Scripts in Category: Plays

It's Valentine's Day! And if 90 minutes + 12 marriage candidate = 1 perfect match, Gabrielle and Jack have a date with destiny...unless Love is patient. God has a plan for the future, but He also has a plan for the present. Don't miss today because you're too focused on hoping for tomorrow. A fast-paced play in three acts. Designed with dessert and/or discussion breaks in mind, this is perfect for a youth group, college group, or church "date-night" event. Includes promotional artwork and slides!

Actors: 13 Minutes: 20-25

This is a fun and interactive play with a "choose your own ending" for the audience! Characters of a church Christmas pageant are thrown into investigative turmoil as their "baby Jesus" nursery doll comes up missing after an untimely power outage. Accusations soar and secrets are revealed as the cast sets out to find the true 'leading role' before the curtain opens! This play has about 35-40 minutes of dialogue. Times will vary when being used as a dinner theatre.

Actors: 9 Minutes: 35

A modern day version of the popular family program The Christmas Experience. Includes sometimes dramatic, often funny, contemporary versions of the events leading up to Jesus' birth. The audience journeys to three different settings where three short plays are performed, then gathers for singing, a present day version of the Nativity, a short message, and candle-lighting.

Actors: 18+ Minutes:

This First Christmas Script Bundle features reflections from Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, The Inn Keeper, A Wiseman, A Shepherd. Can be used for as part of a Christmas Play or individually in the weeks leading up to Christmas. This script bundle also includes the music used in the videos as mp3 files for your use.

Actors: 6 Minutes:

A family-oriented Christmas event designed to evoke the feeling of being present at the time of Jesus' birth. The audience journeys to four different settings where brief Christmas dramas are performed, then gathers for singing, a short message, and candle-lighting. This script includes artwork for slides, bulletin cover/insert and Photoshop files.

Actors: 8-10+ Minutes: 45-60 minutes

This Christmas Play is a series of casting calls for different parts in the Living Nativity which include the parts for Mary, Joseph, Wise Men and more (7 total). Read the preview and watch the video below to see how this play can be modified to fit your service. This Play includes: Scripts, Artwork and sample performance videos. You can optionally purchase the individual parts below under related items.

Actors: 9 Minutes: Approximately 50 minutes

It's the night before the big event, and Christmas is on a journey to the Holy Little City. He and the friends he meets up with along the way must arrive in the Holy Little City by morning, but the road isn't always easy. Even with good friends all around all around, dangers threaten to keep them from reaching the Holy Little City in time all together and in one piece!

Actors: 16+ Minutes: 20-30 minutes

Distracted by the demands of work and children, Jason and Beth have become more like roommates than lovers. However, their predictable schedules are about to be turned upside down by a very unexpected pregnancy. This script includes title and transition slides.

Actors: 2 Minutes: 16 minutes

Christmas is the time of year when hearts are open to "feel-good" themes like peace and charity. Movies love to cash in on these themes and the patrons who gladly pay the ticket price! This play is the re-telling of some popular classic Christmas movies, how the message of Christ is inescapable and how God's "screenplay" will not be outdone. Script download includes play poster slides and hi-res artwork.

Actors: 6 Minutes: 20-30 minutes

Through an intense competition at work for an upcoming promotion, Mike is able to share the true meaning of Christmas with his coworker Brien.

Actors: 10+ Minutes: 15-20 minutes

Sam reminds his family to slow down and remember the true meaning of Christmas through the reading of the Christmas Story.

Actors: 5 Minutes: 15-20 minutes

"It's a Madison County Christmas" is a play about a local TV show called "Live! With Ed and Lurleen." Set in Madison County, Arkansas in Ed and Lurleen Jackson's basement, this "Regis and Kelly-like" show is complete with guests, singing, and a cooking segment! This play is perfect for your holiday dinner theatre.

Actors: 8 Minutes: 35-45 minutes

It’s two days after the resurrection of Jesus and the disciples are a little on edge about what will happen next. As they hide away and lay low until things calm down, they reminisce about their time with Jesus. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, this simple play is a “what if” about the events after Jesus death on the cross. Hear “eyewitness testimonies” from some really fun characters.

Actors: 19 Minutes: 25-30 minutes

Set in a coffee shop, modern day characters from the Christmas story come to life as they celebrate Christmas and realize there's more to our Christian lives than just living between the giants of Christmas and Easter.

Actors: 9 Minutes: 30 minutes

This play begins by portraying the typical “manger story” telling of Christmas in a sort of tongue in cheek way. A Wiseman is picking his nose, the shepherds are “baaaaing” too loudly and Joseph almost drops baby Jesus, to name just a few. The audience is led to believe that they are actually watching what they came to watch. But soon the action turns not to the Christmas pageant play they just witnessed but to the players and what Christmas Eve looks like in their homes when the show is over and exactly where the Christmas spirit can be found when the manger is put into storage for another year.

Actors: 10 Minutes: 25-30

ONE ACT PLAY FOR EASTER A one act of the trial of Jesus in a modern courtroom. Jesus was either a magician, a devil, or the Messiah. What will you decide? Script has a courtroom feel and a fast pace. Witnesses testify against Jesus on different accounts of scripture. Great to get students involved or adults as the jury. Great way to show scripture through acting and most not even realize they’ve been taught the Word!

Actors: 10 Minutes: 12-14 minutes