Christmas ~ One-Act ~ Immersive ~ Beginner-Friendly
Synopsis
Come explore Bethlehem – with your fellow sheep!
This immersive play allows the audience to walk through the Christmas story with a guide – their shepherd! A cranky shepherd and her son accompany the audience around Bethlehem, not realizing their lives are about to change forever. Opportunities are included for audience to sing Christmas carols.
Run-time varies depending on space and size of audience; roughly 30 minutes.
Characters
Flexible cast size. Most roles are gender-neutral unless marked.
- SHEPHERD — A crabby shepherd. This role is one of the two major roles in the play and requires some improv skills.
- JACOB (M) — The shepherd’s unassuming, kindly son who dotes on the sheep. This role is one of the two major roles in the play and requires some improv skills.
- MARY (F)
- JOSEPH (M)
- ENSEMBLE — flexible size, portraying townspeople, angels, Magi, and several others.
