Christmas Musicals for Church
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5 The setting is a typical children's Sunday school room. A few long tables can be set up on either side of the stage with chairs behind the tables (facing the audience/congregation) – aka Sitcom Seating. On the tables can be standard Sunday school supplies and materials – boxes of crayons, glue sticks, construction paper, cardboard tubes, a few Bibles, etc. The walls/backdrop can feature posters depicting Bible stories – The Creation, Noah, Jesus Calming the Storm, etc. There can also be a few Bible verses written in large letters scattered here and there. God saw all that God had made, and indeed it was very good. Genesis 1:31 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another God lives in us. 1 John 4:12a If you have a CHORUS in addition to the speaking roles, this group of children can stand/sit on choral risers upstage. Remember: while the basic set needs to depict a children's Sunday school room, there should still be lots of open space on stage, especially center stage. In other words, less is probably more. Since the setting is a typical Sunday school room, the costumes will not be elaborate. I recommend very basic attire – black/dark pants and solid color shirts. If there are enough children for a CHORUS in addition to the speaking roles and solos, have those in the CHORUS wear the same color shirt. AND make sure the colors worn by the other cast members are different than the CHORUS shirt color. Additionally, many of the characters can have a prop or costume item to help differentiate them from the other characters. ENVIRONMENTALIST – can wear green, lots of green. Perhaps a "Save the Manatees" t-shirt or something similar ARTSY and CRAFTSY – can wear sparkly (bedazzled!) attire MUCK 1 and MUCK 2 – can wear baseball caps, backward or sideways so as not to shade their faces DRUMMER – can wear a t-shirt of a favorite rock band POET – can carry a pen and a writing journal YOU KNOW – the big, black-rimmed glasses seem a bit cliché, but then again… DANCER – can wear any kind of dance attire SLEEPY – can carry around a pillow or blanket WOW – can wear a bright colored shirt, yellow or orange, or something with a big star LITERALIST – can carry a Bible, or wear a shirt with a big "?" on it CATALYST – can carry a clipboard Set Costumes and Props CGC63 For Preview Only