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Synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, charlatan, quack, mountebank, humbug, impostor, pretender, masquerader, hoodwinker, hoaxer, cheat, cheater, deceiver, dissembler, trickster, confidence trickster, fraudster, forged, fraudulent, false, bogus, spurious, pseudo, artificial, synthetic, simulated, replica, ersatz, plastic, man-made, mock, so-called, feigned, faked, put-on, assumed, improvised, invented, affected, insincere, unconvincing, forge, falsify, feign, mock up, reproduce, replicate, pretend, simulate, put on, make-believe, affect

Antonyms: genuine, authentic, true, real, sincere, honest, actual, legitimate, veritable, natural, heartfelt, candid, bona fide, frank, truthful, unfeigned, straightforward, unaffected, valid, factual, original, open, literal, artless, pure, proper

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1. Peace Please

Drama

Dave Marsh

... I need to put on a happy face. Yeah, that’s it. That’s all I need to do. Put on a happy face. (puts on a fake smile) Melinda: (enters) Hi, honey. How was your day? Dave: My day? Fine. Good. Great! Well, I mean, I was laid off and all but other ... been dating? Amanda: 4 days now and you know what? We’re in LOVE! Aren’t we Adam? (Adam grunts) Dave: Oh, heh, Love eh? (puts on fake smile) Well, that’s great! I mean, you are, after all, 16 years old. I mean, I fell in love for the first time at 24. That ...

2. Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

Drama

Suzanne Fisher

... , Shepherds, and Wise Men, use bathrobes or extra large T-shirts with belts, ropes, or ties. Headgear can be towels tied with rope or ties. Props neededPodium for Narrator/s One cribOne baby doll Large star with long pointStable frame (optional) Fake glasses for MoeFlowered hat for Marie Two spotlights (white, blue)Gold (painted vase) Frankincense (glass vase)Myrrh (glass vase) Shepherd boys' staffs (tree limbs) If children are too young to have speaking parts, Narrator/s can read entire play and choir ...

3. Crossing the Desert and Finding Sand

Luke 18:18-30

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... clown who has been in the shadows till now) Bartender: Ask him. Travis: Hey, I'm Travis. Just came off the desert. How are you doing, man? Clown: Clancy Clown's my name. Travis: What do you do? Clown: Make people laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. (Fakes laugh; goes into a routine) You know why cannibals don't eat clowns, don't cha? (Pause) Cause they taste funny. Ha Ha. (After a few antics goes and sits sadly at the bar.) Bartender: And what makes you laugh? Clown: Nobody. (Long pause) Just give me one ...

4. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

... SHIRLEE: How can you two fall for this stuff? Seriously, how many times have we had some charlatan miracle worker come here and do the exact same thing? How do we know people were cured? How do we even know they were sick in the first place? NANCY: People fake that stuff. I cannot believe this discussion. If you believe in him, why don't you take your mother to him (Spoken to CAROL)? CAROL: That is totally unfair ... I can't ... you are so ... maybe I will ... maybe I will. DIANE: It can't hurt. SHIRLEE: It ...

5. The Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... I just ... got married ... and ... I can't come. Solo 2: I think I have to work that afternoon. Too much work at the office. Narrator: Everyone had something more important to do. Solo 3: Even if it was the king's son getting married; they didn't want to fake the time to go to the feast. Solo 4: No time ... Solo 1: No time ... Solo 2: No time ... Narrator: And again the king sent more servants, saying, Solo 1 (King): Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen, and my fat calves ...

6. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... how I healed. It is his power which causes the healing. HEROD: Ah, so now you’ve got some special hand coming down from the heavens and doing healing for you. [Angry again] Look, I told you I don’t believe that stuff. Just tell me how you faked it. JESUS: The healings were real, Herod. God provided them. There is out there, among the crowd which accompanied me from Pilate’s palace, a woman, Mary of Magdala, who was a nervous wreck until God provided the power for me to heal her. And there are others ...

7. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... where the big idea starts bearing the juicyfruit - like watermelon on a goddamn apple tree. Because if you’re one of the outsiders, if you don’t already have a defect ... we’ll start a Limping School, and we’ll train people to fake stiff legs and amputations. We’ll provide jobs for thousands of genuine limpers around the world, teaching their less fortunate brethren how to become natural through an artificial defect. (Completely caught up in his vision, dancing around GRACE) And then we’ll open ...

8. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... ’t being terribly smart yourself. You could have scared off the Senator. And finished the deal right then and there. JAREL Sure, I could’ve. Except that there wasn’t any senator on the phone. All I heard was a busy signal. Every damn one of these calls was a fake. SETH (Calmly) The Senator hung up; he broke the circuit. What you heard was the normal dial tone. JAREL I guess I know a busy signal when I hear one. SETH You can call it what you want to. Either way, it’s none of your business. JAREL Hell ...

9. The Escape

Drama

Douglas W. Orbaker

... you telling me that it would be your friends that would get you out of here. Theudas (With piety) Jehovah could have used my friends. But Jehovah sometimes chooses to work in strange ways. Barabbas He must. He’s arranging the release of a coward and a fake for his service. You make me sick! (Mocking previous scene) Yes, sir. I’m innocent, sir. I’ll be eternally grateful, sir ... Well, you’re not free yet. Theudas I had to lie, Barabbas. I just had to. The thought of my life ending - of not existing ...

10. What God Requires of Us

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... for the same reason that we are. Insulted by this phony Messiah! Caiaphas: Messiah! You mean he claims to be the Messiah? Aaron: Yes, indeed! And he has quite a large following. Obed: Yes, and he and his followers have done a good job laying the ground work. Fake healings, so-called miraculous feedings of large numbers of people. He has even gone so far as to claim that he has raised people from the dead. Aaron: He claims to be the Son of man. You know, the Messianic title that the prophet Daniel talked of ...

11. Mr. Smith Goes to Jerusalem

John 20:1-9

Drama

Dave Marsh

... know, you really need to relax and just enjoy our vacation. Speaking of camcorder. (pulls it out and starts taping) And here come our lovely children. Hello children! Adam: Come on Dad. Enough already. John: Hey. Come on. Be a good sport. Smile you guys! Kids: (fake smiles) Katie: Dad, don’t you think that 12 tapes of Jerusalem are enough? John: No way. Not enough for the best vacation ever! Adam: That’s what you said last year about the trip to the Arctic. John: (looks at Wendy) I did? Wendy: Afraid ...

12. WHAT DOES YOUR CROSS SAY ABOUT YOU?

Drama

Angela Akers

... I think that''s a cool story. I like your cross, Liz." Liz: "Thanks." Kendall: "No one''s saying it''s not a great story Liz. I''d hang onto that cross too. But you don''t have to wear it. Check these out." Wendy: "Fake gold with rhinestones. Mirrored. Leather with metal studs. These would definitely make a statement. This one says, I''m so sexy.'' And this one screams, Don''t mess with me.'' I think Roxanna wore one like this in her last video." Shauna: "The really big ...

13. FLESH AND BLOOD BEINGS

Drama

Angela Akers

... sorry for them." Son: "Oh, thanks Mom! Sympathize with the enemy." Mom: "Just think about it. Are you ready to leave cyberspace for the real world now?" Son: "I guess. But cyberspace is pretty cool. Someday we''ll be able to create whole worlds of fake people that are made to be just like we want them to be. Then we''ll never have to deal with real people, bullies, stuff like that." Mom: "Yeah, but what happens when the screen''s turned off?" Son: "Maybe I won''t turn it off ...

14. FOR WHOM DO WE WORK?

Drama

Angela Akers

... represented by a few people dressed in business clothes), Lifestyle (represented by a woman, richly and audily dressed), Status (represented by a pompous man in very elegant clothes) SETTING: An office PROPS: A stack of papers (representing work), Pile of fake money, Trophies, certificates, etc. (Businessman is generally discouraged. Spoken to the congregation) Businessman: "I remember my first day of work. I was so excited. I worked hard, and at the end of the day, I had a lot to show ...

15. The Greatest News Of All

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... in order of appearance) Narrator Bureau Chief Reporter (Ace) Shepherd 1 Shepherd 2 Shepherd 3 Shepherd 4 Other Shepherds (nonspeaking) Angel 1 Angel 2 Angel 3 Angel Choir Maid Rachel Innkeeper’s Wife Stable Boy Mary Joseph Props Desk Chair Phone Fake computer Notebook Pencil Cardboard door Bowl Spoon Makeshift cradle Doll Bigger cradle Notes “The Greatest News Of All” is one of our “anachronism” plays, where we insert elements from the present — in this case an Internet News Bureau — into the ...

16. “Unto Us A Child Is Born... Next, On Omar”

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... 2 Shepherd 3 Lead Angel 2nd Angel Angel Choir Audience Member 1 Wise Man 1 Wise Man 2 Wise Man 3 Servant (nonspeaking) Mary Joseph Audience Member 2 Audience Member 3 Stage Manager Stagehands (nonspeaking) Props Four chairs Handheld microphones (real or fake) Sign with “Applause” written on it Bells Three pillows Baby doll Notes Another one of our “intentional anachronism plays,” “Unto Us A Child Is Born ... Next, On Omar” imagines how a very contemporary talk show might have covered the events ...

17. The Water Witcher

Matthew 11:1-19

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Arley K. Fadness

... ’s all fantasy. I read all about “water witching” in Nevill Drury’s book the Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult. They say the witching rod resembles the implement witches ride on on their black sabbaths — all hooey, baloney. Your Mr. Bill Bardigen is a fake. I don’t believe in nothing I can’t see with my eyes and fix with these two hands. Willard: But, but, Slick, I’m not saying “witching water” is witchery and black magic and dabbling in the occult, I just ... Slick: (interrupts) I ...

18. The Difference Between Getting and Giving

John 1:1-18

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... who isn’t busy listening to other people’s kids nag and whine all day like I have to put up with. This is a real pain. Oh my aching back, my sore feet. (cranks up his voice to the proper pitch and tone) Ho, ho, ho! (continues to fake being jolly) Happy holiday, everybody! Ho, ho, ho! Narrator: The old man plodded on wondering what it all meant. (Old Man walks on.) Narrator: His next stop was at the home of a devout gentleman who was at the very moment reading a properly threadbare leather-bound copy of ...

19. The Adoption

John 1:1-18

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... too dry. The napkins belong on the right side of the plate, and do you ever dust, sister? I noticed a bit of dust in and amongst the knickknacks that you have collected over there on the hutch. Oh, pardon me, I still think I’m on duty. (fakes a laugh) Dad: Do you miss your work, Gus? Uncle Gus: Being a butler for Mrs. Chadworth was fine until I was prematurely retired. No reason at all ’cept I redecorated the entire mansion while Mrs. Chadworth was in Europe for the summer. Apparently, she didn’t like ...

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