Curt-cloninger Themed Items
The Easter Apology [Script]
The Easter Apology
An explanation of Easter.
Characters: 1
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Heard On High [Script]
Heard On High
Two angels reminisce and relive the glory days of one of their first nights, “The Big One,” the night when Jesus was born.
Characters: 2
Genre: Comedy
Length: 5-7 minutes
Themes:
Declaration of Dependence [Script]
Declaration of Dependence
Declaration of Dependence” description - “This Readers’ Theatre expresses gratitude for the freedoms and prosperity we enjoy as a nation, but more importantly for the freedom and mercy granted to us by a loving Savior.
Characters: 3
Genre: Drama
Length: 1-2 minutes
Themes:
Getting Dressed [Script]
Getting Dressed
Three men reflect on how their fathers taught them to dress…and live.
Characters: 3 males
Genre: Drama
Length: 7-9 minutes
Themes:
God Doesn’t Like Me [Script]
God Doesn’t Like Me
It’s so easy to think that because we have hard times in our life that God doesn’t like us, that He just sits up in the heavens and merely tolerates us, when all along He’s absolutely crazy about us.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-5 minutes
Themes:
It’s A Wonderful Fruitcake [Script]
It’s A Wonderful Fruitcake
A family receives their yearly fruitcake from a dear-old aunt, but never opens them. This year they discover they’ve been missing the real gift.
Characters: 4
Genre: Drama
Length: 5-7 minutes
Themes:
My Side of the Story [Script]
My Side of the Story
A husband and a wife, both speak directly to the audience, as to one person. They are both telling their side of the same story. This should have a fast-paced “Reader’s Theatre” (yet memorized) feel to it.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Flunking English [Script]
Flunking English
A high school student (boy or girl) has a meeting with his English teacher who is flunking him because he (the student) always has a Christian slant to everything he writes in class.
This piece can be used in conjunction with “Flunking Life”, a follow-up piece.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-5 minutes
Themes:
No Strings [Script]
No Strings
A man, speaking directly to the audience, tells how Jesus delivered him from Demons. This is a retelling of the story from the Gospels.
Characters: 1
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Don’t Feed the Rat [Script]
Don’t Feed the Rat
A chance conversation between Nancy and Marci in the workplace reveals that Marci is struggling with issues from her past. Will she find a way to put them down?
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Beyond Justice [Script]
Beyond Justice
A husband comes home to discover his wife, who has had an affair, about to leave. He challenges her to stay, to receive his forgiveness and love.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Flunking Life [Script]
Flunking Life
Mr. Johnson, a retired English teacher, walks into the office of Paul Clark, a newspaper editorialist. Mr. Johnson taught Paul twenty five years earlier, and flunked him because he wrote compositions about Jesus. Now, Mr. Johnson comes to Paul, seeking his advice on life.
This script is best used in conjunction with “Flunking English.”
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Death, Warmed Over [Script]
Death, Warmed Over
Jane Dillman runs into Death sitting on a commuter train. Death has an over inflated view of himself and does his bumbling best to scare Jane. Jane, who knows the One who has defeated death, is not taking the bait.
Characters: 2
Genre: Comedy
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes:
All This Noise [Script]
All This Noise
A very tired teenage boy narrates his own actions, simply telling his story of struggling to hear the voice of God in his noisy world.
Characters: 4
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
I Do? [Script]
I Do?
A young couple, madly in love, approaches a crusty old Judge about getting married. After some grilling, he finally consents to marry them. After giving them some VERY scary vows to repeat, they decide that maybe they’d rather not get married after all.
Characters: 3
Genre: Comedy
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes:
My Dad’s Feet [Script]
My Dad’s Feet
A teenage girl returns from a youth retreat to find her drunken father asleep in his easy chair. She must decide what to do with him, and choose rather to love him or not.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes:
The Easter Apology [Script]
The Easter Apology
An explanation of Easter.
Characters: 1
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Heard On High [Script]
Heard On High
Two angels reminisce and relive the glory days of one of their first nights, “The Big One,” the night when Jesus was born.
Characters: 2
Genre: Comedy
Length: 5-7 minutes
Themes:
Declaration of Dependence [Script]
Declaration of Dependence
Declaration of Dependence” description - “This Readers’ Theatre expresses gratitude for the freedoms and prosperity we enjoy as a nation, but more importantly for the freedom and mercy granted to us by a loving Savior.
Characters: 3
Genre: Drama
Length: 1-2 minutes
Themes:
Getting Dressed [Script]
Getting Dressed
Three men reflect on how their fathers taught them to dress…and live.
Characters: 3 males
Genre: Drama
Length: 7-9 minutes
Themes:
God Doesn’t Like Me [Script]
God Doesn’t Like Me
It’s so easy to think that because we have hard times in our life that God doesn’t like us, that He just sits up in the heavens and merely tolerates us, when all along He’s absolutely crazy about us.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-5 minutes
Themes:
It’s A Wonderful Fruitcake [Script]
It’s A Wonderful Fruitcake
A family receives their yearly fruitcake from a dear-old aunt, but never opens them. This year they discover they’ve been missing the real gift.
Characters: 4
Genre: Drama
Length: 5-7 minutes
Themes:
My Side of the Story [Script]
My Side of the Story
A husband and a wife, both speak directly to the audience, as to one person. They are both telling their side of the same story. This should have a fast-paced “Reader’s Theatre” (yet memorized) feel to it.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Flunking English [Script]
Flunking English
A high school student (boy or girl) has a meeting with his English teacher who is flunking him because he (the student) always has a Christian slant to everything he writes in class.
This piece can be used in conjunction with “Flunking Life”, a follow-up piece.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-5 minutes
Themes:
No Strings [Script]
No Strings
A man, speaking directly to the audience, tells how Jesus delivered him from Demons. This is a retelling of the story from the Gospels.
Characters: 1
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Don’t Feed the Rat [Script]
Don’t Feed the Rat
A chance conversation between Nancy and Marci in the workplace reveals that Marci is struggling with issues from her past. Will she find a way to put them down?
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Beyond Justice [Script]
Beyond Justice
A husband comes home to discover his wife, who has had an affair, about to leave. He challenges her to stay, to receive his forgiveness and love.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
Flunking Life [Script]
Flunking Life
Mr. Johnson, a retired English teacher, walks into the office of Paul Clark, a newspaper editorialist. Mr. Johnson taught Paul twenty five years earlier, and flunked him because he wrote compositions about Jesus. Now, Mr. Johnson comes to Paul, seeking his advice on life.
This script is best used in conjunction with “Flunking English.”
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 3-4 minutes
Themes:
Death, Warmed Over [Script]
Death, Warmed Over
Jane Dillman runs into Death sitting on a commuter train. Death has an over inflated view of himself and does his bumbling best to scare Jane. Jane, who knows the One who has defeated death, is not taking the bait.
Characters: 2
Genre: Comedy
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes:
All This Noise [Script]
All This Noise
A very tired teenage boy narrates his own actions, simply telling his story of struggling to hear the voice of God in his noisy world.
Characters: 4
Genre: Drama
Length: 4-6 minutes
Themes:
I Do? [Script]
I Do?
A young couple, madly in love, approaches a crusty old Judge about getting married. After some grilling, he finally consents to marry them. After giving them some VERY scary vows to repeat, they decide that maybe they’d rather not get married after all.
Characters: 3
Genre: Comedy
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes:
My Dad’s Feet [Script]
My Dad’s Feet
A teenage girl returns from a youth retreat to find her drunken father asleep in his easy chair. She must decide what to do with him, and choose rather to love him or not.
Characters: 2
Genre: Drama
Length: 6-8 minutes
Themes: