Synopsis: A tax collector speaks to Zacchaeus about his encounter with Jesus.
Keywords: Tax Collector, new beginning, Zacheus, Zacchaeus
Synopsis: Youth will act out and photograph "freeze frames" of the important parts of the Christmas story.
Keywords: Christmas
Synopsis: A centurion tells his tale at the crucifixion of Christ.
Keywords: Easter, Crucifixion, Roman Centurion, Good Friday
Synopsis: Youth will react to one another as victims of various disasters
Keywords: Tragedy, Difficulties, Responding to others, Empathy, Care, Trials
Synopsis: An excellent article on using drama in the church by Becky Fox
Keywords: drama, performance, church, theatre
Synopsis: Play a game of charades using key Easter events.
Keywords: Easter, Resurrection
Synopsis: Youth create key scenes from the Easter story in feeze frames.
Keywords: Easter, Freeze Frames, Drama, Crucifixion, resurrection
Synopsis: This like normal charades, but the items to be pantomimed are different emotions.
Keywords: emotions, feelings, icebreaker, crowdbreaker, showing love, positive and negative emotions
Synopsis: What fills your heart?
Keywords: Devotions, Desires, Passions
Synopsis: What would happen if we could hear the thoughts of others?
Keywords: pride, spiritual maturity, stereotypes
Synopsis: Ever had done of those days when it seemed you couldn't win no matter what you tried? This skit is loads of fun and only one person has to remember any lines -- and those lines are simple and repeated again and again.
Keywords: circumstances, luck, fate, difficulties, struggle, bad fortune
Synopsis: The story of Christ's Crucifixion as told by the cross on which he hung and died.
Keywords: Easter, Good Friday, crucifixion, cross. sacrifice, atonement
Synopsis: Ever wonder why Zacchaeus was keen to see Jesus? This creative fictional letter illustrates some of the ideas that might have been running through his mind at the time.
Keywords: Zacchaeus, Zacheus, seeking Jesus
Synopsis: An interesting look at the Lord's prayer
Keywords: Lord's prayer, drama, skit
Synopsis: Easter Drama script based on Matthew 28:4: "The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men" (NIV)
Keywords: Easter Drama, resurrection, Roman Guards, tomb
Synopsis: A drama monologue which tells of a young shepherd who looks for the King announced to him by angels, and finds only a tiny baby in a dirty barn. The Christmas story through the uneducated but “opened” eyes of a shepherd boy.
Keywords: Christmas Drama, Christmas Monologue, Shepherd, Jesus' birth, wisemen
Synopsis: Use this game to introduce the importance of setting a good example for others to follow
Keywords: Discipleship, Following Jesus, Setting a Good Example
Synopsis: Parables are powerful presentations of Biblical Truths for the ordinary person.
Keywords: Parables, Truths, Lessons, Stories
Synopsis: Resources for drama skits and puppets
Keywords: puppets, drama, skits, children
Synopsis: What does it mean to carry your cross?
Keywords: discipleship, carry your cross, following Jesus
Synopsis: Monologue about the builder of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. (Courtesy of www.DramaShare.org)
Keywords: Crucifixtion, cross, Easter, remorse
Synopsis: Motions for the Lord's Prayer
Keywords: Drama, Prayer
Synopsis: Act out the Easter story with your youth.
Keywords: Easter, Resurrection, Crucifixion
Synopsis: Skit of the disciples after the resurrection
Keywords: Easter, Skit, Drama