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Heaven's Gate by Hilary 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. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
Synopsis | Newcomers checking in at the gates of Heaven. (See also Hebrews 1, 1-3) |
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In God's Office by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
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. |
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Invisible Fingerprints by Howard Lipson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both the characters are written male, but could probably be played female with a few minor tweaks. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian theme. Minimal staging requirements. |
Synopsis | Ben has spent four years battling depression and addiction, but thanks to his new-found faith he's back at his screenwriting job with a new script. Sadly for Ben, Stan the Producer isn't blown away by the script. He talks Ben into trying more worldly material, but has sinister reasons... |
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Judicial Review of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus by Geoff Fulford |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama with a single (courtroom) setting. |
Synopsis | A judicial review debates the death and resurrection of Jesus using attorneys and contemporary witnesses, some present at the crucifixion, along with interested parties. |
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A Letter to Santa by Sue Gordon Best Seller |
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. [Estimated!] |
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. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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The Lost Sheep by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
Synopsis | A chance meeting on a train - a reflection on Christianity in every-day life. |
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The Match Girl Controversy by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An allegorical sketch about Advent! (Minimal staging requirements) |
Synopsis | Discussions about the new 'Seasonal School presentation' get heated. An Advent-themed play. |
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Merry Christmas Everyone by Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple, thoughtful short play for Christmas. Single set (just enough to indicate a family home). Originally published 2013, revised 2019. |
Synopsis | The family are just trying to have a day together to enjoy the important things of Christmas - the food, the presents and not having to watch the Eastenders special with Grandma - when a homeless man at the door really spoils the mood. But he must be mad... He says he's Jesus. |
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On A Street Corner by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are 'Man, Boy and Girl' with an implication of relative ages, but not absolute ages! |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play. Single set (representing a street corner, but no real set requirements). |
Synopsis | Street corner preaching meets the Da Vinci code in a brief examination of religious truth and meaning. |
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The Pilgrim's Progress [Version 2] by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 56. No chorus. Oodles of allegorical characters, plenty of scope for doubling. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length adaptation - in very modern English - of John Bunyan's Christian allegory. |
Synopsis | A pilgrim sets out in search of the City of Gold. On his journey he has to negotiate traps and deal with other pilgrims, many of whom may be misguided. |
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