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Interview with Pam Barres
Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on December 16th, 2023 and research assistant Cassidy Wall, with Pam Barres
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Interview with Michelle Szatkowski
Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on April 16th, 2025 with Michelle Szatkowski
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Together RIT Presentation
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Interview with Eric Rodli
Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on October 25th, 2021, with Eric Rodli
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Interview with Jimm Ehmann Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on September 3rd, 2022 and research assistant Max Zinkin, with Jim Ehmann
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Interview with Judy Dobles
Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on August 10th, 2023 and research assistant Emmarose Tabin, with Judy Dobles
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Interview with Rivers' Group
Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on August 2nd, 2021 and research assistant Kadin Benjamin , with Kathryn Rivers, David Kosel, and Chuck Collins
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Interview with Elizabeth Birch Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on November 11th, 2021, with Elizabeth Birch
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Interview with Cynthia Martin Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on November 10th, 2021 with Cynthia Martin
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Interview with Ann Young
Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on November 7th, 2024 and research assistant Cassidy Wall, with Ann Young
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Jackson Burns Bulmer, Cassidy Wall, and Nathaniel Bartsch present at the National Undergraduate Humanities Conference at Johns Hopkins, March 2025
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Interview with Pam Barres Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on December 16, 2024 and research assitant Cassidy Wall with Pam Barres
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Interview with Teri Eadom
Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on August 28th, 2024 and research assistant Sarah Zinken with Teri Eadom
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Rivers Group Interview Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on August 2nd, 2021 and research assistant Kadin Benjamin , with Kathryn Rivers, David Kosel, and Chuck Collins
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Interview with Elizabeth Birch Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on November 11th, 2021, with Elizabeth Birch
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Interview with Cynthia Martin Interview conducted by Tamar Carroll on November 10th, 2021, with Cynthia Martin
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Interview with Ann Young Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on November 7th, 2024 and research assistant Cassidy Wall, with Ann Young
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Interview with Jim Ehmann Interview conducted by Dr. Tamar Carroll on September 3rd, 2022 and research assistant Max Zinkin, with Jim Ehmann
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Interview with William (Bill) Jones, Sunday, March 27, 2022 William (Bill) Jones recounts his upbringing as a Seneca Native American and Latter-day Saint in Western New York. After discussing his views about Native Americans, race, and the Book of Mormon, he tells the story of how he, his wife, and their children acted in the 2019 Hill Cumorah Pageant. Particular emphasis is placed on the show’s casting process (including race and colorblind casting), Bill’s supervision of teenagers at the Pageant, the acting experience, and Bill’s strong emotions during the scene where Jesus visits the Americas.
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Interview with Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Thursday, April 7, 2022 Toi Clawson was a public affairs director for the Hill Cumorah Pageant. She was a cast member in 1995 for the Pageant. In 2005, Toi and her husband were asked to do public affairs for the pageant. They did this until 2012. She worked long hours, with early mornings, and she had to stay until all of the reporters went home. She and her family were disappointed by yet understanding of the 2018 announcement of the Pageant’s ending. One of her notable social media attempts was when Toi shared information about the Pageant on Facebook around 2012. Unfortunately, she was contacted and asked to take down the social media page by the Church. Then, sometime later, a similar situation happened with another pageant in Arizona, but their page got so much positive attention in such a short amount of time that the Missionary Department re-evaluated its stance and began to think of Facebook and other forms of social media as tools to use for spreading religious information.
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Interview with Suzanne Stockman, Tuesday, March 29, 2022 After a quick introduction, Suzanne introduced herself and her family. She then ran through the various jobs she had for the Pageant. Suzanne then elaborated on how she progressively gained more and more responsibilities within the pageant before taking the role from Daisy Murphy as Cast Team Director. She answered what a Cast Team was—the inner groupings of people within the production that still needed direction when they weren’t rehearsing. After her time as Cast Team Director, Suzanne helped organize community service projects for the teams to participate in for the last three years of her time working on the Pageant. Overall, she believes that the people acting in the Pageant got however much they put in, with those working the hardest having the best experiences.
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Interview with Patricia Randall, Saturday, April 9, 2022. In this roughly 60-minute interview, Patricia Randall—a professor of costume design at BYU Idaho—describes her experiences at the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra, New York. In 2012, she began her work as a seamstress for the Pageant and eventually became the head of wardrobe and costume design for the production. This interview explores in depth her experiences and work at the Pageant over the years. Additionally, this interview delves into the impacts of the Pageant on Randall and the role it continues to play in her life, even now that it has ended. The interview concludes with Randall’s hopes for those involved looking towards the future.
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Interview with Patricia (Pat) Rowe, Friday, April 15, 2022 In this interview, Gerard Loughran speaks with Patricia (Pat) Rowe about her experiences working in the ladies’ dressing room at the Pageant, assisting female cast members with their costumes and wigs. Pat and her family participated in eight years of the Pageant as cast members and members of the Pageant administration. Topics of conversation include the Pageant application process, how families were split among cast teams, dynamics among family members in the Pageant, costume work, and the involvement of children in the Pageant. Pat also shares a few memories of attending the Hill Cumorah Pageant as a child. Near the end of the conversation, Gerard provides a brief overview of the Hill Cumorah Legacy Project.
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Interview with Matt Barr, Friday, April 15, 2022 Matt Barr is an Australian photographer and videographer who now lives in Utah. In this interview, Matt tells how he was recruited in 2016 to film and photograph the Hill Cumorah Pageant. He returned in this role for several years and ultimately filmed the final run of Pageant shows in 2019. His resulting film of the Pageant is the one that is available on the Church website as of 2023. Matt explains the logistics of running such a large shoot, and he discusses his unreleased 4K HD version of the 2019 Pageant. The interview closes with a discussion of digital preservation.
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Interview with Marc Clay, Friday, April 8, 2022 This is roughly a 25-minute interview with Marc Clay, interviewed by Myles Gaston and Leo Golia. The interview starts out with introductions and how Clay was introduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Pageant. Along with this, the interview touches on his experience working with the Pageant and his reaction to the ending of the Pageant. The interview also touches on steps the Church is taking to preserve aspects of the Pageant such as costumes and video. This recording ends with Clay talking about his roles and experiences in the Church.
