“The Book of Mormon” is getting a timely update in honor of its Broadway milestone.

A revised version of the song “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” now includes an allusion to late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who takes the place of late serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

The number follows the character of Elder Price (originated by Tony nominee Andrew Rannells and currently played by Kevin Clay) as he has a nightmare about being sent to hell.

Once there, the missionary encounters a host of unsavory characters, including Adolf Hitler, O.J. Simpson defense attorney Johnnie Cochran and, now, Epstein.

Creators Matt Stone, Trey Parker and Robert Lopez attended Thursday night’s performance of “Book of Mormon” in New York, where they shared a few words about their decision to swap Epstein in for Dahmer.

“You guys were the first to see the Epstein joke tonight,” Parker explained, as seen in TikTok footage shared by Theatrely, a Broadway outlet. “We spent three months on the rewrite, and it was finally here tonight.”

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“The Book of Mormon” is playing at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, where it opened March 24, 2011. The musical is a satirical comedy that follows a pair of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they attempt to convert Ugandans in a remote village to the Mormon faith.

The original production won nine Tony Awards and helped put Rannells and his co-stars Josh Gad and Rory O’Malley on the Broadway and Hollywood map.

The Epstein tweak isn’t particularly surprising given that Stone and Parker are also the creators of “South Park,” which has been skewering President Donald Trump’s administration and the current sociopolitical climate in recent months.

An episode of the animated sitcom that aired in December featured an allusion to Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.

Speaking to The New York Times last year, Parker pointed out that “South Park” has never aligned itself with any political party, having also parodied former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“It’s not that we got all political,” he said at the time. “It’s that politics became pop culture.”

Still, the show’s skewering of Trump drew a blistering response from the president’s administration.

“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement last July, per Variety. “President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history — and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”

As for “The Book of Mormon,” fans can anticipate more surprises during the show’s “Magical Mormon Mystery Week” in June, during which Gad, O’Malley and Rannells ― along with other members of the original cast ― are set to perform with the show’s current stars.

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