Christian School and Home School Drama Groups

Looking for something extra special for this fall or next spring?
Take a look at PEOPLE LIKE US: EDEN AND BEYOND.

Christian Schools and Home School Drama Groups will find this intriguing drama production offers great flexibility in casting and staging as it can be performed by groups of different sizes, depending on whether actors play more than one character.

With three different endings, it can be performed for Lent, Easter, or general use. Length varies from 45-60 minutes, depending on which option is used and whether musical selections are included.

The production features fourteen engaging drama duos of key Bible characters. Pathos, irony, and humor pepper the dialogues between characters who experience temptation, doubt, deceit, jealousy, and forgiveness. Their surprises and conflicts remind us they really were People Like Us.

Two narrators provide continuity between the sketches to highlight the purpose of creation, the impact of sin, and the incredible story of redemption.

Additional benefits: Individual sketches can be studied for literary devices or used for speech classes or language arts festivals. They can also create new ways of studying Bible passages based on the characters.

CHRISTMAS Supersedes COVID

Christmas tree with covid ornamentCHRISTMAS supersedes COVID! Conditions were also messy when Christ entered our world as a helpless baby. His birth shattered stereotypes and unnerved religious and political powers. From the beginning, they were out to get rid of this Universe-Creator, History-Maker, and Eternity-Re-shaper who was born in a manger. 

Yet, Jesus Christ overcame all their plots to undermine and do away with him. Instead, He defeated death and offers eternal life to all who believe. 

Christmas points to redemption and hope. Both are desperately needed today. How about sharing one or more of these easy-to-socially-distance monologues or two-voice dramas that point COVID-discouraged people to the Hope-Giver for whom Christmas is named?

Hope Beyond Covid

Fall FoliageCOVID-19, a tiny, unseen microbe, ambushed us in 2020. Suddenly, masks, social distancing, and sheltering in place became mandated norms. As we seek ways to cope with and overcome this worldwide pandemic, AlphaStar Drama offers easily produced monologues and two-voice sketches as well as a brand new haiku trilogy of hope.

Until November 21, 2020, scripts are half-price if you use the code FALL50 at checkout.

Perform them live, live stream them on YouTube, or share them on Zoom to shine God’s light and hope in a refreshing and re-connecting way. Enjoy!

HOPE BEYOND COVID–HAIKU TRILOGY

Worldwide pandemic–
Swift transmission. Unknown cure. 
Fear-fractured future.

Life as we knew it–
Gone. Changed. Troubled times ahead.
Where can we find hope? 

As darkness deepens,
We find refuge in Jesus–
God’s bright Morning Star.

© Patricia Souder, 2020

Children and Christmas

Christmas DressIs there anything that excites children more than Christmas? Six-year-old Charlotte transported me back to my own childhood by dancing into church decked out in a fancy red and green Christmas dress the first Sunday in November.

Wonder of wonders, God jump started this love affair between children and Christmas by sending His promised Redeemer as a baby. Yet, sadly, many children–and adults–in our modern world know little about the real meaning of Christmas.  

AlphaStarDrama offers Christmas drama sketches to help hurting people meet the living God. We challenge you to think of creative ways to use them to reach the people in your community with Light for Life this Christmas.

“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”
― Charles DickensA Christmas Carol

Gabriel’s Strange Missions to Earthlings

Conversations with Gabriella is one of my favorite scripts! Why? Gabriella. She’s a delightful,
but somewhat daft young angel, who is distressed by Gabriel’s strange missions to Earthlings.
Why should the great Gabriel leave Heaven to deliver messages to Zechariah, Mary, Joseph, and
a few shepherds?Christmas Angel

You may know the story, but Gabriella sure didn’t. And neither do many of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Why not plan a Christmas tea, holiday luncheon, or dinner drama that shares God’s incredible plan of redemption in a fun setting?

Conversations with Gabriella features four five-minute sections separated by music. It can be performed as readers theater or staged with scenery, costumes, props, and flair. The musical selections between sections give a sense of time passing and enhance the performance.

Conversations with Gabriella is FREE from now until October 16. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to plan a special Christmas outreach in your community? You’ll find great joy in sharing the true meaning of Christmas.