Build-Your-Own Jesus
What happens when we remake God in our own image?
When two preteen girls spot a “Build-Your-Own Bear” kiosk, they’re determined to build a friend to take home...
Themes: Christ, Deity of, Remaking God in our own image.
Comedy | 6 minutes | 1 male, 5 females |
Bully Game, The
Bullying hurts.
It's the hottest game show at your school! Three bullies compete to see who can do the best job of abusing their victim...
Themes: Abuse (Physical or Sexual), Bullying, Compassion, Peer Pressure.
Drama | 15 minutes | 2 males, 3 females, 1 either gender |
Christmas Presence
This Christmas, imagine Jesus coming into the world...in 2011.
Mary is a pregnant teenager with a secret, and her fiance Joe is about to break up with her...
Themes: Christmas, Death, Heaven, Incarnation.
Drama | 45 minutes | 4 males, 1 female with doubling |
Clean-Up Cantata
Teamwork is always a good idea. Even when it comes to toilet papering.
Mr. Wilson, a high school band teacher, tries to determine the students responsible for toilet papering his house...
Themes: Responsibility, Teamwork and Cooperation.
Comedy | 7 minutes | 2 males, 2 females, extras |
Coming Home
If Mom and Dad drink, why shouldn't their teenage son?
Chris comes home after curfew with alcohol on his breath. Stacy, his mother, is furious...
Themes: Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Hypocrisy, Parent/Teen Conflicts.
Drama | 6 minutes | 1 male, 1 female |
Creation, Fall, Redemption
Three unique dramatic readings about some of the greatest themes in Scripture.
Each staged reading re-imagines a different theme from the Bible: the creation of people, our fall from grace, and our redemption from sin...
Themes: Atonement, Creation, Fall, Garden of Eden, Grace, Marriage.
Dramatic Reading | 5 minutes per reading | 1 storyteller, either gender |
Dance, The
Heather spent her whole life dancing...until a car accident took it all away.
Heather, a skilled ballerina since she was a little girl, recently suffered a horrible accident that left her confined to a wheelchair...
Themes: Forgiveness, Gifts and Talents, Suffering, Surrender to God.
Drama | 9 minutes | 1 male, 2 females |
Easter Readings
A collection of dramatic readings for Holy Week.
Six selections on topics including the Last Supper, the Cross, and the Resurrection.
Themes: Crucifixion, Easter, Good Friday, Grace, Last Supper, Resurrection.
Dramatic Reading | 3-8 minutes per reading | 1-5 storytellers, either gender |
Eulogy
Tasha died as a teenager, but her legacy will live forever.
Roger remembers his girlfriend Tasha at her funeral...
Themes: Death, Heaven, Salvation.
Drama | 5 minutes | 1 male |
Father’s Day
After a lifetime of abuse, is forgiveness possible?
It's been many years since Jack was abused by his father. But today, on Father's Day, he can't help remembering the pain.
Themes: Abuse (Physical or Sexual), Fatherhood, Forgiveness.
Drama | 6 minutes | 1 male, 1 recorded voice |
Father’s Gift, The
With a gift of love, he turned despair into hope: The true story of Father Damien, Hawaii's "leper priest."
Father Damien was a Catholic priest who ministered in the notorious leper colony on Molokai Island...
Themes: Christmas, Compassion, Incarnation, Suffering.
Drama | 35 minutes | 9 males, 4 females, 2 either gender |
Free Cookies
Almost anybody will get saved if you offer them free cookies.
Matt and George, two misguided young evangelists, try to persuade Toby to "accept Jesus into his heart"...
Themes: Evangelism and Missions, Salvation.
Comedy | 6 minutes | 3 males |
From Garden to Tomb
An innovative, interactive drama for Good Friday.
Imagine embarking on a pilgrimage through the last hours of Christ's life, from the Garden of Gethsemane to the tomb...
Themes: Christ, Deity of, Crucifixion, Easter, Good Friday.
Interactive Play | 25 minutes | 6 males, 4 females, 2 guides (either gender) with doubling |
Hide and Seek
A death in the family and a looming graduation cause a teen to reflect on her own mortality.
Mandy, a high school junior who should be studying for the SAT with her friends, only wants to play "Hide and Seek"...
Themes: Death, Meaning in Life.
Drama | 10 minutes | 1 male, 2 females |
How to Impress Women
You can't bribe God...but that isn't going to stop George from trying!
George has a crush on his friend Holly, so he wants to impress her...
Themes: Authenticity, Prayer, Unanswered, Relationship with God.
Comedy | 8 minutes | 1 male, 2 females |
Inconspicuous
How would you respond if God called you to be a missionary?
It's Missions Conference time, and that means He's looking! Ryan is terrified that God will call him to serve overseas...
Themes: Evangelism and Missions, Obedience to God.
Comedy | 5 minutes | 2 males |
Jerry’s Kids
Greg doesn't usually make fun of kids who are "different." But for Jerry, he'll make an exception.
Jerry, a mentally handicapped high school student, is taking silly pictures of Greg, who is trying to befriend him...
Themes: Bullying, Compassion, Gossip, Handicaps (Physical or Mental).
Drama | 5 minutes | 2 males, 1 female |
Man in the Suit, The
Placing a spiritual leader on a pedestal is a dangerous thing.
What happens when the pastor begins to doubt God--when he's living a nightmare and has nowhere to turn?...
Themes: Accountability, Authenticity, Doubt, Sin.
Drama | 4 minutes | 2 males, extras |
May Bear
The scars of sexual abuse can last a lifetime.
Lyla, a teenage girl, relates the story of how she was molested at age six.
Themes: Abuse (Physical or Sexual).
Drama | 4 minutes | 1 female |
Mustard Seed Holes
Is depression a physical problem, or a spiritual one?
A young married woman has descended into the pit of depression, and refuses to seek treatment...
Themes: Depression, Doubt, Healing, Marriage.
Drama | 5 minutes | 1 male, 1 female |
Not-So-Newlyweds Game, The
A hilarious interactive game show about servanthood in marriage.
"The Not-So-Newlyweds Game" puts ordinary couples from your church in the spotlight!...
Themes: Marriage, Servanthood.
Interactive Play | 15 minutes | 1 actor, either gender, plus 2 married couples as contestants |
Past Tense
Sex always transforms teen relationships--and not for the better.
A teenage guy meets his girlfriend “the morning after” they have slept together for the first time...
Drama | 8 minutes | 1 male, 1 female |
SafeSex Man
An over-the-top comedy about why sex is worth waiting for.
Rob, a high school student and certified “Horny Little Devil,” tries to talk his girlfriend Amy into a “date” that has huge potential for trouble...
Comedy | 6 minutes | 2 males, 1 female |
Senior Trip
Confession may be good for the soul, but it doesn't erase the consequences.
Scott Anderson, who had a reputation as a troublemaker in high school, returns to his old principal’s office after graduation...
Themes: Consequences of Our Actions, Forgiveness, Friendships, Hypocrisy, Peer Pressure.
Drama | 8 minutes | 3 males |
Shattered
Some things you can forgive and forget. Some things you can't.
As an adult brother and sister sort through relics of their past, painful memories come back to the surface...
Themes: Abuse (Physical or Sexual), Fatherhood, Forgiveness.
Drama | 8 minutes | 1 male, 1 female |
Since I Got Saved
Isn't life supposed to be perfect after you accept Jesus as savior?
Five teenagers have become disillusioned with God for a variety of reasons...
Themes: Accountability, Depression, Doubt, Relationship with God, Salvation, Sexuality, Sin.
Drama | 5 minutes | 2 males, 3 females |
Steeple’s Court, The
Is there enough evidence to convict you of being a Christian?
John Q. Public, age 16, stands accused of being one of those "born-again weirdos" in this courtroom spoof...
Themes: Authenticity, Hypocrisy, Obedience to God, Salvation.
Comedy | 15 minutes | 4 males, 3 females, 2 either gender |
Testimony
Believing in God is hard sometimes. When he doesn't answer your greatest prayer, for instance.
Andrew, a college freshman who’s drifted away from the Church, visits his old pastor to explain his reasons for not following Christianity anymore...
Themes: Doubt, Healing, Prayer, Unanswered.
Drama | 6 minutes | 1 male |
Tetelestai
Jesus' last word from the cross was "tetelestai." What does it really mean?
An agent for the IRS (Israeli-Roman Revenue Service) relates his experience watching the crucifixion...
Themes: Atonement, Crucifixion, Easter, Salvation.
Comedy | 5 minutes | 1 male |
Truth Hurts, The
A little hypocrisy is a dangerous thing--especially when it comes to obeying God's Word.
Staci goes to church. Her husband Don does not...
Themes: Bible, Authority of, Hypocrisy, Obedience to God.
Drama | 10 minutes | 2 males, 1 female |
You Want Change for That Quarter?
Many people find it difficult to be cheerful givers. George and Laura find it impossible.
George and Laura, a newlywed couple, critically observe others’ giving to the Salvation Army...
Themes: Giving and Finances, Hypocrisy.
Comedy | 8 minutes | 3 males, 4 females |