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Granny is Coming for Christmas (SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFER!)
Two versions of a family preparing for Granny’s Christmas visit; one where the family is selfish and argumentative and the other joyous and filled with Christmas spirit.
Type: Family Drama
Characters: FATHER and MOTHER; KATHY (~17); JERRY (~10)
Requirements: A table with three chairs: MOTHER only sits when she collapses at the end of the first scene. Breakfast things on the table. A newspaper.
Price: $3.95
Finding The Dentist
A modern parable about finding your way to God. A boy on his bicycle looks for his dentist.
Type: Drama
Characters: Principal (male or female), Secretary, Boy - Tommy Rowe (Some may wish to make this a girl: Tammy)
Requirements: A table as a desk center: two chairs: phone book, phone and papers.
Price: $4.95
Five Loaves and Two Fish
A crowd scene and miracle in Galilee.
Type: Drama
Characters: Apostles: Peter, Andrew, James, and Philip, a boy and members of the crowd
Requirements: A stage and imagination
Price: $4.95
The Four Parables: Parable 4 - The Widow and the Judge
A judge plays golf while trying to fend off the requests of a frustrated woman hoping to get his attention long enough to describe her plight. Lghthearted parable, told by Jesus when his earnest friends were asking, 'Does God listen when we pray?' He gently points out that it is much more likely that he listens, but we forget to pray.
Type: Light Hearted Drama
Characters: JUDGE WALTERS; HIS GOLFING PARTNER, a straight role; THE WIDOW, strong, determined, and very angry
Requirements: A stage and imagination
Price: $4.95
Healing the Sick
Jesus heals a desperate mother’s son, who is deaf and mute, before a raucous of skeptics.
Type: Drama
Characters: JESUS, MOTHER, LEBBAEUS, her son; Two MEN and a WOMAN; Two RABBIS; CROWD
Requirements: A good imagination
Price: $4.95
The Burning Bush
Moses receives a message from God to lead the Jews from Egypt.
Type: Drama
Characters: MOSES, ZIPPORAH, with her baby GERSHOM; VOICE OF GOD
Requirements: Imagination
Price: $4.95
The Good Samaritan
A good Samaritan helps a mugged traveler by the road (that others failed to assist).
Type: Drama
Characters: A MERCHANT; His two SERVANTS; Two BANDITS; A PRIEST; A LEVITE; The INNKEEPER; Two SERVANTS at the Inn
Requirements: Good idea to have a signpost:JERUSALEM 15: JERICHO 15 Sometimes use a wheelchair for the Samaritan's entry; he then puts the Merchant into it. Without it, the servants support the Merchant as they cross to the Inn.
Price: $4.95
The Four Parables: Parable 2 - Two Cars on a Hill
A pompous driver refuses to believe he has run out of gas and demeans others in an effort to avoid the truth about his own mistake. Originally a story about one of the scholarly establishments in Jerusalem, a Pharisee, and a tax collector - a member of a despised profession.
Type: Drama
Characters: HENRY, driver of the Cadillac; HELEN, Henry’s wife; JOHN, driver of the beat-up old car; FLORA, John’s girlfriend
Requirements: a stage and imagination
Price: $4.95
The Four Parables: Parable 1 - The Rich Farmer
A wealthy farmer’s avarice compromises his health when he overlooks the joys of life and love for added wealth.
Type: Drama
Characters: TOM, the farmer; NORA, his wife; LEN, his friend, a contractor; the DOCTOR
Requirements: A stage and a good imagination.
Price: $4.95
Moses and Pharaoh
The Pharaoh is threatened by Moses, who brings a message from God insisting the Pharaoh free the Jews from slavery.
Type: Drama
Characters: PHARAOH, the title of the ruler of Egypt; AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S GUARD; MOSES; AARON
Requirements: A 'throne' center: any large, ornate chair. Imagination!
Price: $4.95
The Innkeeper
An adapted version of the events leading up to the Birth of Christ in the manger as Mary and Joseph seek help from an innkeeper upon arriving in Bethlehem after their long journey from Nazareth.
Type: Drama
Characters: INNKEEPER: a nice man, middle-aged, very worried. INNKEEPER GUESTS - HUSBAND AND WIFE: He turns out to be selfish and mean. MAID: a strong character, efficient and compassionate JOSEPH and MARY: straight roles. Joseph is sincere and likable.
Requirements: A table and three chairs and some imagination.
Price: $4.95