Children's Scripts

Supper in the Upper

Sheila Hamil · 24 January 2013

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

5min

Scripture

John 20:19-20

Actors

1N, + puppets

Characters

Narrator Jesus Thomas Other disciples (Narrator speaks while the puppets act out the story.)

Script

Puppets at Easter Summary: Focusing on Thomas at Easter and after the Resurrection. Narrator: It was the evening on the first day of the week, and the doors were…

Shadow dramas: Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Day

Sheila Hamil · 24 January 2013

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

Short. Actors: Any number

Summary

These three dramas – Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday – were written for a children’s activity morning. A large white sheet with a strong light source behind it is needed, so that the children’s shadows are shown miming the actions, while the narrator reads out the poem. Shapes such as a cardboard donkey, palm fronds may also be used.

Script

Palm Sunday Jesus rode into the city, So excited was the crowd He sat upon a donkey, And the beast was very proud. The people waved palm branches, And they…

Barabbas the Brigand (rap version)

Sheila Hamil · 24 January 2013

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

2min

Scripture

John 18:28-40

Actors

Any number

Summary

An Easter bible reading set to “rap” music.

Script

Production Note: This can be done solo or with a small group, and accompanied by a keyboard’s special effects. The Narrator’s lines are not underlined. The…

Martha, Lazarus and Jesus

John McNeil · 08 January 2013

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

4min

Actors

1F

Summary

A short one-person monologue, in which Martha tells about the death and resurrection of her brother Lazarus.

Script

Character: Martha, sister of Lazarus and Mary. (Martha enters, crying.) MARTHA’S CRISIS Why has he not come? We thought he loved us – Lazarus, Mary and me. So…

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…

What's A Messiah?

Jo Bower · 11 October 2012

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

45min(?)

Actors

7+M, 2F, 3+M/F

Summary

(A Reader’s Theater Presentation) A visitor is sent to earth. He‘s been here before and doesn’t want to come back. Earth people are violent and unpredictable. Yet his world has encountered difficult times and his commander wonders how such a violent people as humans have survived all these centuries. So he sends Travillion back once more. . ..

Script

(NOTE: What’s a Messiah is an unusual play. Most likely it will appeal to teens and young adults. When I wrote it I was beginning a series of inspirational science…

The Story of Creation

Pam Norman · 05 October 2012

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

8min

Actors

3M/F

Characters

Narrator Sam Meg

Summary

A Narrator struggles to tell to the story of creation to two easily distracted listeners.

Script

NARRATOR: In the beginning, God created the universe. Sam: (looks at Narrator, then at Meg) How did He do that? Meg. I dunno, but there must have been a terribly…

Monkey Faith

07 July 2012

Script

Monkey Faith (A script suitable for ventriloquist) By John McNeil Summary Coco, an orphan monkey, learns the meaning of faith. (Note: Another animal puppet could…

Chipmunk Police

09 November 2011

Script

Chipmunk Police!!!!...the series. by Dan Wilson Summary Chip DeMonk of the Forest Patrol teaches two children about the need to care for the environment. Characters Chip…

The Cry of a Tiny Babe

Westchurch Kids · 30 November 2010

Style

Dramatic.

Actors

1N, 12C

Summary

Bible characters come on stage in ones and twos and line up across the stage. At the conclusion all characters hear the baby Jesus cry and turn to look. (“Like the stone on the surface of a still river, driving the ripples on forever, redemption rips through the surface of time in the cry of a tiny babe.” – Bruce Cockburn, Cry of a Tiny Babe on Nothing But a Burning Light, 1991.)

Script

Duration: 10-12min Notes: • This play works well with young children who don’t need to learn lines. • This play can be performed with very little…

Wrench Way did it go

09 April 2010

Script

Wrench Way did It Go By Kay Waldram & Karin Tame Summary Billie is in deep trouble - he borrowed his dad's wrench and has lost it. Characters Billie & Millie (brother…

What's An Ark?

09 April 2010

Script

What's An Ark? (God's Safe Plan) By Cherry Grove Baptist Church Summary A dramatisation of the Genesis story suitable for children's performance. Note This play calls…