--- # Free Annual Holiday Pageant ‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ Wednesday, Nov 01 **Latino Theater Company’s free, annual holiday pageant** ‘**La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin**’ **is L.A.**’**s largest** **WHAT:** **[![](http://www.lucypr.com/Projects/LTC/La-Virgen2023-V-sm.jpg)](http://www.lucypr.com/Projects/LTC/La-Virgen2023-V.jpg)Latino Theater Company** returns with ***La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin***, the company’s signature holiday pageant that has been a Los Angeles holiday tradition **since 2002.** Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. **Starring** Elia Saldana **as the Virgin** Mary and Sal Lopez as Juan Diego, the cast features over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community. **The City’s largest theatrical holiday pageant**, *La Virgen* has been covered by *[The New York Times](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUVD7mqwG7Td57Y1kdMgkVLFpkakD8sM1vyiTpLC5jPW-2BOVnrcDcNvFcf4s0wSgXd0bycU5341Fw8-2B-2FZBR4Zc1bY-3DLl3G_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiEByTGas6oUyAZzAZYqkN2tPZ-2FhMv9SSgDthluPTiGGieQp1uwm-2FYpnc8cHknoqyArYE7N6bQnppNnTBSpoUad5hnjZhciY8j1qC42Uqq2JA3gVGzPyejTuCnrWvrRZQsmrIAOt6QzIfWGkx-2FpJDbHVL0FxLa5xlk46-2F0kfyHtg21kFGeHHF8REZKbQ5I5vBD2mx7FK9h9GcvSJSBoEHGmpfi6NVPaXb0AF-2Fj-2BidYba8BhvwV-2BlXyBQfWbk1tvL9h4UYAI8VPIdmyzA71W9nAsg3VrLRWbl5Zc70QmhCw-2FjIg-3D-3D), [Los Angeles Times](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUVD7mqwG7Td57Y1kdMgkVLFpkakD8sM1vyiTpLC5jPW-2B9pSc3xoYST3GhZtSDf79gfpBzNqZHbZGUVb73ts53ZY-3DmWBz_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiEByTGas6oUyAZzAZYqkN2tPZ-2FhMv9SSgDthluPTiGGieQp1uwm-2FYpnc8cHknoqyArYE7N6bQnppNnTBSpoUad5hnjZhciY8j1qC42Uqq2JA3gVGzPyejTuCnrWvrRZQsmrIAOt6QzIfWGkx-2FpJDbHV8nYTghaC69wENASmzKb0qMEuuYU4Zlabk0koF5IaJDr-2FEBtJfrEnGKDoAT72t6HLuv-2BVJc-2FWgQKPALPcJtfjjhSkgmxJ7tGxbWNUnTCkhNrnk4nWT6A-2BrWOXCDI-2B5qJ31PMpgsdtqddCALsE5SbWAn-2B9c798IGo04qW20L-2FI5c4-3D), [Los Angeles HOY](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUW0-2BvdVnHUp3M8TxZ8ijA6CHZkxf0-2FmK2v0Aoa-2B31TYRNJLTAtycnok-2FwnEuhhfq4koYQlstU058SA6jrNCbkeA-3DzErM_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiEByTGas6oUyAZzAZYqkN2tPZ-2FhMv9SSgDthluPTiGGieQp1uwm-2FYpnc8cHknoqyArYE7N6bQnppNnTBSpoUad5hnjZhciY8j1qC42Uqq2JA3gVGzPyejTuCnrWvrRZQsmrIAOt6QzIfWGkx-2FpJDbHV8h05L76bHA4nzKsqKIYqSotpp91SlbW9xy3P6OvNA90c1y4-2BtUUUN-2FO-2FuaVRBdofALdK-2Bn53jnQkhF03KOWrVaFDNKP4TuB0r3pk6YekmT2KazDuZdNharVDx18sICW8eZXIbwJ3bHN6VS3KB9GEqvJQPLpa9BGTnZg57nYg1ec-3D), [Univision](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUftrEI5aqDN5pG3MlQO8cEr-2F79jj1m4ndPNqYNxrfB-2BEixGcxR40JUttfjL2xB8WLaKHctvjh-2FlVp5weW5mGZC7iBCy12MiZI0RLeJn99pNDNBfYh945W1L0GQ4dLY1YqwsFGUPK-2FDsOWphVA2u4NN9Z5EzIfYVOWlEOfdUmJgtytvfYn2yydxVOjAD9dBs4hg-3D-3DjvqN_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiEByTGas6oUyAZzAZYqkN2tPZ-2FhMv9SSgDthluPTiGGieQp1uwm-2FYpnc8cHknoqyArYE7N6bQnppNnTBSpoUad5hnjZhciY8j1qC42Uqq2JA3gVGzPyejTuCnrWvrRZQsmrIAOt6QzIfWGkx-2FpJDbHVDPsoGPWc1u-2BYkFTUa2icPWvPvruLjgp4iSNfKvpVcZ8NYY9vWxpK0voAYdizeqWrp-2Bn-2FfNn8V-2BHC-2BlsNYLwmfG7QoW49f5JJhFlKpg70uq-2BLQQiuM7XbVFNFtruVnKkT-2F40nf295EHfoW1uRA1v-2BJ-2FvUFPZPxA4fCcMVOtkP8SE-3D) and *[Fox News](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUQcnmVLcszd-2FGZT8UoH3vhzCc9Jx9zuX7bXDEB8-2BEHe5SWxDpfFNXtI5woVPaHHditgHhFBZtzXlP6eoTM5i0Jc-3D-k0o_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiEByTGas6oUyAZzAZYqkN2tPZ-2FhMv9SSgDthluPTiGGieQp1uwm-2FYpnc8cHknoqyArYE7N6bQnppNnTBSpoUad5hnjZhciY8j1qC42Uqq2JA3gVGzPyejTuCnrWvrRZQsmrIAOt6QzIfWGkx-2FpJDbHVEg4rRpwfTvkbfTdIu0Q2DGOkrWxT5NO3Up3yxM4HaIQppqGZQ9LzUBiro-2Bm-2BSVhMuY9tDUPcL-2BLXv-2BmwdxHG2WHfjVjL7Z13vGGvjXD01d5RHD3SmnS9RYSWCxWXCrh0Vsn4BjCT3faf4D4eM78Wn8PkF18xaEcr7cjMToZwkBE-3D)* among many others. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles. **WHO:** • Adapted for the stage by **Evelina Fernández** from the mid-16th Century text *The Nican Mopohua* • Directed by **José Luis Valenzuela** • Starring Elia Saldana as the Virgin**, **Sal Lopez** as Juan Diego, and featuring **over 100 actors**, **singers** and **indigenous Aztec dancers**, as well as **children** and **seniors** from the Los Angeles community • Presented by **El Gallo Giro** • Produced by **The Latino Theater Company** in association with the **Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels** **WHEN: • Friday**, Dec. 1 at **7:30 p.m.** **• Saturday**, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.** **WHERE:** Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 W. 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