CineCalidad. The Hill Cumorah Pageant was an annual production of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints staged at the foot of the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York. It depicted Joseph Smith's encounter with the Golden Plates (translated into English as the Book of Mormon), as well as a dramatization of the events recorded therein. 2019 was the last season of performance, after debuting in 1937.