Products tagged with 'Comedy'

36 pages

Flexible cast of 15 to 32

A one-act comedy based on Daniel, Chapter 3 in the Bible. The story involves three young Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego living in Babylon. The Babylonian king, the notoriously proud Nebuchadnezzar, builds a golden image and decrees that all people in his kingdom must bow to it in worship. The three Hebrews stand for what they know is right and refuse to participate in the idolatry. The king condemns them and orders them thrown into the burning fiery furnace (the BFF). When the sentence is carried out, however, the three Hebrews are not burned up— an...

39 pages

Approx. 10 m, 10 w, much doubling possible

Frankie meets his end in an act of wanton cowardice. This offense isn't bad enough to send him to the basement, but he isn't good enough for the attic. He is assigned to Angie the Angel in the "Situation Re-Modification Department." He is given three chances to try to correct something in history that didn't go the way it was supposed to go. He messes up all three chances, but is offered a fourth chance by Herman, Angie's boss. With this one, the toughest of them all, he succeeds.

77 pages

5 m, 5 w

Aunt Ollie has been having a hard time keeping her hotel open and her brother, Earl, isn't much help. Ollie has one hope in keeping her "Home Away from Home" open with investor Judith Pomeroy. Unfortunately, before Judith can get a good look at the place, she accidentally gets a generous dose of Earl's recipe for moonshine. Add one UFO-logist, a psychology major, a fat sheriff and a conniving competitor and this hotel starts looking more and more like a real "home"! Int. set.

54 pages

4 m, 3 w, 6-7 flex, 2 kids, doubling possible

Did the Nativity costumes just come alive? Pastor Hadley doesn’t know what to think when he is washing the Nativity costumes and the first sheep pops out of the dryer. Granted, he hasn’t been doing well after the recent loss of his fiancée, taking a leave from his ministry and turning away from God. Last night’s church fire just proves that when it rains it pours. Maybe that wasn’t a sheep he saw…but then out of the dryer comes Amir the Sheep Shearer and Jesse the Angel. Turns out the dryer is a time tumbler, and time and prophecies once fulfilled have been a...

40 pages

2 m, 1 w, 5 children

Poor old Job had to endure a lot. But did he ever have to get his family dressed and delivered to Sunday morning meetings on time? Your audiences will really identify with this comedy. It is a fast-paced, funny portrayal of Sunday crises in a Mormon home. The Sabbath in the Bingham household is neither restful nor spiritually uplifting. Sister Bungham regards the day as a frustrating time of lost shoes, forgotten talks and mismatched socks. After a particularly catastrophic Sunday morning she devises a plan to eliminate the confusion and get her family to Church on time for a change. Doe...

66 pages

6 m, 3 w, 2 flexible, extras

Heather Finley is bringing home her fiancé, Kevin, to meet her devout Christian family. There is only one problem: Kevin is an atheist! Meanwhile, Heather's bickering grandfathers, Jeremiah and Roosevelt, are returning from a failed expedition to find Noah's Ark. After the death of their beloved wives, they sought tangible proof that God is real. Needless to say, when the grandfathers and the rest of the family, including Mom, Dad, and underachieving brother Cameron, meet the somewhat condescending fiancé, firecrackers start exploding! It doesn’t help when th...