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The Princess and the Goblin

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Chris Wyatt & John McNeil
Scripts Since 2007
26 June 2017

User Rating: 4 / 5

A stage musical of the beloved children's book by George MacDonald. MacDonald was a forerunner to CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, and his work was greatly admired by them. This is one of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales.
Style: Dramatic with light touches.  Duration: Approx. 90min
Actors: 13M, 7F, 1C, + Various.  (Some parts may be doubled.)

The play was first performed by Crossbridge Theatre Company, Orewa, Auckland New Zealand, in August 2016. A video of one of the performances can be viewed on YouTube, at: Act One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_JaGAlvu28, Act Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEl4lPrpIEg

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Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, Lootie, for company. Her father, the king, is normally absent, and her mother is dead. Unknown to her, the nearby mines are inhabited by a race of goblins, long banished from the kingdom and now anxious to take revenge on their human neighbours. One rainy day, the princess explores the castle and discovers a beautiful, mysterious lady, who identifies herself as Irene's namesake and great-great-grandmother. The next day, Princess Irene persuades her nursemaid to take her outside. After dark they are chased by goblins and rescued by the young miner, Curdie, whom Irene befriends. At work with the rest of the miners, Curdie overhears the goblins talking, and their conversation reveals to Curdie the secret weakness of goblin anatomy: they have very soft, vulnerable feet. Curdie sneaks into the Great Hall of the goblin palace to eavesdrop on their general meeting, and hears that the goblins intend to flood the mine if a certain other part of their plan should fail. A week later Irene loses her way up the mountain; whereupon the light from her great-great-grandmother's tower leads her home, where her great-great-grandmother gives Irene a ring attached to a thread invisible except to herself, which thereafter connects her constantly to home.

When Curdie explores the goblins' domain, he is discovered by the goblins and stamps on their feet with great success; but when he tries to stamp on the Queen's feet she is uninjured due to her stone shoes. The goblins imprison Curdie, thinking he will die of starvation; but Irene's magic thread leads her to his rescue. Irene takes Curdie to see her great-great-grandmother and be introduced; but she is only visible to Irene. Curdie later learns that the goblins are digging a tunnel in the mines towards the king's palace, where they plan to abduct the Princess and marry her to goblin prince Harelip. Curdie goes to warn the palace guards about this, but is imprisoned instead and contracts a fever through a wound in his leg, until Irene's great-great-grandmother heals the wound. Meanwhile, the goblins break through the palace floor and come to abduct the princess; but Curdie escapes from his prison room and stamps on the goblins' feet. Upon the goblins' retreat, Irene is believed a captive; but Curdie follows the magic thread to her refuge at his own house, and restores her to the king. When the goblins flood the mines, the water enters the palace, and the goblins are defeated.

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Uploaded Wednesday, 01 March 2023 by Chris

Nativity Script

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Pammy Ann
Scripts Since 2007
22 December 2016

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A version of the Christmas story in simple English, as written for a TEFL group at my church's Christmas party, to remind them of the real meaning of Christmas. It could be done by children too. Minimum costume is an option, no props needed except a doll or baby. It is a summary of the Nativity Story from the gospels.
Style: Dramatic.   Duration: 10min
Actors
1N, 7M, 1F, 2M/F

 

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A Simple Christmas Story

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Pammy Ann
Scripts Since 2007
01 December 2016

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A summary of the nativity story from the gospels. It is in simple English, as it was written for a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) group at a church Christmas party, to remind them of the real meaning of Christmas. Also suitable for children. Minimum costume is an option, no props needed except a doll or baby.
Style:  Light-hearted.    Duration: 9min
Actors: 7M, 1F, 3M/F

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If He Had Not Come

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David Nicholson
Scripts Since 2007
24 May 2016

Original Story by Nan F. Weeks
Reintroduced to a New Generation of Readers by David Nicholson

Summary: While sitting in my adult Sunday School class, I heard Nan Weeks’ story If He Had Not Come for the first time; and I must say, the story captivated me right from the start. I can remember driving home with my young family that very Sunday morning thinking to myself, “I am going to read this story to my family this and every Christmas to come.” It’s been nearly thirty years, and the tradition of sharing this simple, thought-provoking story continues on. And now, I would like to share it with you . . .

It was Christmas Eve, and after Bobby carefully hung his stocking above the fireplace, he climbed the stairs to his room. Most of the time Bobby didn’t like going to bed, but tonight he wanted to get to sleep so he’d be up bright and early on Christmas morning. He was looking forward to finding out what was in those packages under the Christmas tree!

Before he had gone up to his room, though, Bobby and his dad sat by the Christmas tree for their daily Bible reading. Some of Jesus’ words to His friends in John 15:22 stayed with Bobby and kept circling through his mind even after he had climbed into bed. He whispered them over and over until he fell asleep. The five words were, “If I had not come.

It seemed like Bobby had hardly gone to sleep when a loud voice called, “Get up, Bobby, get up right away!” He sat up and rubbed his eyes. Was it morning? Was his dad calling to him already? He jumped out of bed and pulled on his clothes. He sure wondered if he was going to get the presents he wanted—new skates, a flashlight, a baseball, maybe that model airplane he’d seen at Woolworths! He hurried downstairs.

But all was still, and no lights were on. His dad wasn’t waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs, his mother wasn’t in the kitchen making breakfast. And the Christmas tree was gone! No stocking hanging above the fireplace, no wreaths in the window, and no presents!

To download the full story, click on this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qwxbm15017zumzq/If_He_Had_Not_Come.pdf

The Passover Meal

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Jeanette Walker
Scripts Since 2007
31 March 2016

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A version of the Last Supper for younger people. It is based on the scripture from Matthew 26: 26-56.  It is from the point of view of a mother telling her daughter a story.

Style:  Dramatic.    Duration: 15min
Actors: 2F, 4M +V

 

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Unavailable This Christmas

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Ruth Sen
Scripts Since 2007
17 August 2015

User Rating: 2 / 5

Summary: Christmas raises the question of whether we are available to do what God asks us to do. This script contrasts different attitudes to being willing to fit in with God's purposes. 
Style: Light-hearted.    Duration: 10-15min.
Actors: 1N, 3M, 1F, 2M/F, + extras

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The Greatest Superhero

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Michelle Patterson
Scripts Since 2007
24 July 2015

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: Mother putting her son to bed talks to him about Jesus.
Style: Drama with light touches.  Duration: 8min.
Scripture: Based on John 14:12
Actors: 1F, 1C

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Wise Man / Foolish Man

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Joan Munsumi
Scripts Since 2007
24 July 2015

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: The parable of the wise man and the foolish man, who built their houses on rock and sand respectively. As told by Jesus.
Style: Light-hearted.  Duration: 7min
Actors: 3M

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Must Meena Leave School?

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Grade 7, LAMB Hospital School, Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Scripts Since 2007
21 April 2015

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: Meena lives in a poor family, who fall into the clutches of a moneylender. How can they escape, and save Meena from having to stop going to school?
Style: Dramatic.   Duration: 10min
Actors: 13C, OR 1N, 3M, 1F, 2C, + various

 

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The Greatest Gift

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Debra Wehr
Scripts Since 2007
20 November 2014

User Rating: 4 / 5

Summary: Two friends wrapping gifts talk about Jesus as the greatest gift.   Themes: Christmas, gift giving, salvation.
Style: Dramatic.     Duration: 7min.
Scriptures: John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9
Actors: 3M/F, 1C

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The Wonder Of Christmas

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Debra Wehr
Scripts Since 2007
20 November 2014

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A parent and child are assembling a nativity scene and discuss the true meaning of Christmas.   Themes:    Christmas, family.
Style: Dramatic.   Duration:   7Min
Scriptures: Luke 2:7
Actors: 1M, 1F, 1M/F, 1C

 

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Recognizing The King

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Debra Wehr
Scripts Since 2007
20 November 2014

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: Three scenes to show how people have trouble recognizing who Jesus really is.   Themes: Christmas, Jesus is King, Christian living.
Style: Dramatic.     Duration: 10min
Scriptures: Matthew 2:2, Luke 2:13-14, Luke 2:25-30, Luke 2:36-38, John 18:36, Ephesians 4:17-19
Actors: 5M, 3F, 1M/F

 

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Jesus Loves Me - Does The Bible Tell Me So?

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Jill Gresham and Joyce Pace
Scripts Since 2007
09 April 2014

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: This skit was written for Kindergarten students.  The purpose was to look at what the bible actually says and what we think we know.  Before we started, we asked the kids how they knew their parents loved them, and we brainstormed ideas.  For the end of the skit, we asked each kid how they know that Jesus loves them, and their answers were fantastic.  For the one child that said he did not know that Jesus loved him, I just told him “Jesus loves you.”  At the ending part of the skit, when asked for his reason, he said, “because you told me so.”
Style:  Dramatic.   Duration: 6min
Actors: 2M/F, 6C

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God's Angels

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Peggy Woon
Scripts Since 2007
03 April 2014

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: This skit was performed by school age children from ages 4 to 12 with the exception of God's voice and the narrator.  I based the skit after the television series/movie: "Charlie's Angels".  God's Angels were given certain missions to accomplish culminating with the Nativity scene at the end where they were joined by a host of angels (all the children in the Sunday school) to sing "Joy to the World".
Style: Light-hearted.  Duration: 30min
Actors: 12+C, 1N, 1VO

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Easter Narrative

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Jeanette Walters
Scripts Since 2007
07 March 2014

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A briefly told account of the resurrection and Jesus' various appearances to his disciples. This would work well as an acted reading, or readers' theatre.
Style: Dramatic.    Duration: 8min
Actors: 1F, 3M, 2M/F + Various non-speaking parts.

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Let's Tell the Story

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Trisha Dean
Scripts Since 2007
09 October 2013

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: This is an informal, humorous and fun nativity play with songs interspersed.
When a group of children sing a song together they begin to think about what Christmas is really about. Some of their friends don't know the story, so they decide to act it out, commenting on it as they go. It was written for 21 children, but Mary, Joseph and the angels were split between children so there were more parts and some children played more than one part, so the number of parts can be increased or decreased as needed.
Style: Light-hearted   Duration: 45 min
Actors: 21C

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Supper in the Upper

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Sheila Hamil
Scripts Since 2007
24 January 2013

Puppets at Easter 

Summary: Focusing on Thomas at Easter and after the Resurrection.
Style: Light-hearted.  Duration: 5min
Actors: 1N, + puppets
Scripture: John 20:19-20

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Shadow dramas: Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Day

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Sheila Hamil
Scripts Since 2007
24 January 2013

User Rating: 5 / 5

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.
Style: Dramatic.  Duration: Short.
Actors: Any number

 

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Barabbas the Brigand (rap version)

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Sheila Hamil
Scripts Since 2007
24 January 2013

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: An Easter bible reading set to “rap” music.
Style: Dramatic. Duration: 2min
Actors: Any number
Scripture: John 18:28-40

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Martha, Lazarus and Jesus

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John McNeil
Scripts Since 2007
08 January 2013

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A short one-person monologue, in which Martha tells about the death and resurrection of her brother Lazarus.
Style: Dramatic.   Duration: 4min
Actors: 1F 

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Santa Needs Jesus Too

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Marjorie Kennedy
Scripts Since 2007
09 November 2012

User Rating: 4.5 / 5

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.
Style:  Dramatic.   Duration: 12-15min
Actors: (Speaking) 1M, 1M/F, 4C; (non-speaking) 4M, 4+M/F

 

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What's A Messiah?

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Jo Bower
Scripts Since 2007
11 October 2012

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. . ..
Style: Dramatic.   Duration: 45min(?)
Actors: 7+M, 2F, 3+M/F

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The Story of Creation

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Pam Norman
Scripts Since 2007
05 October 2012

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: A Narrator struggles to tell to the story of creation to two easily distracted listeners.
Style:  Light-hearted.   Duration: 8min
Actors: 3M/F

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The Cry of a Tiny Babe

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Westchurch Kids
Scripts Since 2007
30 November 2010

User Rating: 4 / 5

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.)

Style: Dramatic.   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 practice as the narrator directs activities from the script.
•    This play can easily be adapted to suit the number and gender balance of performers by using different (or more or less) Bible characters.
Actors: 1N, 12C

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The Story of Jesus (musical)

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Ray Lombardi
Scripts Since 2007
29 July 2008

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: In this musical, the actors and actresses will never have rehearsed, will not know their lines, and will be chosen the day of the performance!! The story of Jesus is told by an adult who is the travel "guide" on the story's path. As the story develops, the guide calls on unsuspecting "volunteers" to come up and take on the various roles of the characters in the story - providing hilarious but inspiring results! Throughout the story the children sing easy-to-learn, fun songs
Style: Light-hearted.  Duration: 30min (?)
Note: The full script, plus CDs with music tracks, can be obtained from www.lorraymusicals.com

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The Chronicles of Suburbia

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Ray Lombardi
Scripts Since 2007
29 July 2008

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: The three Wexler children are mad. Mad because mom is making them go to Christmas Eve service, because grandma insists. So when the three go to the hall closet to get their coats and find a pine branch sticking out from the garments, their curiosity gets the best of them and into closet they go, only to stumble into a strange and magical land. Here they meet Diego, a very impatient angel who will accompany them on a strange and wonderful mission to the town of Bethlehem, and to the place where Christmas was born. . . and in the process they discover the special task that God has in store for them!  Keywords:  Christmas, Narnia, magic land.
Style: Dramatix.  Duration: Approx 45min
Actors: 4M, 5F, 2C

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Anunciation Story

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Chris Sloan
Scripts Since 2007
23 November 2007
Summary: Aimed at jolting us out of our over-familiarity with the story of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary.
Style: Dramatic. Duration: 1 minute.
Actors: 3M/F, 1F
Scripture: Luke ch. 1 vv 26 to 32 (taken from “The Message” version).

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Pentecost Story

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Chris Sloan
Scripts Since 2007
23 November 2007

User Rating: 4.5 / 5

Summary: Aimed at jolting us out of our over-familiarity with the story of Pentecost.
Style: Dramatic. Duration: 1 minute.
Actors: 4M/F
Scripture: Acts ch. 2 vv 1-4.

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The Bethlehem Express

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Ray Lombardi
Scripts Since 2007
31 August 2007

User Rating: 3.5 / 5

A children’s Christmas Musical
Summary: Mary and Joseph are preparing to leave for Bethlehem. They stop into a rental shop to arrange transportation, and broker a unique deal with the proprietor:  a free, round-trip rental of a stubborn old mule in exchange for Mary and Joseph escorting the shop owner’s children to Bethlehem. Along the way the children discover that Mary is going to give birth to Jesus, and by the time the trip is finished they will have come to understand that the trip they took would be the greatest experience of their lives, and would change their future forever!
Style: Lighthearted.  Duration:  60min??
Actors: 8M, 3F +C

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Eggs-xactly

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Ray Markham
Scripts Since 2007
03 August 2007

User Rating: 5 / 5

Summary: Two characters discuss the significance of eggs at Easter in a humorous way. Keywords: Easter, eggs, new life.
Style: Lighthearted. Duration: 4min
Actors: 2 puppets


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That Makes Me Cross

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Ray Markham
Scripts Since 2007
03 August 2007

User Rating: 4 / 5

Style: Lighthearted.  Duration: 4 min
Actors: 2 puppets
Summary : Two characters discuss the significance of the cross on the hot cross bun in a humorous way. Keywords: Easter, cross, hot cross buns.

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