The story of Jesus, the Christ, His teachings and miracles, and His crucifixion and resurrection -- as two blind beggars and two rich rulers in Jerusalem could have told it.

Characters:  25 individual parts, + others to make up a crowd scene.       Length:  45 to 50 minutes

To show the coming of the Christ, as revealed by John the Baptist, and, to say as clearly as did Isaiah: "Behold your God!"

This is done by portraying Jesus of Nazareth and his teachings and deeds, especially those in which "The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them."

Characters:  46 characters       Length:  1 hour

This drama presents the Biblical story of how Jesus of Nazareth was crucified and buried and then rose again and ascended into heaven--told from the viewpoint of the Roman Centurion in charge of the crucifixion, a Roman senator visiting in Jerusalem, and Madam Claudia Procula, the wife of Pontius Pilate, who--because of a dream--almost prevented her husband from condemning the Christ to death.

The plot follows Biblical facts--often verse-by-verse, line-by-line--and offers details any careful reader can find between the lines.

Characters:  33 roles, and 2 crowds       Length:  1 hour

When Jesus the Christ was crucified, dead, and buried, his eleven disciples were so fearful for their own lives that they hid from the Jewish authorities in the home of aJerusalem friend. Late on Friday afternoon as the disciples mourned and wept, the women who had accompanied them from Galilee to Jerusalem asked James and John to hurry to the market place to buy burial spices so that they could anoint the body of their crucified Lord as soon as the Sabbath day had passed. 

Characters:  Some 50 men, women and children. Parts can be doubled.       Length:  1 hour

Important lessons are conveyed in this play. It opens with Philip being told in a dream to hurry to Gaza. He obeys and encounters a eunuch who wants to learn more from the Scriptures he is reading. In explaining the Scriptures to the eunuch, Philip shares the teachings of the Last Supper, of Abraham and Isaac, and the need for God to supply a sacrifice. The eunuch learns the perfect sacrifice supplied by God is Jesus and is baptized. This is a marvelous Easter play that teaches that like the rim of a chariot wheel, God has no beginning and no end. God is eternal.

Characters:  approximate 30 people, parts may be doubled       Length:  about 45 minutes

Eve, Mrs. Job, Lot's Wife, Rebekah, Ruth, Jezebel, Widow of Zarepahath, Anna, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene all appear in this play and tell their stories.  Seven of these women were wise in godly ways, and some lived completely foolish lives. The audience hears their stories and lessons and are adjured to "choose God to be our master, His Son to be our Lord, and His Holy Spirit to be our guide."

Characters:  Program leader, soloist, organist, and 10 women players.       Length:  15 to 18 minutes

Matthew, one of the twelve disciples (a former tax collector in Capernaum) returns to Capernaum to begin writing the book about Jesus, which is now called "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew." Matthew's lifelong friend, Jairus, who is anxious to help Matthew gather eyewitness accounts of the deeds of Jesus, makes a feast in his honor and invites guests from far and near, guests whose lives were affected by the Prophet from

Characters:  Some 40 men and women and a few children.       Length:  1 hour

A young married couple, out shopping on the streets of an American city, pass a church where a 10-foot Bible has been constructed on the lawn, as an advertisement to encourage people to attend Holy Week services. A Messenger walks out of the pages of the Bible and invites the couple to go inside the Holy Scriptures to learn of the many beautiful names given to Christ, the Lord.

Characters:  From 16 to 25. All ages may be used.       Length:  20 to 25 minutes

The play illustrates that every man is a beggar at the gate--At The Gate Called Beautiful--until he knows the Christ. The opening scene begins dramatically with a beggar called Zimri defying a curfew by praising God at the Beautiful Gate to Jerusalem before dawn. He is accosted by the patrol and explains his presence in a retelling, with a play-within-a-play the story of his encounters with Jesus. The soldiers on patrol are amazed and convinced that they, too, need a relationship with this Jesus and are changed by their encounter with the Savior.

Characters:  40 parts, although some parts may be doubled       Length:  1 hour

"A Banquet In Bethany" begins in a church graveyard circa 1943 (although it could be a more modern graveyard). Some girls and their grandmother are looking at the gravestones and talking about the engravings on the stones. One stone has the carving, "she did what she could," referring to Mary of Bethany's annointing Christ's feet. The story of the feast at Bethany is beautifully captured with application of the lesson being taught in the last scene. The grandmother teaches the girls how to find God's will for them so that they, too, may do what they can.

Characters:  About 45 minutes       Length:  about 45 minutes

Well-to-do Fisherman Zebedee of Capernaum dreams of having a large fleet of fishing boats on the Sea of Galilee; but his dream is shattered when his two sons desert the fishing trade to become followers of an unusual carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, who has come to Capernaum and is creating something of a sensation as he heals the sick, performs miracles, and teaches that the kingdom of God is at hand.

Characters:  Some 50 men, women and children. Can be doubled or tripled        Length:  1 hour

Women of the Post are discussing their own families' plans for the upcoming Easter holiday. Sub-plays the women are retelling include the scene in Golgotha during the crucifixion and Joseph of Arimethea taking Jesus's body to be buried in his family's tomb;  and the confusion at the Empty Tomb is told next with the women wondering where Jesus's body was taken. The concluding scene shows the ladies talking about differences Christ has made in their lives. The joy is evident when they reveal they can steal of to their own private "gardens" and talk with God. 

Characters:  14 to 16 persons, most of whom must have good singing voices       Length:  18 to 20 minutes

The play opens with Cleopas and his companion resting during their journey on the road to Emmaus. They discuss among themselves the wonderous events of the last several, focusing on the role that Pilate had. Three sub-plays move the plot along. The first is the scene where Pilate attempts to absolve his guilt by washing his hands and flicking the water onto the crowd. The second scene shows the soldiers who mocked Jesus and compelled Simon of Cyrene to help bear the cross of Our Savior. Finally, the women come to the Garden of Gesthemene to anoint Christ's body.

Characters:  About 18 or 20 persons        Length:  30 to 45 minutes

Four stories are brought to life by a grandmother's retelling: Miriam and the Daughters of Israel rejoicing that God has brought them safely through the Red Sea and has vanquished their enemies; the story of a virtuous woman organizing her household as illustrated in Proverbs 31; the story of the lonely woman who meets Jesus by the well of Sychar; and ending with the farewell feast in Bethany which has Mary annointing Jesus's feet and drying them with her hair. Grandmother reinforces her teachings as her granddaughters tell her of the different ways each of these women pleased and worshipped God.

Characters:  35 preferred, 23 absolute minimum       Length:  1 hour

The play opens on Easter Sunday, before the Ressurection. The guards assigned to guard the tomb confess their experience at the crucifixion. It continues with the women who plan to visit the tomb later that morning share their spiritual journeys during a meal with one another. The climax is realized as the women approach the now empty tomb and Jesus Himself speaks with them. Their lives are transformed by this meeting and they rejoice in the Savior.

Characters:  Total number of characters is 51.       Length:  About 25 minutes

This play combines the stories of Simon of Cyrene and Cleopas and his wife on the Road to Emmaus. It is blended in a wonderful retelling of the story of the Crucifixion, the Ressurection, and the meeting on the Road to Emmaus. It culminates with dinner together with Jesus, after which Simon's son comes in and Simon's carpenter shop is named, "At the Sign of the Cross."

Characters:  8 men, 25 women, 1 boy and 1 baby       Length:  About 45 minutes

This play recounts the story of a goldsmith who has decided to prepare a crown of purest gold.  He is convinced that the time is at hand for the LORD to send the long-promised king who will redeem the nation Israel, and he plans to have the golden crown ready and waiting. He follows Jesus through Jerusalem from the Triumphal Entry into the city, through the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Finally, when he witnesses Christ's ascension into heaven, the goldsmith realizes that Jesus's kingdom is not of this world. He declares, “How great is our God! Our King!

Characters:  38 speaking parts       Length:  1 hour

The aged apostle John, chained to a Roman soldier, has been sentenced to exile on the island of Patmos in the Aegean. While John waits for the ship to sail from Ephesus at sunset, he spends the hours having his pupil Polycarp write down some of the miracles he saw Jesus the Christ do and things he heard the Christ teach.

Characters:  about 50; Speaking parts: about 40       Length:  1 hour

A physician and skilled artist named Lucanus, of Antioch, Syria, makes a long journey to interview as many people as he can find who knew Jesus of Nazareth and then writes a book about him for his friend, the “Most Excellent Theophilus.” This drama presents the story of Christ, culminating in His victory over death, the resurrection. The play ends with Lucanus and Theophilus concluding that in God’s promise to send his Holy Spirit to be with man, and in Jesus’ saying “Lo, I am with you, always,” man has a gift “as sweet as honey and the honeycomb.”

Characters:  35, plus 15 to 20 extras for multitude scene.       Length:  1 hour