Christmas, Aliens, Gargoyles and Everything-just-right

Download or read book Christmas, Aliens, Gargoyles and Everything-just-right written by Jack Kurtz and published by Samuel French Incorporated Plays. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Readers Theatre Scripts for Christmas! See Gargoyles, Plastic Balls, and Soup for previous plays about Timmy, Grandma, and the Gargoyle. All the plays are light hearted and amusing as they each present a nugget of the Christian message to all ages. They are easily staged in a church chancel or on a bare stage with only one or two rehearsals. The plays in this collection are: Sara Elizabeth and the Everything-Just-Right Christmas, 2m. 2f. Bare stage with four stools. Sara learns that Jesus doesn t expect people to be perfect when her elaborate plans for Christmas are spoiled because her family doesn t do everything just right; Timmy and the Christmas Strangers, 8 readers - 1m, 1f, 1 child (m) required. The other characters allow for flexible casting. Bare stage with eight stools. Some props and minor set pieces required. During a long flight delay on Christmas Eve, Timmy and the other passengers learn that strangers can be friends you just haven t met yet; Christmas and the Gargoyle and the Big, Big Present, 2m. 1f. 1 child (m). Bare stage with four stools. In this sequel to Christmas and the Gargoyle Who Wouldn t Say Thank You Timmy learns not to count his chickens before they are hatched when his BIG present from the Gargoyle turns out to be not at all what he expected. An ASYOUWILLREMEMBER prologue delightfully presents the characters from the previous play for those unfamiliar with it; Timmy and the Alien, 5 readers - 1m. 1f. 1 child (m). 2 flexible. Bare stage except for a low wall behind five stools. Santa hat and distinctive make-up for the alien required. An encounter with an alien from another planet gives Timmy a fresh appreciation of what Christmas is really about"