... enough that the audience can read their names. Stage will be bare throughout most of the play, except for a lectern and chair for the Narrator upstage right, a chair placed just off stage right, and a group of logs piled up downstage right to simulate a fire. Narrator: Year after year, we retell the story of Christ’s miraculous birth. Most of us can recite the reaction of all the key players ... the Shepherds’ fear, the Angels’ joy, the quiet happiness of Mary and Joseph, the reverence of the visiting ...
... Choir” and “Merchant Caravan” that can incorporate the little ones too small to learn lines. (Two areas are preset on the stage. One, downstage right, is the campground of the Kings’ servants, left behind while the Kings visit King Herod. It requires simply a simulation of a campfire. The second area, stage left, is the home of Mary and Joseph, symbolized by a small table and one or two chairs, with a star hanging above the table.) Narrator: The Bible says, “God has chosen the foolish to shame the ...
... once and for all what giving and getting were all about, the old man set out on a long journey to consult those who had wisdom. (Old Man gets up and moonwalks like Michael Jackson or makes walking motions or walks on a treadmill to simulate traveling.) Narrator: First he went to the pastor of his former church where mix-ups during the offering had created enormous problems. (Pastor appears, shakes hands with Old Man and they sit down.) Narrator: Clearly distressed, the old man asked for a simple explanation ...
Theme: Some things are worth waiting for Characters: Bill Frank Tone: Frustration, impatience, anticipation Setting/Props: Baseball caps Baseball glove Two glasses Row of chairs (to represent bleachers at a stadium) Baseball (thrown toward Bill and Frank to simulate a foul ball) Approximate time: 5 minutes (Bill and Frank enter the stadium anxious to watch the baseball game. They wear appropriate baseball caps. Frank has his glove and Bill carries two glasses of pop. Bill is visibly upset by having to wait ...