Christmas and New Year

Dress Rehearsal

03 April 2014

Script

Dress Rehearsal By Annette Wetherbee Summary Chaos reigns backstage as the church's drama director tries to get the dress rehearsal underway for the Christmas…

A Christmas Gift Experience

Sheila Hamil · 15 March 2014

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

6min

Actors

5M, 1N

Characters

Five shepherds - Reuben, Caleb, Benjamin, Daniel, Titus Narrator

Summary

Four shepherds look through a new Gift Experience catalogue, trying to choose from the various options on offer.

Script

Reuben: Hi Caleb. Come and look at this new Christmas Gift Catalogue from W H Smiths; there's a new kind of present on the market now, which is proving very popular…

The Innkeeper's Story

Jeannette Walters · 07 November 2013

Style

Light-hearted

Duration

15-20 min

Actors

2M, 2F, 5M/F

Characters

Innkeeper Innkeeper's wife 1st Innkeeper (male or female- only speaks one line) 2nd Innkeeper (male or female- only speaks one line) Joseph Mary Shepherd 1 (male or female) Shepherd 2 (male or female) Angel (male or female)

Summary

The birth of Jesus from various points of view. Humorous in tone but shows that those who got to witness the events surrounding the birth were ordinary people in an extraordinary time.

Script

Scene 1 (Innkeeper and Inkeeper's Wife walk center stage together, talking as they walk- Innkeeper's wife has towel draped over arm) Innkeeper: I don’t believe…

The Madness of King Herod

Brian Alleyne · 27 June 2013

Style

Dramatic

Duration

12 min.

Actors

1M, 2M/F

Characters

Herod Servant (male or female) Innkeeper (male or female)

Summary

The story of Herod and his reaction to the news of Jesus’ birth.

Script

(King Herod is sitting in his throne room, looking grim) Herod- Servant! Servant- (comes in quickly) Yes, milord? Herod- Has there been any word on those travellers?…

Don't Forget to Remember

Ray Markham · 15 May 2013

Style

Light-hearted

Duration

5+min

Actors

2 puppets or 2M/F

Characters

Originally written for 2 puppets, but can be performed equally well by 2 people.

Summary

Two characters discuss the reason for and meaning of Christmas.

Script

[Enter #2 muttering as s/he consults a list, followed shortly afterwards by #1.] 1: Hello, hello, hello! How are you getting on then? 2: Not very well. I’ll never…

Jerusalem News

Ray Markham · 15 May 2013

Style

Light-hearted

Duration

5+min

Scripture

Luke 2:8-18

Actors

3M/FCharacters:

Characters

Benjamin, Martha and Ruth, who all work for the broadcasting company ‘Jerusalem News’. (The 3 characters can be any combination of male & female actors, with their names being changed accordingly.)

Summary

Two broadcasters are discussing possible content for their Breakfast show when news comes of an amazing event that has happened overnight in Bethlehem. As they hear about it, they discuss the possible significance of what has occurred and whether to broadcast it.

Script

B: Right, then, Martha – what stories have we got for the Breakfast show? M: Not a lot, Ben, I’m afraid. We could try and find yet another angle on the census…

What if Jesus Never Came?

Bob Denison · 09 April 2013

Style

Dramatic

Duration

30 min

Actors

4M/F, 4M, 6F

Summary

This play is structured to be performed by, and appeal to, teenagers. Most of the cast have few or no lines. The play begins with a sister who does not believe in Jesus. Her youngest sister accepts Jesus at a friend’s church. God then transports the unbelieving sister to Bethlehem at the time of the census, then to what is going on in the devil's kingdom of darkness, to show what the world would be like if Jesus never came. The unbelieving sister finally believes when she “sees” Jesus in the simple faith of her little sister.

Script

Characters: ZOE, the unbelieving teenaged sister (many lines) HANNAH, another teenaged sister (medium lines) (Note: the two parts above can easily be changed to…

Christmas Farmer

Stacy Legg · 08 March 2013

Style

light-hearted

Duration

12 mins

Actors

2M, 3F

Characters

Daughter (Susan) (college age ok) Mom - Joanne Dad – Jack (nerdy looking) Aunt Mary (reserved; quiet) Uncle Bob (very jovial)

Summary

Christmas is a time when so many focus on Christ. However sometimes it is hard to focus on the relationships within our own families, and on those that still need to learn to trust and love Him.

Script

(Scene – living room with small table with Christmas table cloth and small lounge chair with newspaper. Mom is fussing with the table cloth.) Susan – Hey mom,…

Department of Floods, Plagues and Pestilence

Alan McElreavey · 14 January 2013

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

7min

Actors

2M/F

Characters

Isaac Eliab

Summary

This humorous sketch is set in a fictitious Department of Floods, Plagues and Pestilence who used to handle the big events for God – the flood for Noah, the ten plagues in Egypt, etc. There hasn’t been much work recently and now they are to be put out of business by the birth of Jesus. (By the way, if it’s not clear, a BOGOF is Buy One, Get One Free.)

Script

(Buried deep in the bowels of headquarters is the Department of Floods, Plagues and Pestilence. The department is underused currently and is manned by 2 old and wizened…

Lighting Contest

Adam Gee · 21 December 2012

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

4min.

Actors

1M, 1 teenage M

Summary

An Introduction to the Christmas Season. Sometimes we get our priorities a little mixed up during Christmas. This short skit features a father and his teenage son where the father learns a lesson about the giving of time to others instead of himself.

Script

(Father enters stage carrying a large box marked “X-mass lights”. Teenage son enters from same side of stage carrying four boxes of the same stacked so high that he…

Santa Needs Jesus Too

Marjorie Kennedy · 09 November 2012

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

12-15min

Actors

(Speaking) 1M, 1M/F, 4C; (non-speaking) 4M, 4+M/F

Characters

Santa Mary & Joseph Santa’s Helper Shepherds Four Children Three Wise Men Angels Production note: The interaction between Santa, Santa’s Helper and the four children needs to take place in front of the stage leaving room behind them on stage for a tableau of a nativity scene. If a curtain is available keep it pulled across hiding the stable which could contain farm animals (toys) and a manger. When the time comes for Santa to read the story of Jesus the curtain needs to be pulled back to show the stable ready for the nativity scene to be formed. (Adapt this to suit the structure of the hall and stage area that you are using.)

Summary

Santa has lost his reindeer and his enthusiasm for the job so he has nothing to give to a group of children coming to see him. But his helper suggests he reads them the true Christmas story, one which he has not heard before.

Script

(As the play begins Santa is sitting alone with his head in his hands. He looks dejected. His seemingly empty toy sack is beside him. The sack actually contains a…

Two Angels in Heaven

Mo Lacey · 06 November 2012

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

8min

Actors

2M/F

Characters

2 Angels

Summary

Two angels discuss Christ’s coming as a baby in Bethlehem.

Script

A1: (Excitedly) It’s here! It’s here! The time has come at last! It’s finally going to happen! A2: What is? What’s going to happen? A1: What the…