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Angels With Paper Wings
Cast: Flexible cast of 5
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes
The Spirits of Christmas Pageants help all realize that personal problems will disappear with the joy of sharing. More...
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Babushka's Basket
Freely adapted from the Russian folk tale
Cast: 3M, 5-6W (includes 1 child), optional doubling
Set/Time: Very simple set/About 45 minutes
Based on the Russian folktale about a poor peasant who misses her chance to meet the king of kings, this character-driven drama is appropriate for Christmas or any time of year. More...
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The Baddest Angel Band
Cast: Flexible cast of 4 major characters, plus an ensemble of 10 to 24 extras
Set/Time: Simple area settings /About 30 minutes
Teen angels... Cherry, Spir and Angelina are about to be expelled from Angel School for playing frisbee with the teacher's halo and for insisting that thunder is caused by angel burps. More...
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Believe!
A play with traditional Christmas music
Cast: Flexible cast of 33 (about 8M [includes 1 child], 17F, plus 8 either), optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Simple set/About 45 minutes
Filled with warmth and brightened by traditional Christmas songs sung by the actors, a choir or even your audience members, everyone touched by this play will find they can truly… Believe! More...
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Can Mrs. Claus Save Christmas?
Cast: Flexible cast of 13 (3M, 4F plus 6 that can be either), extras
Set/Time: Simple area set /About 40 minutes
When villain Gil Bates, a multi-millionaire video game manufacturer, lures Santa to Hawaii, supposedly to check out a new video game, he underestimates the determination of Mrs. Claus. More...
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Christmas Cameo
Cast: 2M, 3F
Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes
Tammy plans her own kidnapping to get her parent's attention. The surprise ending opens the door for a new relationship with Tammy and her parents. More...
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A Christmas Carol
Cast: Flexible cast of 27 (12M, 12F plus 3 that can be either), optional doubling
Set/Time: Area staging/About 80 minutes
Here is a delightfully refreshing version of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale told from a new perspective—a young boy’s grandfather. More...
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Christmas Carol, Inc.
Cast: Flexible cast of 8, plus at least 4 extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 40 minutes
It is Christmas Eve and Scrooge and Marley, Inc. is in a sorry state. “Ebbie” Scrooge and Jane Marley are preparing to fire most of their employees, including their loyal receptionist, Bobbi Cratchit. More...
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Christmas Choir
Cast: Flexible cast of about 5M, 7F
Set/Time: One simple set/About 40 minutes
The Christmas choir has never sounded worse! Perhaps it's because of a lack of talent or not enough rehearsals… or it could be because the choir members aren't honest in their reasons for being there. More...
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Christmas Crisis at Mistletoe Mesa
A Holiday Melodrama
Cast: 6M, 4F, doubling possible
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 40 minutes
Imagine two people so mean they would ban Christmas, rip down all the decorations and outlaw Christmas wrapping. More...
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A Christmas De-Light!
Cast: Flexible cast of 23, optional doubling
Set/Time: Several simple settings/About 30 minutes
This short and sweet Christmas play will come together with just a handful of rehearsals and is perfect for your church or other religious celebration. More...
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The Christmas Dress
Cast: 2M, 3F
Set/Time: One simple set /About 25 minutes
This is a quaint comedy about two elderly sisters who must share one party dress between them. This becomes more of a problem as Christmas party time approaches. More...
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The Christmas Gazebo
Cast: 8M, 11F
Set/Time: One exterior set/About 45 minutes
One simple gesture gives Delia a change of heart as she discovers the true spirit of Christmas. More...
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Christmas in Comfort
Cast: Extremely flexible cast of 5M, 20F plus 12 that can be either
Set/Time: Two very simple interior sets/About 1 hour
Laughter and the traditional music of Christmas fill the stage with warmth as the people in thof Comfort learn about a child born for everyone. More...
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Christmas Tea
Cast: 1M, 2F, off-stage voice
Set/Time: One simple set /About 15 minutes
You're invited to a most unusual tea party. The guests are two dolls and a teddy bear. A difference of opinion almost ruins the occasion till Santa turns up and straightens things out. More...
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Christmas… Unwrapped
Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (about 5M, 6F) plus extras
Set/Time: Single set/About 30 minutes
Perfect for church or Christian school functions, this creative allegory unwraps the true meaning of the season—it's not about all the gifts, but about God's gift to mankind. More...
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Christmas With Little Women
Adapted from Louisa May Alcott's classic novel
Cast: 2M, 7F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes
The beloved characters of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, More...
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A Cowhand's Christmas Carol
or... T'was Plum Tired of Pudding
Cast: Flexible cast of 6 (roughly 3M, 3F) optional extras
Set/Time: Simple set /About 30 minutes
When the villain plots to take deadly and drastic action with an explosive plum pudding, Silverado Sterling overcomes a blizzard, wolves and a bomb to save the day. More...
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CSI: Christmas Scene Investigators
Or… Who Stole Santa Claus?
Cast: 8M, 12F
Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes
The cast of a Christmas show discovers that the Santa Claus statue has been stolen! In the end, they reveal just why the true meaning of Christmas is all that really matters. More...
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The Day Christmas Disappeared from Evergreen Town
Cast: 5M, 7F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
Everyone loves Christmas except for the mayor. When he was a boy, he didn't get a toy truck for Christmas. How the mayor gets the toy makes this a magical play brimming over with holiday spirit. More...
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The Ghost of Christmas Presents
Cast: 7M, 13F, plus optional extras (doubling possible)
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
In this sweet and warm-hearted holiday yarn, a disgruntled employee in the exchange department at a department store learns about the wonder and joy of the yuletide season. More...
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Gift of the Magi
Based On The Short Story By O. Henry
Cast: 1M, 1F
Set/Time: One simple set /About 35 minutes
Based on the short story by O. Henry, when hard times come and Christmas approaches, a couple ends up selling their most valuable possessions in order to buy the other's Christmas present. More...
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The Gift
Cast: Flexible cast of 1 to 5F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
Five women, in turn, come into possession of an ornately carved wooden box. How the box travels from owner to owner makes this a stunning holiday piece. More...
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Happy Hollandaise!
Cast: 4M, 4F plus 1 that can be either
Set/Time: One interior set/About 75 minutes
The true Christmas spirit shines bright in a surprise ending, which involves transformation, forgiveness and a beautiful new beginning. More...
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Hark! Harold the Angel Sings
Cast: Flexible cast of 4 major characters plus an ensemble of 4 to 20 extras
Set/Time: Simple area settings /About 25 minutes
Bosheep, Woolworth and Lambster are three lambs with a mission: find Christmas. Harold, an angel who is trying to make a new name for herself, aids the three lost sheep in their quest. More...
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How Santa Got His Christmas Tree
Cast: Flexible cast of 9 or more
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
A Christmas tree has been ordered for Santa. When two mean toy makers are banished from Santa's Village for shoddy workmanship, they steal the tree and won't give it back. More...
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If Angels Were Mortal
Cast: Flexible cast of 8 (roughly 3M, 5F), plus any number of extras
Set/Time: Simple interior sets /About 40 minutes
Here is a light-hearted comedy that will leave your audience simply delighted as well as being gently reminded about how the Lord intended us to celebrate the birthday of His son. More...
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I'll Be Cloned for Christmas
Cast: Flexible cast of 8, plus an ensemble of 5 to 24, creating a variety of smaller roles
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes
Three space/time travelers experience a host of holiday adventures and come back with plans to celebrate Christmas on their own planet when they return. More...
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Jason's Gift
Cast: 4M, 2F, (may be 3M, 3F)
Set/Time: One simple set /About 30 minutes
A man whose wife is about to give birth seeks shelter. Through a boy' insistence, his father allows the couple to stay in their barn where one miracle leads to another. More...
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The Jingle Bell Mystery
Cast: 5M, 5F, 1 child
Set/Time: One interior set/About 50 minutes
With a message that echoes Jesus Christ’s teachings about love, peace and charity, this charming Christmas mystery is perfect for church or school functions. More...
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Jingle Bells Jury
Cast: Flexible cast of about 30 (can be smaller), optional extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
A trial is being conducted in Candy Cane Courthouse and your audience is the jury! More...
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Keep the Home Fires Burning
Cast: 5M, 5F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
It's a Christmas melodrama! Santa saves the day as he gives an elderly woman needed mortgage money, and the villain winds up enveloped in Reynolds Wrap... "foiled" again! More...
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Last Stop Till Christmas
Cast: Flexible cast of 20, optional extras
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes
When city workers place a Christmas tree near a bus stop, a girl makes a promise to the others. If they put the ornament on the tree, whatever they wish for will come true. More...
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The Least of These
Cast: Flexible cast of 3 major characters
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes
This is the story of a journey during which three young people experience a Christmas miracle. More...
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Life 101
Cast: Flexible cast of 12-26
Set/Time: Simple area set/About 30 minutes
Audiences of all ages will laugh, identify and grow along with Jesus in the hilarious classroom in the clouds where he prepares for his time on Earth. More...
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Lights... Camera... Christmas
Cast: Flexible cast of 12
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes
J.D. is making a Christmas film, but his performers don't understand it. When the studio boss decides to close down the film, the actors discover what J.D. has been trying to say and save the picture. More...
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A Little Christmas Spirit
Cast: 3M, 4F, plus 2 children and one spirit
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour
The greedy Horace Lattimer has instructed his housekeeper to keep Holly, his Christmas spirit, locked away so he can concentrate on business matters...even if it means not being happy. More...
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A Mall and the Night Visitor
Cast: Flexible cast of 18, extras
Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes
Last-minute shoppers flurry around the mall like snowflakes in a blizzard and the high school's student council charity drive is getting the cold shoulder. More...
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Misdeeds at Mistletoe Mine
Or… The Sanity Clause
Cast: 3M, 4F plus 1M non-speaking role
Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 45 minutes
Here's a fun, versatile melodrama that’s great for Christmas… or any time of year! More...
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The Missing Jesus
Cast: 4M, 6F, plus 1 girl
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 25 minutes
A manger scene is being set up for Christmas. Everything is finished except that the Christ child is missing. In the end, however, everyone realizes that Jesus is never really missing. More...
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A Modern Christmas Carol
Cast: Flexible cast of 6-8M, 15F
Set/Time: Basic area staging /About 45 minutes
This heartwarming story puts a modern twist on the Dickens' traditional Christmas Carol tale, making it perfect for a young, contemporary cast. More...
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Mr. Scrooge's Christmas
Cast: Flexible cast of 12 to 20
Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 1 hour
Emphasizing the ghost story aspect of A Christmas Carol, the play is narrated by Jacob Marley who has been dead for seven years. More...
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Not on this Night
Cast: 2M, 1F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes
Alone on Christmas Eve, 18 year old Jacqueline is startled by the sudden appearance of two lost soldiers who confront each other in her farmhouse kitchen. More...
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O Holy Knight
Cast: Flexible cast of 27-42 (8-9M, 18-32F, plus one that can be either)
Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 1 hour
This touching play has an inspiring Christmas miracle to warm everybody’s heart. This easy-to-cast and stage tale is sure to become a holiday favorite the whole family will adore. More...
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Once An Angel
A play with traditional Christmas music
Cast: Flexible cast of 41 (about 12M, 20F plus 9 angels that can be either), optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 1 hour
You’ll have the perfect celebration of the season when you combine the familiar songs of Christmas with this funny, sweet story of a faith tested. More...
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The One and Only Santa Claus
Cast: Flexible cast of 12-33
Set/Time: One simple set /About 1 hour
When a family is startled to find host Yul Tide literally in their living room, the show begins. In a series of hilarious and heart-warming sketches, Yul Tide explores what Santa really represents. More...
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The Only Christmas Pageant in Town
Cast: Flexible cast of 41 (About 12M, 20F plus 9 that can be either), optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 45 minutes
Every year, the commanding Olive Green directs the Christmas pageant for the Little Church in the Vale, but there is always something missing. More...
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Out of the Kitchen, Mrs. Claus
Cast: Flexible cast of 11
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
When Santa throws his back out , Mrs. Claus and Elf Olaf "ho, ho, ho" away on the sleigh. More...
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The Plight Before Christmas
A Melodrama With Music Based on Characters from Dickens' Christmas Carol
Cast: 4M, 3F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour
This Christmas Melodrama based on the Dickens' classic story will have your audience rolling with laughter. More...
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The Rented Christmas
Cast: 4M, 7F, plus carolers
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour
John Dale hasn't enjoyed a "real Christmas" in years. So, on the spur of the moment, he decides to "rent" a Christmas from Anne Weston, who owns the local rent shop. More...
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Rollin' In Dough In Mistletoe
Or... Don't Crack Jingle Bell Rock
Cast: 3M, 4F
Set/Time: Simple set/About 20 minutes
It’s Christmas Eve in Mistletoe, but everyone is far from “Holly Jolly.” More...
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Santa and the Wicked Wazoo
Cast: Flexible cast of 12 (may be 2M, 10F), plus extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
Santa has a lot to worry about. The Wicked Wazoo, a witch, plans to turn the territory into a kingdom for the More...
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Santa Sees a Shrink
Cast: 5M, 8F
Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes
Santa has given up and "thrown in the towel." The demands of his job have driven him to the point of a nervous collapse. More...
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Santa's Big Trouble
Cast: Flexible cast of 4M, 10F
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
When Santa refuses to give a new toy his stamp of approval, the children are angry. However, in the end, the children realize what a bad toy it is and the children make amends. More...
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Scrooge Makes Up!
Cast: Flexible cast of 15 (about 5M, 6F plus 4 that can be either), extras as carolers
Set/Time: Area staging/About 45 minutes
Bitter Ebenezer runs Scrooge and Marley Cosmetics without the help of his business partner Marley, who had tragically died from a reaction to their new anti-aging cream. More...
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Snow Child
Adapted from a Russian folk tale
Cast: 2M, 6F, plus a narrator
Set/Time: Single unit set (exterior/interior)/About 1 hour
Once upon a time in faraway Russia, the villagers believed that every New Year the fairy Babushka would grant every worthy person their special wish for the holiday season. More...
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Tiny Tim's Christmas
A Sequel to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Cast: Flexible cast of 26 (roughly 11M, 15F), doubling possible
Set/Time: Simple area set /About 75 minutes
Here is a delightful continuation of a Christmas classic. More...
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Too Wrapped Up for Christmas
Cast: Very flexible cast of 25, plus 3 offstage voices
and any number of extras, doubling possible
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
A club tries to raise money for the homeless. Shoppers, though, are too wrapped up in the hustle and bustle. In the end, touching a magic roll of wrapping paper returns to all the spirit of Christmas. More...
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Toy School
Cast: Flexible cast of 13, optional extras
Set/Time: Simple unit set /About 45 minutes
Toys don't automatically know how to be the perfect plaything. They have to graduate from Toy School, receive their price tags to attain the privilege of being sold at toy stores. More...
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The Velveteen Rabbit (small cast)
Cast: 1M, 2F plus 2 that can be either (includes one child)
Set/Time: Single unit set (exterior/interior)/About 1 hour
The Velveteen Rabbit is the timeless tale of love and sacrifice as revealed through the story of a small stuffed rabbit given as a gift to a little boy. More...
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Cast: Flexible cast of 18 (about 6M, 5F plus 7 that can be either), extras
Set/Time: Interior set /About 1 hour
With a late-Victorian flavor, this adaptation creatively and beautifully renders for the stage the miraculous story of a stuffed animal made real by a child's love and a little magic. More...
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When Christmas Left Rattler Canyon
Cast: 7M, 6F plus extras
Set/Time: Simple set/About 45 minutes
It’s a sad day in Rattler Canyon when the mayor gambles away the town to Big Bad Ben, the meanest guy in the west. What’s worse is that Big Bad Ben hates Christmas, so he cancels it! More...
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While Shepherds Watched
Cast: Flexible cast of 10 (roughly 5M, 1F plus 4 that can be either)
Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes
A centurion's childhood memory comes to life. Outside Bethlehem, he finds himself about to play an unexpected role the night an angel announces the birth of the Christ child to the shepherds. More...
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Yours Truly, Jack Frost
Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (roughly 4M, 7F, can be all female), optional extras
Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes
Jack Frost, who decorates windowpanes during the Christmas season, has his office atop the Smiles Department Store. He runs things in an old-fashioned way. More...
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