at the age of 86.
The effectiveness of training received at Inspiration Point has been demonstrated many times over by the successes by alumni in their opera careers. Many are internationally famous. Many have sung on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera company as well as opera companies in Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Houston, Switzerland, and Germany.
Inspiration Point continues to grow and flourish. What began in 1950 as a summer music camp, has evolved into a mecca where university students and graduates in Voice, Instrumental Music, and related arts come to prepare for professional careers, a place where opportunity, music, artist and audience meld with the beauty and splendor of the Ozark Mountains. Beginning in 1993, our strong focus on opera led to our Company name, OPERA IN THE OZARKS at INSPIRATION POINT.
 
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Cast & Crew Registration

2/9/2021

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Returning cast and crew registration for The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is normally held on the 2nd weekend of March (Sunday, February 21 in 2021) annually on the grounds of The Great Passion Play.  Those interested in returning as a member of the cast may apply between 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM on Sunday, February 21, 2021. New cast and crew registration is held on the same date as well: Sunday, February 21, 2021 from 2:00-3:00pm.

The 2021 season is April 2 through October 30 and runs around 70 performances (View season schedule here).  Men, women, and children five years of age and older are needed for this year’s cast.  There is a particular need for men between the ages of 18 and 55 to play the parts of apostles, priests, and soldiers as well as families with children.
If you have ever wanted to be a cast member of a world-class theatrical production, let this be your year to apply.

Those who have an interest in joining this wonderful cast and who are unable to come to the February 21 cast registration are invited to call the Play before that date at 479-253-8559 between 9:30 AM and 4:30 PM to be considered.

In conjunction with cast registration, applications will be received and interviews conducted for the following positions: food service, Holy Land Tour actors, gift shop workers, maintenance positions, bus drivers, docents (museum guides), reservations clerks, and grounds positions on the grounds of The Great Passion Play on Sunday, February 21 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. 
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Unveiling a section from the world's longest religious painting

10/15/2019

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  • Largest Oil Painting Cyclorama Of its Kind in the World
  • 11 feet tall and 1000 feet long (11,000 square feet of artwork)
  •  It took Jackson Bailey 10 years to complete it.
  • Longer than three football fields
  • The Painting Shows the Life Story Of Christ in 55 Major Scenes From His Time on Earth

A section will be unveiled at the dinner and concert featuring Gordon Mote on November 2!
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HEROES Appreciation Nights

10/15/2019

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Honoring all of those who protect and serve on Friday and Saturday, October 25 & 26, 2019.

Free Passion Play Tickets available for Police, Firefighters, EMT, first responders, and Military (Active and Vets) and for their immediate families. Must show ID or credentials at the box office or to the ticket taker.​


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Dinner & Concert with Gordon Mote

9/30/2019

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If you are a donor, member of the cast/crew, a volunteer, or business/church sponsor, please call 800-882-7529 to RSVP.  Tickets are available below to the general public!

A special unveiling of a section from the world's longest religious painting will take place as well during this event! Click here to learn more about the painting!
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CMA Blessing of the Bikes - April 28 from 10am-noon

4/24/2019

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CMA is hosting a breakfast at 10:00am with a short service to follow at our buffet on the grounds of The Great Passion Play.

​We hope to see you there!

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"What Christmas Means to Me" Essay Contest

11/22/2018

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Click here to enter Christmas contest
Contest Rules

​ESSAY
: 300 word contest. THEME: "What Christmas Means To Me”. Please submit this in printed form as a word document or pdf. (Ages 5-8 may use parental assistance for typing only, but an original in hand written form must be simultaneously submitted). Ages 12 to 18 should submit a word or pdf document.​

ART CONTEST: ages 5 to 18 may enter. THEME: “The Meaning of Christmas”. The media should be in one of or a combination of: pencil, charcoal, pastels, watercolors, acrylic on a canvas 18 x 24 max and 11x8 min. A photo in 300 dpi or higher, edge to edge, in color, should be submitted by email. All winners will bring the original to the November 30th event no later than 3 pm. _________________________________________
APPLICATION for CONTEST


Fill this in and email it to us or copy paste into email to:
shelli@greatpassionplay.com


I am Entering this CONTEST for: “What Christmas Means To Me”
As an Artist __ or As an Essay Author __

My Piece is entitled: __________________________________


FOR ARTIST:
Size Canvas is _____x_____inches on __Canvas or __Paper or _________

Media is __ Watercolor __Pencil __Charcoal __Pastel __Acrylic or _________


I have an easel to exhibit this if asked to bring my work to the exhibit. __yes
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FOR ESSAY AUTHOR:
Word Count ________
Word Doc Format: ___________


I give permission for my art to be exhibited at the Great Passion Play and a copy for publicity to be published for no cost to them as media tell the story of the contest and it's winners and judges or any related subjects. ____yes


I am understanding that I must be present to win on November 30th to Win at 8:30 pm Friday __yes


My name is First Name ___________ Last Name ___________
My Age ______
My phone number is: _________________
My email is _________@_________.______
My address is: ___________________ City_____ State_____ Zip _________
My parent or guardian's name is; ___________________
their phone is: _________________
Their email is: ___________@_______________.__________
I have their permission to enter this contest ___yes.
Signature of contestant _____________________
Signature of Parent or Guardian _______________
​I submit this art in a pdf or jpeg file of _____resolution.
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​Christ of the Ozarks & Cross: Open 365 Days a Year from 8:00am-8:00pm, 11:00pm on nights of Passion Play)
Passion Play: 70 performances on select nights May through October (plus Good Friday, Saturday, and Easter Sunrise Service) Click here for schedule.
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