In the play, "Juan Diego" becomes "Alessandro." Her husband Juan Diego was a Cahuilla Indian, killed by a man who accused him of stealing a horse. There was a real "Ramona," whose last name was Lubo. The tragic love story intertwines fictional elements with the real horrors of history. The play is based on the 1884 novel "Ramona" by Helen Hunt Jackson, written to call attention to the injustices the Native People were suffering. He said it's not only the official play of California, "It is the longest running outdoor drama in the history of the United States 1923 to April 2023." "This is a tradition for over 60 years, we have a special performance for the fourth graders of the Hemet, San Jacinto Valley," said Dennis Anderson, the artistic director of the Ramona Outdoor Play. On a recent Thursday, nearly 4,000 fourth graders filed into the Ramona Bowl, Hemet's natural amphitheater that was once a sacred Native American site and is the home of the Ramona Outdoor Play.
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