Christmas and New Year

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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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God With Them

David Ralf · 06 November 2012
Style
Light-hearted.  
Duration
  10min
Scripture
  Luke 1:1-28
Actors
1M, 1M/F
Characters
GABRIEL, very aware of the importance of his/her role. MICHAEL, thinks he has seen it all.
Summary
The angel Gabriel has received orders to appear to a girl called Mary. He turns to his colleague Michael to help him prepare to deliver one of the most important messages of all time.
Script

(An angelic dormitory room. Michael enters, yawns, sits, puts his halo to one side, and sets to sharpening his flaming sword (clearly painted cardboard). Gabriel enters…

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Polkinghorne the gift

23 October 2012
Script

THE GIFT By Kerrie Polkinghorne ©2010 CHARACTERS Santa Helper (elf) Girl 1 Girl 2 Gabrielle Gerard Elf 1 Elf 2 Extra Elves Niles Warwick Joseph Mary Baby Jesus…

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The Gift

Kerrie Polkinghorne · 16 October 2012
Style
Light dramatic.  
Duration
50min (?)
Actors
8+M, 1F, 9+M/F, 2+C
Summary
The Santa in this department store is no ordinary Santa, and he goes on an extraordinary journey after he encounters three very unusual time travelling visitors. (Note: Setting: The play is initially set in The Magic Cave in a Department Store and later moves to Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole and later still to the stable in Bethlehem where Jesus was born.)
Script

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My Story, as told by Jesus

Jo Bower · 12 October 2012
Style
Light-hearted. 
Duration
20min
Actors
Puppets, or if live:  2F, 5M, 5+M/F, 2VO
Summary
The Christmas story told by the most famous participant in the story, but who remembers it least. There are three levels to this play, the story and the characters, the small kids who are sitting and listening to the play, and the ‘tweens’ who are doing what they do best… whispering and making comments about how boring things are…
Script

A Play by Adults for Kids     Cast Mary Angel Joseph Jesus Shepherd Shepherd’s voice off stage Inn Keeper   Innkeeper’s son off stage Wiseman Wiseman’s voice…

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What Is Christmas?

Susanne Ticknor · 12 October 2012
Style
  Dramatic.  
Duration
30min
Actors
2M, 2F, 1C
Characters
Terry Topper Sandy (his friend) Gabby (angel) Gram Younger Gram Younger Terry
Summary
Terry Topper, is a TV presenter and journalist, no longer believes in God and sees little sense in Christmas, until he gets a surprise visitor.
Script

  Scene: 1 - Terre's apartment (Lights come on - there's a couch, chair, table with a typewriter & chair. There's a large waste basket by the table. Things are a little…

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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…

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