MATTIAS: Playing parts; Shepard 2 and Crowd Person
ANNA: Playing parts; Wiseman 2
and Crowd Person
ELLA: Playing parts; Wiseman 1 and
Soldier 2
GAVIN: Playing Parts; Caesar Augustus,
King Harod, Shepherd 1, Older Jesus and Innkeeper
HAAKON: Playing Parts; Wiseman 3, Soldier 1 and "God" + (Backstage manager)
OVIDIA: Playing Part; Mary and Crowds person!
TORSTEN: Playing Parts; Gabriel, Joseph, Crowds Man and Narrator
Work on memoriseing your lines, it is better to be on stage without line sheets!
Try finding costums for your parts. Remember, this is 2000 years ago!
If we need these extra actors they will be animals and not talk
Do not tell or remind them, I'm just having a "plan B"!
This is only help for your lines in the play, we will work on the scenes and the songs together, as soon as we are together.
NARRATOR- As we begin this story, we begin in the city of Nazareth, at Young Mary's home.
(Mary Hums quietly to herself. Gabriel appears.)
MARY- Wow, who are you? (In a startled voice.)
GABRIEL- Mary. Do not be afraid. For God has found favor with you. You are to have a son and to call him Jesus.
MARY- But,I'm not even married. How am I supposed to have a child?
GABRIEL- God will be with you.
MARY- What? (Very Puzzled)
(Gabriel disappears. Mary is left in the room stunned. That night, a star appears in the sky.)
"Mary Did You Know"
NARRATOR- That same night, some Wisemen had been unpacking to camp for the night, in a land far away, when the star appeared in the sky.
WISEMAN 1- Awesome!
WISEMAN 2- Cool!
WISEMAN 3- Strange?
WISEMAN 1- Should we follow it?
WISEMAN 2- I don't know.
WISEMAN 3- Yes, we'll follow it tomorrow.
NARRATOR- We are in the palace of Caesar Augustus for his new decree.
AUGUSTUS- Soldier.
SOLDIER 1- Yes, Caesar.
AUGUSTUS- I want you to send out this decree.
SOLDIER 1- Everyone is to go to the town they are from. For a people counting?
AUGUSTUS- Now!
NARRATOR- The Wiseman are packing up to follow the star.
WISEMAN 3- I'm packed, but I need to get water.
WISEMAN 1- I'm almost ready.
WISEMAN 2- I'm ready.
WISEMAN 3- I just got water, I'm ready.
WISEMAN 1- Let' s go then!.
WISEMAN 3- Ya!
NARRATOR- In Nazareth 2 soldiers walk in with the new decree. Joseph is shopping, while Mary is on the street watching.
(Joseph comes out of the shop)
JOSEPH- Mary! Mary! Mary, where are you?!
MARY- I'm here! Come and listen.
SOLDIER 1- This is a decree from Caesar Augustus. Everyone is to go to the town they are from, for Caesar wants to have a counting of the people in his kingdom.
(Crowd moves on)
MARY- We're going to Betlehem. Correct.
JOSEPH- Yes. Correct.
NARRATOR- Mary and Joseph are at their home getting ready to go to Bethlehem, where Joseph was from.
MARY- I'm ready.
JOSEPH- Ready? Me to.
MARY- Good!
JOSEPH- Let's get on the road.
MARY- OK. Let's do it.
(They set off on the long journey to Bethlehem.)
NARRATOR- The Wiseman ask where the king is, because the scriptures say, that there is going to be a new king.
WISEMAN 3- Where's the king? Do you know?
CROWDMAN- Yes, he's at the palace 5 mi west.
WISEMAN 1- Thank you!
WISEMAN 3- In the right direction to! West.
"We Three Kings"(verse 1)
NARRATOR- Wisemen enter the palace with their gifts.
HEROD- What do you want?
WISEMAN 3- We are here to congratulate the new king.
HEROD- New King? I'm the king, you're looking at him now.
WISEMAN 3- The scripture says that there will be a new king. He is to be born in Bethlehem.
HEROD- Oh, Bethlehem's 70 miles West.
WISEMAN 3- OK, thank you!
HEROD- Yes, of course. Oh, and 1 more thing. When you find the baby, come and tell me, I want to worship him with a gift, ha, ha, ha, ha.
NARRATOR- Mary and Joseph are arriving in Bethlehem, but Mary is about to have the baby.
MARY- The baby is about to come out!
JOSEPH- OK, we'll find somewhere rest.
MARY- Thank goodness.
NARRATOR- Mary and Joseph are trying to find a room for the night, but everything is full.
MARY- Joseph, we're running out of time.
"Breath of Heaven"
JOSEPH- Please! We have been traveling for days. Please! Can you see that she is very pregnant?
INNKEEPER- I'm sorry, but I'm full. Everyone is here for the counting. It's crazy.
JOSEPH- Please! What if we pay double the amount.
INNKEEPER- I'm just full, but there is a stable over there a little away from the city. I can show you.
JOSEPH- Of course. Thank you!
MARY- Hallelujah.
NARRATOR- The star has been shining in the sky, but now it starts to shine more brightly than ever.
(Shepherds are in the field when Gabriel appears)
SHEPHARD 1- Wow!
SHEPHARD 2- Cool!
GABRIEL- Do not be afraid. For I bring you good tidings of great joy. Today in the town of David, a savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you. You will find the baby wrapped in cloth and lying in a manger.
(Gabriel) "Angels we have Heard on high"
NARRATOR- Mary sees the light and they go towards it.
MARY- Follow the light it might be a sign from God.
JOSEPH- Here. In here, look it is a manger?
MARY- Joseph, it's fine. I can't wait any longer. He's coming.
JOSEPH- No, it's a manger. No, we need real bedding, and... OK.
MARY- It will be fine.
"The First Noel"(Unsung) (Verse 1)
NARRATOR- Shepherds run, leaving their flock. Wiseman go to it, and the sheep follow slowly behind.
JOSEPH- I'm sorry is this your stable.
WISEMAN 3- No.
SHEPARD 1- Not mine.
WISEMAN 3- Is that your baby?
MARY- Yes. His name is Jesus.
WISEMAN 1- Oh. Sweet.
WISEMAN 2- I love him.
WISEMAN 3- Oh, almost forgot. We have traveled long ways to give gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh to the new king.
MARY- Thank you! Thanks, all of you!
"Silent Night"(Unsung unless knowing words)
NARRATOR- When the Wiseman leave, God tells them not to go by Herod, so Herod is angry.
HEROD- The Wiseman still have not returned. You are to kill every boy under two years old in Bethlehem.
SOLDIER 1- Yes sir, I will do as you order.
NARRATOR- One night God comes to Joseph, when Jesus is about 1 or 2 years old.
(Joseph and Mary sleep 2 years later in a sleeping.)
GOD- Joseph you must go to Egypt. King Herod is mad and wants to kill baby Jesus.
(Joseph wakes up)
JOSEPH- Mary, Mary, Mary wake up! Mary, God told me we must go to Egypt. King Herod wants to kill Jesus!
MARY- OK, but I still don't think we have to.
MARY- Okey, now I see them. We need to move, let's go!
NARRATOR- The soldiers are killing many babies, and there are screams from the whole city.
JOSEPH- We can't be seen.
(They run from the city without being seen.)
(ANNA runs with sign "7 years later" across stage and back.)
GOD- Joseph, Herod has died, you may go back to Nazareth.
JOSEPH- Thank you!
MARY- Finally back to Nazareth.
JOSEPH- Are you ready Jesus?
OLDER JESUS- Yes.
MARY- Then let's go.