Below is a description of five plays, with the entire script of each on pages 2, 3, 4 and 5, along with a video demo and an audio demo (click below).
Also in their entirety are five skits on page 5, good for evangelism and encouraging our relationship with Jesus, and three skits on page 6 meant to be performed in sequence to encourage Christian growth.
Please feel free to perform these plays and skits free of charge.
#1 "Who Is Jesus?"
A good play anytime for evangelism or teaching. Three actors
portray the life of Jesus from the Book of
Matthew. Done in a fast moving, hard hitting way
that will appeal to teens and up. Easily transportable
to venues outside of a church. (no sets, props or costumes).
An actor's delight to perform.
Runs approximately 15 minutes.
[click left for brief sample of this play, right for play prologue
(click play, wait 30 seconds, click play again)- may not work well
with Firefox browser or older computers]
View complete play on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jputBW1URu8 (Part 1) (3:34 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmHvXL0H93M (Part 2) (3:22 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF55oqUmkDY (Part 3) (3:47 min)
#2 "What If Jesus Never Came?"
This Christmas play is good for teens to perform
because it has elements that appeal to teenagers
yet is also acceptable to parents.
Shows what world would be like if Jesus never came by
transporting a teenaged sister to Bethlehem and then to
the Kingdom of Darkness.
Has brought tears to eyes and lumps in throats. Running time
of 45 minutes.
[click for audio demo of last scene of this play, "The Spirit &
the Bride" (may need first click to download 3:33 demo)]
#3 "Christmas Rapping"
A children's play that tells the Christmas story as though it
were happening today. Uses raps to help tell the story of
Jesus' birth in a humorous but thought-provoking way.
Approximately 15 minutes in length.
#4 Jesus the King
(Note: The script for this play follows the script of "Christmas Rapping")
This is a children's play suitable for Easter. Several children visit Mary
while Jesus is still a baby in Nazareth. It is very easy to perform. There
is a small cast (very few lines) with powerful visuals using a shadow
screen to show how Jesus became all things so that we might be set
free. Length is 12-15 minutes.
#5 Twas the Night Before Christmas- Take 1
(Note: The script for this play follows the 5 skits on page 5)
Comical enactments of parts of the well known poem. While not
Christian in theme, it is good for Christian social gatherings at
Christmas. It can be very funny since the actors don't know
beforehand that they are going to be in the play. Length is
15-20 minutes.
If you can't find what you are looking for here, there are many wonderful full scripts at www.Dramatix.org.
Don’t Fight for Peace and Rest Within
Christians don’t have to fight to get peace and rest within. Non-Christians do. Whatever is bothering non-Christians, they must address before they can feel at peace. And as a nation we all, even Christians, have to fight problems to achieve peace as a nation. Hitler, for example, had to be fought. Social issues must be confronted. But, individually, we as Christians can and should always have peace and be at rest because that battle has already been fought and won by Christ on the cross.
And yet we get suckered by the devil, especially in hard times, into believing that we must fight for peace and rest. And that fight is mostly in the mind, which then affects our emotions, which then rob us of our rest. The devil is more than happy to keep us battling for peace within because we probably won’t win. He's an expert at that battle. Plus we are trying to do something that God has already done. So we fail to find peace and have to turn to pills instead.
Yes, we are to fight (in the Lord) to make a bad situation better. God expects us to do that. But even if the bad situation does not get better, we are still to have peace. "A bad situation" and "peace within" are separate issues. So don’t get confused between fighting to make a bad situation better (good fight) and fighting to get peace (bad fight). Whenever the devil comes (as he will) to tempt you to not be at rest, don’t fight him. You win that battle by not fighting. And you will have peace and rest within if you keep not fighting that bad fight.