Theme:       Youth are required to create and perform in Christmas Eve program in church. In spite of early concerns they find out a lot about advent and the birth of Jesus. Uses advent wreath and nativity scene. Bible Reference:     Matthew 1-2   Cast:         10 (m or f, youth age)   Set, Sound:   standard   Lighting:     spot on the nativity scene   Costumes:    costumes for Mary, Joseph angels, kings, shepherds   Props:        food, notepad, advent wreath and candles…

Post-Civil War time frame. Three women who have lost everything in the war travel on Christmas Eve to pick up the last remaining male member of their family from an army hospital. Cast:    4 teen pregnant woman – MaryJane May mother – Rebecca mother-in-law – Elizabeth Innkeeper – Esther Bible Reference:    Luke 2 Set:      a minimal backdrop showing a…

Let's see, how does the old song go? . . . . . Oh, yea . . . . "Baby, have you ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me?" Well, and you hear it here first . . . The wild and wacky world of WKRP in Cincinnati is back, but this time the radio station is going Christian format. All the characters, (Johnny Fever, Mr. Carlson, Les Nessman, Jennifer Marlowe, Herb Tarlack, Bailey Quarters, and all…

Christmas program becomes an inconvenience. The coach of the school basketball team is not impressed! The theme of the church Christmas program is "believing." Individual segments speak of how for centuries people firmly believed that a Messiah would come, another shows the strong belief that Jesus would rise from the dead, and another showed the faith of Mary and Joseph who believed the message of the angel. The final segment is a human video, (mime to music), of…

Children are searching for the best good, big, cheap, genuine Christian Christmas gift for the pastor, and they find that what the pastor really wanted was for them to step out and show Christian love to those who needed it most by building bridges Is set up in four scenes in order to insert some Sunday school or musical presentations, but could be run as one continuous drama. Cast: 8 m or f, likely young or pre-teen…

Children are searching for the best good, big, cheap gift. A genuine Christian Christmas gift for the pastor, and they find that what the pastor really wanted was for them to step out and show Christian love to those who needed it most by building bridges. Four scenes are used in order to insert some Sunday school or musical presentations, but could be run as one continuous drama. NOTE: This is a shortened version of the script…

Has Christmas come to seem kinda, well, blah, unexciting, tedious, old hat? Well perhaps you need . . . Christmas Encounters of a Fresh Kind . . A humorous monologue has a woman considering changes to her tacky Christmas decorations, when she is challenged to have a fresh look at why she is celebrating the season Sample of script: actress comes on stage, looks around the stage area Oh man!These old Christmas decorations really gotta go! suddenly…

Taking a step back from the busyness that surrounds the Christmas season, getting a renewed perspective on the reason for the season, and all we have to be thankful for. Cast: 1 likely female, could be male Set: bare with a chair Props: phone, TV remote Special Instructions: Leave reasonable room between actor’s lines for the person on the phone to have responded, rehearse the timing of “listening time” Through facial reactions, body language, the actor appropriately…

Theme:       A different kind of a Christmas drama. A grandfather is dealing with Stage 4 cancer, all the family, (varying degrees of dysfunctional), is invited back home for Christmas.  The focus of this drama is not so much on the birth of Jesus but on the reason he came to earth, lived a human life and died on a cross as the required sacrifice for our sins. Useful at all times of the year.   Bible Reference:     …

This drama follows a couple and their family from childhood to deathbed. The Christmas season is an eventful time in this family as triumphs and tragedy tend to make themselves known at this season. Can be used as a dinner theatre or regular drama, and at Christmas or any other time of year. If dinner theatre use end of appropriate scene for meal or dessert. Bible Reference:     Revelations 3:/p>   Cast:         13, some could be doubled up,…