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MAN WHO WANTED TO BE SANTA Comedy with heart By Pat Cook	SCROOGE, MARLEY & ME Comedy By Jane and Jim Jeffries

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	CANDLE IN THE WINDOW Holiday By L. Don Swartz 5 m, 4 w, 3 boys, 4 girls. Script: 63 pages A small group of weary travelers discover the power of the season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve. As a blizzard rages outside, the troubled people are forced to turn to each other for companionship. Trying to make them more comfortable is the old stationmaste more...

	LITTLE TOWN OF CHRISTMAS Holiday Comedy By Pat Cook Flexible cast of 15 to 50 Script: 68 pages Here's a comedy package of 12 yuletide sketches just perfect to give your audience for an evening's entertainment this Christmas! Everybody in the is friendly and funny and you'll meet them all, including Skeezix and Sylvester, an elf comedy team that is short in stature and lo more...

	CHRISTMAS COMES TO DETROIT LOU Adult Christmas By Bobby G. Wood 7 m, 7 w Script: 40 pages. In this rest home-clinic setting on Christmas Eve, a group of people are waiting to see the doctor. Among them are Detroit Louie, the hard-hearted pickpocket; Harry, his dumb, but loyal right-hand man; John and Cara, who have just brought their father to be committed permanently and the Old Man, who more...

	NICK OF TIME CHRISTMAS SHOW Comedy By Sam Havens Flexible cast of 10 to 34 Script: 52 pages Meet a theatre troupe whose Christmas spirit sparkles far more than their acting talent! In this two-act collection of comedy scenes, amateur thespians are preparing a Christmas Eve production at the community center, but nothing is working right. Meet Jordan, who demands fresh flowers in more...

	EXPOSÉ: HOLIDAY CELEBRITIES Comedy By Bryan Starchman 13 m, 11 w, 4 flexible, extras, much doubling possible Script: 40 pages Every month many look to their calendars and start counting down the days until the next holiday. But what about those who are working behind the scenes to make these holidays great? What about the everyday problems of Cupid, leprechauns, and the New Y more...

	YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A Holiday Play By Pat Cook 5 m, 4 w, 3 girls Script: 64 pages "Dear Editor, is there a Santa Claus?"- a question innocently asked by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon. Christmas was coming and all was right with the world ... until her friends mischievously fill her in on the "facts" about Old Saint Nick. Who could tell her the truth? Not her father, a docto more...

	DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL Drama Adapted by Joel A. Osborne Approx. 15 m, 15 w, much doubling possible Script: 32 pages Here's a delightful and easy-to-do version of Dickens' Christmas story, faithfully adapted for young people and their families. Originally written as a touring show, it is adaptable to any theatre or stage facility. All the beloved characters and sc more...

	GIFT OF THE MAGI Classic By Mindy Starns Clark 2 m, 2 w Script: 20 pages Perhaps the most perfect Christmas parable ever written is O. Henry's "The ." In this one-act play version is the timeless story of Della and Jim, a struggling young couple who seek to give the other the ideal Christmas gift. They barter their most valued possessions to purchase each other&# more...

SCROOGE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING	SCROOGE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING Comedy By Pat Cook 4 m, 2 w Script: 20 pages It's Christmas time. An old man sits in his sitting room eating his porridge. Just then Marley bursts in and begins to rattle his chains, scaring the man half to death. You all know the story or do you? "I have come to save you from a horrible fate, Ebenezer Scrooge!" Marley shrieks. "I'm more...

	CHRISTMAS CAROL - Sodaro/Keys Classic Musical Story adapted by Craig Sodaro. Music and lyrics by Scott Keys. Accompaniment by Bob Marshall. Flexible cast up to 42. Script: 49 pages. Here is a holiday treasure with a beautiful variety of music, from the cheery "A Fifteen Shilling Christmas," and "The Fezziwig Ball," to the dramatic "Link by Link," and "Make Each Day Count." There's als more...

	PS: MERRY CHRISTMAS Comedy By Pat Cook 3 m, 6 w, 1 flexible, 2 girls doubling possible Script: 60 pages Karen Brookshire loves writing Christmas letters. Not so her family - they'd much rather dive behind the couch. With a boy-crazy daughter, a smarty-pants son and a klutzy husband she has her hands full. So Karen has to write their Christmas letter by herself reca more...

	ALL I NEED FOR CHRISTMAS Adult Christmas By Annette Tringham 1 m, 3 w, 1 flexible, 1 boy, extras Script: 26 pages One interior setting. Goldie, Frank, and Myrna, three counselors at an emotional helpline, have devised a way to have Christmas Eve off this year. They have engaged Thomas Wellmore, a charming but self-centered Wall Street type, to man the phones. He willingly embraces the more...

	NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING Comedy By Pat Cook 4 m, 5 w Script: 68 pages Missing the Christmas spirit? Has the Yuletide you up in knots? Then subscribe to the Herald Tribune, where editor J.J. Garnes makes sure he uses the holiday to his own advantage, whether it be to expose the crooked mayor or sell a few more issues with just the right angle. And he thinks he finds that angl more...

	MR. HARTWELL’S CHRISTMAS Comedy By Bob Rinfret 1 m, 1 w, 3-4 flexible, 2 children, optional extras Script: 24 pages Howard Hartwell has been playing a department store Santa for many a Christmas. This year, however, the season has finally taken its toll on him, and he has found his holiday spirit in a bottle, much to the chagrin of the store's manager. Mr. Hartwell more...

	JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO Holiday Comedy By Terrie Todd 2 m, 3 w, 1 boy, 1 girl Script: 20 pages. Performance time: 30 minutes Split stage: Simple interiors of two living rooms (Special note: Play calls for a short amateur video.) Ted and Jane are hosting Ted’s mother and sister for Christmas. As they share memories of their childhood home (acted out live) it becomes clear that their more...

	COMMEDIA CHRISTMAS CAROL Commedia By Lane Riosley 4 m, 4 w Script: 75 pages. Full evening. In this faithful adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, a traveling troupe of commedia dell'Arte players re-create the Victorian world of “A Christmas Carol” on a bare stage. All of the many wonderful characters are portrayed by these 8 players with cleverness, skill, and comedy more...

	MAN WHO WANTED TO BE SANTA Comedy with heart By Pat Cook Cast: 5 m, 5 w, 1 girl Pages: 76 “Who IS that guy?” That’s what they’re asking each other at the local police station when Santa Claus shows up handing out gifts. This Santa seems to know them all so well…but they haven’t a clue who he is. It’s not like they haven’t seen people dressed for the holidays, especially since Earlene visit more...

	SCROOGED UP! Comedy By Dan Roberts 4 m, 6 w, 1 flexible, 1 child Script: 26 pages The Hillsdale Community Theater wants to produce "A Christmas Carol," but they don't have enough actors to play the extraordinarily large number of parts. So their undaunted director, being resourceful (if not totally realistic), has triple and quadruple-cast the roles. And sinc more...

	CHRISTMAS CAROL (Sodaro-play) Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro Flexible cast up to 42 Script: 40 pages. Here's an hour-long adaptation of the Charles Dickens' novel that's as practical as it is entertaining. While staying close to the original novel in dialogue, this version adds additional speaking roles. Along with the hard-hearted Scrooge, the Christmas Spirits, th more...

	PICTURE OF CHRISTMAS Holiday Play By Burton Bumgarner 8 m, 7 w, 1 boy, 1 girl, extras Script: 63 pages. Jack Thompson's kids are fighting non-stop this Christmas. Yet the season holds wonderful memories for Jack. He relates the story of his family's magical Christmas back in 1965 when life could not be worse. The stage comes alive with Jack, now 13, with his dad about more...

	LITTLE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Holiday Play By Pat Cook 4 m, 5 w, 2 girls Script: 55 pages J. D. Morse has been looking high and low for a special Christmas gift for his grandson. Finally, as a last resort, he wanders into Nick's Emporium, an old-fashioned store chock full of all sorts of gifts and knickknacks. He has a hard time explaining to Nick what he's looking for, but f more...

	CHRISTMAS CAROL: GHOST STORY Holiday Play by Stephen Keep Mills 4 m, 4 w, 4 children Script: 60 pages. One Christmas Eve, as carolers gather about a fire, a young boy who cannot sleep discovers a book on his desk. As he opens it, the portraits of his ancestors come alive to take him through the journey of its story. The book, of course, is "A Christmas Carol" and in his travels, the b more...

	TWELVE MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS Adult Christmas By Scott Icenhower Cast: 5 m, 5 w, extra children Script: 56 pages. Full evening. Ray awakens from a coma to learn that the country is celebrating Christmas every month, (Hanukkah every quarter), in order to stimulate the economy. “A Christmas Carol” is constantly playing at the local community theatre, Christmas lights blaze all night, and the more...

GREAT CHRISTMAS STRIKE	GREAT CHRISTMAS STRIKE Holiday Comedy By Robin Harrison 9 to 18 students Script: 15 pages The Christmas Stockings, Sugarplums, Snowflakes, Rudolph, and Santa Claus have decided they are tired of hearing "I want, I want." Children just never give them a break. They are going to strike. But when a serious accident occurs, everybody does a complete about-face, and once again the re more...

FIRST THANKSGIVING ACCORDING..	FIRST THANKSGIVING ACCORDING.. Holiday Comedy By Pat Cook 4 m, 6 w Script: 22 pages "Four score and seven years ago, Christopher Columbus drove his Plymouth on a rock." This is just one of the tidbits of American history according to Dwayne. When asked in class to explain how America celebrated its first Thanksgiving, he launches into the most lopsided account imaginable. Father and Moth more...

	CHRISTMAS CAFE Holiday By Burton Bumgarner Flexible cast (minimum 15 actors) Script: 42 pages "The Christmas Café" is set in a restaurant where Betty, the waitress and cook, serves customers from three different familiar holiday stories: "The Night Before Christmas" by Clemet Clarke Moore, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, and "The Nutcracker" by E.T.A. Hoffman. more...

	CHRISTMAS IN OZ Holiday Musical By Val Cheatham 9 characters plus carolers and Munchkins Script/Songbook: 48 pages The main characters of Oz are mixed with the mean Miss Gulch, who is about to foreclose on the farm. Knowing they need the help of the Wizard, they make the trip to Oz, only to find a sign - "Closed for Christmas." They decide to have and the Wicked Witch reap more...

MERRY CHRISTMAS MAYHEM	MERRY CHRISTMAS MAYHEM Comedy By Mindy Starns Clark 2 m, 3 w, 2 flexible parts Script: 28 pages It's the day of Eleanor's annual church Christmas dinner for the poor. She's brought along her new boyfriend, Leo, to meet her grown granddaughter, Jane, for the first time. Jane has also brought along her new boyfriend, Bobby, to meet her grandmother. Unfortunately more...

	DEAR SANTA Holiday Play By Rob Frankel Flexible cast, approx. 6 - 8 m, 6 - 8 w Script: 68 pages "" is composed of a number of short scenes that range from the hilarious to the touching. Many views of Santa are seen - from the point of view of the child who alphabetizes her Christmas list and sends it out in August as well as that of children at various stages of belie more...

	STRANGER FOR CHRISTMAS Comedy with heart By Carol Lynn Pearson. 2 m, 7 w, 3 boys, 2 girls, optional extras. Script 36 pages. About 45 minutes. Two ladies in a rest home are arguing. Florence, who has never had a real family Christmas, fantasizes that a family would come along and take her in for the holiday, but of course no family would put themselves out that way. Yes, they would, more...

	CHRISTMAS CAROL (Swartz-play) Classic Adapted by L. Don Swartz 11 m, 11 w, 2 flexible, 8 boys, 6 girls. Much doubling possible. Script: 54 pages. About 80 minutes. This faithful yet unique adaptation of the Charles Dickens' holiday story begins in "another world" where Tiny Tim appears. More than just an employee's crippled son, he is a symbol of Scrooge's own infirmi more...

	ONE HUNDRED ELVES Comedy By Dan Roberts 3 m, 5 w, 7 flexible. Script Pages: 28. About 45 minutes. Theatrical producer J.W. Allsworth is putting together a spectacular holiday production promising to use 100 authentic elves for the big finale. Phelps, the head elf at the North Pole, says he will have the exact number of singers and dancers at the first rehearsal. He’ll more...

WINGS OF CHRISTMAS (Dunnam)	WINGS OF CHRISTMAS (Dunnam) Drama By Glory Dunnam 7 m, 6 w, 1 boy, 2 girls, extras (Doubling possible.) Costumes: 1900. Unit set - one interior. About 2 hours. Critics called this play "An American Christmas Carol," with its Christmas card vignettes, Victorian costumes, intriguing world of characters, a touch of Americana, and a surprise ending that will make one's spir more...

	WHAT IN THE DICKENS HAPPENED.. Comedy By Jerry Cowling 6 m, 4 w (optional chorus for one carol) Script: 68 pages This Christmas the folks affected by Ebenezer Scrooge's miserly ways hatch a plan to get him intoxicated and act out his life before his miserly little eyes, and force him to become "the most generous soul in London." That night as Scrooge imbibes "exceptionally more...

	CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY Comedy Adapted by Burton Bumgarner from the story by William Dean Howells 8 m, 8 f, extras Script: 31 pages As Christmas day approaches, a young girl asks her father for a story. He spins a delightful tale about a little girl named Betsy who makes a wish to have of the year. Her wish comes true. At first it is all very exciting, with Santa's v more...

	LEGEND OF SANTA PIG Holiday Musical By Bill Springer 20 to 26 parts (doubling possible) Script: 48 pages In this hour-long musical, Fido, the P.C. ("Pet of Ceremonies") introduces the show. As the story unfolds, young Timmy and Beth MacDonald fall asleep with visions of sugar plums and farm animals singing and dancing in their heads. From the bossy cow to the gruff goat more...

	FOUR TO GO FOR CHRISTMAS Holiday Play By Eldridge Authors Flexible cast and performance time Script: 56 pages Here are four plays tailor-made for traveling with minimal props and scenery. In "The Christmas Caper" (9 parts), Santa is kidnapped by a little-known fairytale character who just wants to be popular. In "The Night of the New and Improved Christmas" (9 part more...

	KMAS RADIO, CHRISTMAS Holiday By Dave Tippett Lead roles for 7 m, 7 w, 1 boy and 2 girls. Also numerous supporting roles for adults and children. Script: 64 pages It's December, 1944. K-M-A-S Radio station manager Arthur Kensington hopes a special show will raise the ratings and advertising dollars, but his staff is in disarray. There's a dyslexic sound man, a poe more...

CHRISTMAS CAROL (Ghostlight)	CHRISTMAS CAROL (Ghostlight) Classic Adapted by L. Don Swartz Script: 71 pages. Full Evening. 17 m, 11 w, 7 b, 1 g, 2 teen boys, 2 teen girls, Flexible carolers, party guests and townspeople. This unique and faithful adaptation of the holiday classic takes a closer look at the character of Jacob Marley and the circumstances which lead him to his decision to save his unrepentant f more...

BACHELOR'S CHRISTMAS FAMIL	BACHELOR'S CHRISTMAS FAMIL Holiday By Sherry Roseberry 2 m, 8 w (doubling possible) 1 b, 1 g, and carolers Script: 17 pages This turn-of-the-century Christmas is going to be a white one for bachelor Robert Kelley: white because his white lie has caught up with him! His boss, who only hires family men, wants to meet Robert's wife and kids. Robert decides to rent a family but more...

CHRISTMAS CAROL W/APOLOGIES	CHRISTMAS CAROL W/APOLOGIES Holiday Play By W. Beau Christian Flexible cast Script: 13 pages Abigail Scrooge, the epitome of the school marm, doesn't care about Christmas or all the homework she's assigned over the holiday, UNTIL the ghost of Josephine Marley haunts her along with the spirits of assignments past, present and future. The play spoofs not only the original cla more...

	BUCKY SAVES CHRISTMAS Comedy By Kenny Blade 18 flexible characters Script pages: 40 The Breckenheimers are a colorful but loving family celebrating Christmas with a unique hillbilly flair all their own. As our story begins, we flashback to the day Poppa delivered some very exciting news to Mama, his parents and his children Bucky, Queazy, Myra Jean and Lindy. He has just more...

BE DECKIN' THE HALLS	BE DECKIN' THE HALLS Holiday Comedy By R.G. Orth 4 m, 6 w, extras A 45-minute comedy for teens. Accident-prone Arnold is so big and awkward that when accidents happen, they happen big. When Carol asks him over for Christmas Eve, her family is in a panic, not knowing whether their liability insurance will cover everything. His run-in with Miss Gertrude, the choir director, an more...

	BANG GOES CHRISTMAS Comedy By James Blakley 8 m, 7 w Script: 47 pages Mrs. Chase is expecting high society guests and has hired a "butlah" and a maid to keep up appearances. She also hires a Santa Claus for a clever surprise. But everything goes haywire. Rich Uncle Gregory arrives incognito and is given a very cold reception, the refreshments go wrong, and the prese more...

GREAT DAY IN STARFLAKE...	GREAT DAY IN STARFLAKE... Comedy By Mary Bufton 6 m, 6 w, extras Script: 16 pages Poor Santa is being tried in court for breaking and entering, unfair interstate trade practices, illegal parking, unfair wages, and flying with no flight plan. Witnesses are cross-examined by the attorneys and the jury takes very little time to reach a verdict. One act. #1169 - Great Day in more...

SON OF A...CAROL	SON OF A...CAROL Holiday Play By Frank V. Priore 2 m, 5 w, 3 flexible Script: 26 pages This time it's not Ebenezer Scrooge but his grandson, Engelbert, who is "bah humbugging." The fun begins when the first ghost, a lovely young lady, pops in, intent on showing the crotchety old executive a grand tour of Christmases past. Add to this merry melange another two ghosts, more...

	SOMETHIN' SPECIAL...CHRISTMAS Holiday Play By Pat Cook 4 m, 3 w Script: 55 pages Christmas in West Texas can be pretty drab, especially for three ranch hands who usually just decorate a cactus with painted barbed wire. However, when it looks as if their boss' ranch may be bought out from under them, Smitty, Bubba and Eddie decide they better come up with something and fast! Sara more...

CHRISTMAS LOTTERY	CHRISTMAS LOTTERY Christmas Scenes By Dave Brandl, Charles and Donna Ault 4 m, 3 w 3 girls, doubling possible. Multiple simple sets. Number of script pages: 52. Performance time: About 75 minutes. Three related one-acts are woven together with scenes in a radio booth. George and Mary Williams are $14-million lottery winners. They host "Radio Riches," a local broadcast, more...

	NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING Classic Adapted by Joe Cosentino Music and Lyrics by Susan Mondzak 7M 7F + ensemble. Some doubling possible. One Unit Set. Script pages: 54. About an hour. This much loved tale is mostly known as a ballet. However, it began as a classic story of literature by a German author, E.T.A. Hoffmann. The story involves an eccentric inventor whose nephew more...

	MISSING CHOIR OF SODA SPRINGS Holiday Play By Margo Haas 20 parts (Can adjust from 15 to 30) Script: 47 pages The Soda Springs Junior High School choir has almost completed their holiday singing tour when their bus breaks down in a snowstorm on the back roads of Idaho a few days before Christmas. The students and the injured teacher find refuge in a closed-up lodge where the conflict is more...

	CHRISTMAS WITH A TWIST Comedy By Carl L. Williams Script: 23 pages Three 10-minute holiday plays Too much sugar this Christmas season? This trio of 10-minute plays provides the perfect antidote, a fun and funny twist to the holiday season. In "Another Turn of the Scrooge," (3 m) the old curmudgeon we all know and love pays the price for his first good deed as his life takes more...

CHRISTMAS IN NAZARETH COUNTY	CHRISTMAS IN NAZARETH COUNTY Comedy With Heart By Ronald and Pamela Moss Approx. 11 m, 9 w, and extra children. Script: 26 pages This is one Christmas Eve you'll want to spend out of town - with the friendly folks of Nazareth, Texas. Modern day scenes with the flavor and poignancy of "Steel Magnolias" bring the Christmas story to life. From the Chic 'N Sassy beauty shop where Rho more...

CHRISTMAS IN HER HEART	CHRISTMAS IN HER HEART Comedy By Walt Vail 3 m, 6 w Script: 58 pages Geraldine Pointer is a selfish woman whose materialism alienated both her husband and daughter. But years have passed, and something strange is happening to Geraldine. Although she never gives anything to anybody, her neighbors and friends are turning up with gifts and cards attributed to Geraldine, and in more...

MAGI	MAGI Classic Adapted by Susan Barsky Lustig From O.Henry's short story “The Gift of the ” 2 m, 3w Script: 14 pages. About 20 minutes. Time has passed. Della and Jim, the young couple from O. Henry's short story, are now elderly. At their yearly Christmas Eve visit to a simple coffee shop, they encounter a melancholy woman. Touched by her sadness, more...

DIVIDING TREE	DIVIDING TREE Adult Christmas By Mark Ogle 2 m, 2 w, 1 teen girl, 1 teen boy, 1 girl. One Interior/Exterior. About 2 hours. Script: 64 pages. A unique and relevant holiday drama that tells the story of a newly formed, mixed-religion family and the sometimes humorous, sometimes tense conflicts that arise during the Christmas/Hanukkah season. Sam, a Christian, and Mic more...

	SCROOGE'S CHRISTMAS Holiday Musical By Paynter and Grant-Schaefer Flexible cast Script/Songbook: 60 pages This 45-minute operetta, with over 15 sparkling songs, is the perfect choice for a combined grades presentation. Based on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," the parts of Scrooge, Fred, Bob, Jacob Marley's Ghost, Mrs. Cratchit and 2 Gentlemen can be played by older studen more...

COAL CAMP MADONNA	COAL CAMP MADONNA Drama By Daniel S. Kehde 4 m, 5 w, extras Script: 64 pages It's winter in a poor coal mining town in the early 1900s. When a foundling baby girl appears on the doorsteps of the company store, Annie, the possessive wife of the proprietor, takes a shine to her. But Arly, who works at the store and makes Christmas presents for all the kids in town, more...

MERRY OLDE CHRISTMAS	MERRY OLDE CHRISTMAS Drama With Humor By Bruce Kunkle, Ruth Nagy and Susie Kunkle 5 m, 6 w, 6 boys, 4 girls Script: 74 pages Emily Ainsley, an idealistic young lady, is trying to provide a home to young orphans, and that's not an easy task in London in 1867. She rents space from a greedy businessman, Aloysius Penningham, but gets behind in the payments. He proposes marriage to more...

	GRANDPA'S HOLLY-JOLLY CHRISTMA Adult Christmas By Don Elser. 4 m, 7 w, extras Script: 68 pages Ever since tragedy befell Grandpa Howard on Christmas Eve 25 years earlier, he makes life miserable for everyone including himself. He won't let Mrs. Howard borrow his car for a fund-raising drive and won't listen to a plea from Mr. Howard and daughter Susan to borrow money for a very im more...

UPSIDE-DOWN CHRISTMAS	UPSIDE-DOWN CHRISTMAS Holiday By Andy Gregg. 3 m, 4 w. Script: 28 pages. Performance time: 30 minutes. Janie wants a real old-fashioned Christmas, one that brings back the spirit of the old days, but her boyfriend is too busy working at the mission to help her. As hard as she tries, everything goes wrong - the popcorn balls are too sticky, the homemade candles colla more...

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT PRESENT	CHRISTMAS PAGEANT PRESENT Holiday Play By Burton Bumgarner 5 m, 9 w, 2 boys, 1 girl, extras Script: 50 pages It's frantic in the Albert home. Mom is trying to direct a Christmas pageant that no one wants to be in. Dad, an obstetrician, is hoping he doesn't have to deliver any babies the night of the pageant so that he can attend. David, 12, is trying to avoid Victoria Mon more...

	O, CHRISTMAS TREE! Holiday Play By Craig Sodaro 4 m, 10 w, 1 flexible Script: 63 pages It's 1841 and Christmas at Moor Manor doesn't promise to be a happy one. The two daughters of the late Lord Fairchild deeply mourn their father's death. Lady Fairchild has invited her old pupil, now Queen Victoria, and her new husband Prince Albert, for Christmas hoping their pr more...

	SCROOGE, MARLEY & ME Comedy By Jane and Jim Jeffries 7 m, 7 w, 3 flexible, extras Some doubling possible Script: 36 pages. In this lightly-interactive dinner theatre play, King Scrydan is so cheap that he can’t even pay attention. And if he did, he would know that everyone calls him Scrooge behind his back. Coming from beyond Jamaica, his dearly-departed brother Marley more...

	CRICKET ON THE HEARTH Drama Adapted by Craig Sodaro from the story by Charles Dickens 14 m, 13 w, much doubling possible Script: 59 pages It's the 1880s and Dot Dallrimple and her friend May Fielding are Christmas shopping. A miserly store owner, Mr. Tackleton, has eyes for May and has her fiance Edward kidnapped and sent off to sea, never to return to England. Ten more...

	COMFORT FALLS CHRISTMAS Holiday By Dave Tippett 15 m, 6 w, extras Script: 56 pages This dramatic comedy tells the story of a Christmas in 1938 in the small town of Comfort Falls: population 603. The cream of society is getting ready for their out-of-doors holiday extravaganza at the town bandstand until they find out that the local church is planning a "competing" program, the more...

MRS. PECK'S CHRISTMAS PUDDIN'	MRS. PECK'S CHRISTMAS PUDDIN' Classic By Sylvia Ashby 4 m, 4 w, 3 boys, 2 girls Several simple interiors or a unit setting. About 40 minutes. Freely adapted from Eliza Lee Follen's 19th century American play. Poor Widow Peck struggles to raise her youthful brood. Though out of money, food and places to turn for help, she is determined to have a Christmas pudding. As every more...

	CHRISTMAS CAROL -Davis/Murdock Holiday Musical Adapted by Pat Davis Music by Dean Murdock Script: 56 pages. Performance time: 2 hours. Large, flexible cast. Much doubling possible. (Approx. 9 m, 8 w, 10 flexible, 11 children, chorus and extras) A tremendous and faithful adaptation of the Dickens classic. A must for any theatre season! The entire story is there with Ghost of Marley, Tiny T more...

CHRISTMAS MEMORY	CHRISTMAS MEMORY Christmas Musical - Adult Compiled and edited by Jason Anderson Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry 4 m, 5 w, 1 teen boy, 1 teen girl, 1 boy, 6 girls Performance time about 1 hour. It is Christmas time. The Rasmussen family is gathering at Grandma's country home for the holidays. Everyone will be there - except Grandpa, who died recently. All are concerned for G more...

LISTEN TO THE SNOW	LISTEN TO THE SNOW Drama By Max C. Golightly 1 m, 2 w One composite interior. Script: 33 pages. About 40 minutes. This play deals with the heartache and the trauma of being old, being alone in the world and forgotten. Mrs. Delmonico, a former actress, lives in a tenement building in New York. She exists mostly in her imagination and takes her torment out on her ne more...

WHEN ERNEST BELIEVED IN SANTA	WHEN ERNEST BELIEVED IN SANTA Holiday Comedy By Jack Burchett 5 m, 6 w, 2 extras. Performance time: About 45 minutes. Script: 38 pages. Crazy, colorful Buster and Martha Smith, an elderly couple, are awaiting the arrival of their children and grandchildren for a traditional Christmas homecoming. They reminisce, in flashback, about the Christmas of 1955 when their youngest son, Ernest, more...