Christian Commentaries
Drama about the relationship between Christians and Society

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All the plays described below can be read in full on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site. (Click on a script title to see the complete scripts.) However, all the scripts on this site are copyrighted. They may not be printed, quoted or performed without the permission of Lazy Bee Scripts. Each script listing has a "Price" link, where you can check the pricing and licencing arrangements.

The plays listed below are not linked directly to specific biblical texts, but explore how Christians interact with society.  Not every script will be to everyone's taste, therefore we strongly advise you to read the script on-line before purchasing!
Also note that the scripts may be aimed at different age-groups -  a range from infants to adults.

We also have pages of drama scripts based on New Testament Stories and Old Testament Stories - however, there is inevitably some blurring of categories. For example, Sue Gordon's "A Letter to Santa" is a light story for children about the meaning of Christmas, which ends with a manger tableau (therefore bringing a biblical story into a commentary). Some of the "bible stories" may also stray a long way from the biblical text.
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A Gift Fit for a KingAuthorHeather L. Smith
Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus.
Run time Around 15 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Christian-themed Christmas skit for teenagers. Simple (minimal) set.
Synopsis A group of children are invited to the King's party, and the one with the best gift will get to meet the King himself. Stacy is poor, and her father has been ill... How can she afford a great gift?
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
A Letter to SantaAuthorSue Gordon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Two of the characters are nominally adults. It is written so that the cast can be divided into two - a school class and Santa's elves.
Run time Around 20 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music Sheet music for 5 original songs is provided with the producer's copy of the script.
Style A light musical for young children. Basic sets.
Synopsis A school class write Christmas letters to Santa, and we discover that they are dealt with by Mrs. Santa and a bunch of fractious elves.
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
Plus The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Androcles and the LionAuthorPeter Bond
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The chorus - of soldiers, slaves, Christians and lions - is optional.
Run time Around 8 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Short rhyming fable for kids.
Synopsis Androcles is a man who loves all living things - he's even reluctant to kill a lamb to feed himself. So when a lion appears, he's less worried about it eating his sheep and more concerned that there's a thorn in it's paw. Helping this lion turns out to be a good move in the long term...
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
Are We There Yet?AuthorDamian Trasler
Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two adults and one child. The child is written as a boy, but could easily be chaged into a girl.
Run time Around 6 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements)
Synopsis A family explore a different way to start their holiday. A play with an Advent theme.
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
Bright - A Play About HeavenAuthorDavid Webb
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run time Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Ten minute play with a Christian theme delivered in a direct style. No specific set - requires only a bench.
Synopsis A man suffering after his second heart attack meets a friend in a beautiful garden, where the air makes him feel better than the doctors have managed. Then he remembers that friend was badly hurt in an accident and begins to realise where he is.
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
Devil in the DetailAuthorHilary Mackelden
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run time Around 105 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Full-length play, set in the less favourable regions of the afterlife.
Synopsis Harry is newly arrived in Hell and he's not happy about it, but Claude De Ville isn't open to appeals. Harry is given an assignment to bring a soul back to Hell in exchange for eternity away from the Sulphur Mines. But the man in question has help on his side...
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
End of the Road Pub - a play about HellAuthorDavid Webb
Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as Australians, though there is no reason that they couldn't come from other places.
Run time Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Ten-minute play with a Christian perspective on the riskier areas of the afterlife. (Single public bar setting, simple props.)
Synopsis Marty and Jim stagger into a pub after a nasty car crash. They have a drink to steady their nerves but soon notice something strange about the pub. It turns out that crash was nastier than they thought and they've got their own lock-in, forever!
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
God's MinstrelAuthorJoseph P. Ritz
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Four of the characters are intended to be doubled by one actor (though they need not be). The roles of Clare's Cousin and the Soldier are optional.
Run time Around 70 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style You can think of this either as a short two-act play, or a long one-act play. Single set.
Synopsis Mixed in with a little tale from modern times, this is the story of how Francis of Assisi became a saint. A moving and honest telling.
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
Heaven's GateAuthorHilary Mackelden
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run time Around 5 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Short sketch intended for church groups.
Synopsis Newcomers checking in at the gates of Heaven. (See also Hebrews 1, 1-3)
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
In God's OfficeAuthorDamian Trasler
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = . Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run time Around 10 minutes. [Caution! This is very dependent on your production.]
Music None.
Style Short two-handed play with a Christian perspective. Single office set.
Synopsis A delivery man enters the wrong office by mistake and finds himself discussing free will with God.
Price Please click on the Price link to find the cost.
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