The speaking roles are written according to the genders of the original actors, but can be played by either gender.Ī movie producer is pacing in his office, talking frantically on a cell phone. The speaking roles are a movie producer (MP) and a screenwriter (SW). There are two speaking roles in this play and two non-speaking roles that happen very quickly at the end. It’s also available to print as a Word document or in PDF version. The only staging needed is a desk and two chairs. The only props are a laptop (or a notepad) and a phone.
The premise of the skit is that there’s an entire epic’s worth of wonder, joy and excitement packed into the very few verses that make up the biblical Christmas story.Īll you need is two actors willing to go a little over-the-top and two non-speaking volunteers. It’ll help people see the birth of Jesus as told in the Gospels in a way they’ve never seen it before – while honoring the biblical narrative. If your church is looking for an off-beat way to re-tell the Christmas story, here’s an idea. I know this is late in the season, but if there’s one thing I know about Small Churches it’s that a lot of what we do happens in that last-minute scramble. One of the most successful skits we’ve ever done is one I wrote last year. And sometimes we’ll come up with an idea no one else has tried and give it a shot. Instead, we stick with simple get-togethers. Teenagers in bathrobes singing Silent Night can’t compete with that. I can literally hear the fireworks from some of the world’s biggest, most famous, multi-million-dollar Christmas spectacles from my backyard. But we live within driving distance of Disneyland, Hollywood, major music venues and massive megachurches. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. And when we do, they’re anything but traditional. The church I pastor seldom does Christmas plays. But not all traditions work for all churches.