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Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller The Archangel Michael The Archangel Uriel The Archangel Raphael The Archangel Gabriel (The Storyteller stands off to one side. Michael, Uriel, and Raphael are seated in the center and stand when they speak and remain standing. Gabriel sits slightly farther back from the others. He stands and comes forward when he finally speaks) Storyteller: A company of angels, returning from t...

2. A Pilgrimage To Bethlehem

Matthew 3:1-12

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Gregory Ivan Peasant Man Peasant Woman Gregory's Wife (The Storytellers remain seated or standing throughout the performance, as the director chooses. The other actors sit until they make their "entrances," then they stand) Storyteller 1: Once in Russia there lived two men who had decided to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. One of them was a well-to-do farmer...

3. Christmas Every Day

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Little Girl Everybody - plays the Christmas fairy, the other children, Mother, Father, the police, and so on. (If the director wants to use more actors, he or she can divide this into two or three roles. However, it works very well if one actor does all the roles and changes voices.) (The actors are standing or seated from stage right to stage left: Storyteller 1,...

4. Home For The Holidays

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Narrator Hoodoo McFiggin (Narrator stands, Hoodoo is sitting) Narrator: This Santa Claus business is played out. It's a sneaking, underhanded method, and the sooner it's exposed, the better. I had a good opportunity of observing how the thing worked this Christmas, in the case of young Hoodoo McFiggin. Hoodoo McFiggin is a good boy, a religious boy. He had been given to understand that San...

5. Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas

Luke 2:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

6. Million Dollar Christmas

Matthew 19:21

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Edgar 1 Edgar 2 Bartimaeus Tintoes Helene Essay Reader 1 Essay Reader 2 Essay Reader 3 (Edgar 1 sits facing the audience and addresses the audience only. Edgar 2 stands next to him, but speaks to himself and the other characters in the play. Helene and Essay Readers 1-3 sit at center and stand when they "enter") Edgar 1: I rubbed my eyes and looked at the letter a second time. Yes, I was no...

7. The Burglar's Christmas

Luke 15:22-24

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Young Man Will Mother Father (Narrators are seated on stools or chairs at stage right and stage left. Mother and Father are sitting on a bench or chairs up stage facing away from the audience. There is an unoccupied chair or stool in center stage. Will and Young Man are standing at center stage slightly down from the unoccupied chair) Narrator 1: Two very shabby-lookin...

8. The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed

Romans 11:33-34

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Fir Tree Actor 1 (plays Woodsman and Grocer) Actor 2 (plays Lady Shopper and Farmer's Wife) Actor 3 (plays Child, Customer 1, and Cemetery Man) Actor 4 (plays Customer 2 and Farmer) (The two Storytellers stand at opposite ends of the playing area; the Tree stands in the center. Actors 1-4 sit slightly back until they "enter") Storyteller 1: If you walk through a ...

9. Two Babes In The Manger

Luke 2:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Teacher Misha (Storytellers 1 and 2 stand at left and right. The Teacher stands in the center. Misha remains seated until he "enters." An adult can play the part of Misha, but the piece is more effective if a child takes the role) Storyteller 1: Soon after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Department of Education invited two American Christian teachers to...

10. Two Christmas Dinners

Luke 21:3-4

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Snuffy Pete Mr. Cabot Waitress Nurse (Waitress and Nurse could be played by the same actor) (The Storytellers are seated at stage left and stage right. In the center of the stage are two small benches. Mr. Cabot, Waitress, and Nurse sit upstage, facing away from the audience until they "enter." Snuffy Pete is seated on the right bench, with stomach extended, looki...

11. Why The Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Narrator Bird Birch Tree Oak Tree Willow Tree Juniper Tree Pine Tree Spruce Tree North Wind Voice Of God (The Narrator sits to one side of the stage or playing area. The actors playing the Birch, Oak, and Willow Trees stand on chairs at stage right; the actors playing the Juniper, Pine, and Spruce Trees stand on chairs at stage left. The Bird hobbles among them. It works better if the actor ...

12. Willibald Krautman's Trip To Heaven

Matthew 11:2-11

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller Willibald Krautman Saint Peter Wife (Storyteller sits or stands off to one side. Willibald stands at center. Wife sits facing away from the audience until she "enters." Saint Peter sits until his "entrance," when he stands on his chair) Storyteller: Willibald Krautman and Christmas - these two things belonged together like a door and its hinges, like a clock and its face, like a...

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