The Christmas Rewind

Sunday 16 December 2007

Drama summary: A fast paced, lighthearted retelling of the Christmas story. The drama was written for 5 actors who played a total of 18 different parts. We used 11 actors to play the 18 different parts and we used 2 for the narrator.

The drama begins with a crotchety old Zechariah "I'm decomposing over here" being told by an angel "nobody ever listens to me!" that Elizabeth "Throw in a massuese and I'd be in heaven" is going to have a baby. It then moves on to Mary "Did you see King Herod on Cribs last night?" telling Joseph "Hold on babe, I'm watching the game." that she was with child and what the angel "Told ya he wouldn't believe her!" had told her.

An egotistical Ceasar "This crown doesn't make me look fat?" in an effort to satisfy his counting craving decides, with the help of his servants "You're looking splendid sire." to hold a census. This forces Joseph and Mary to travel to Bethlehem where Joseph has a hard time finding lodging. Not having a reservation makes it impossible to get a room at the Hyatt "nanny nanny boo boo" or the Magic 8 "where kids eat free every other Wednesday". But a mush mouthed "redneck" decides to "get her done!!" and provides him with a place to stay in the manger.

Meanwhile three wiseguys discover the star "Are you mockin' my star?", decide to pay the new king a visit and bring gifts "maybe a nice cheese platter". On their way they run into Herod who wants to kill, I mean "'worship' him too". The wiseguys suspicious of Herod decide to take another way home "You want I should take the Northwest Tollway?".

And to make a long story short...Too Late! The angel tells the shepherds "Cha!" that the Savior has been born in Bethlehem. "AWSEOME!!!" and they leave their flocks to join the others and go and see this baby.

Our narrators "Look, who's the narrator here?" guide us through this story to help us see that time and again, "God was there" and that "God had come to be...with us...at last."

Cast:
Jill Tyler - Narrator
Britney Smith - Narrator
Dave Breuer - Zach, Bubba at Bubba's Moto Lodge
Shane Miller - Angel, Ceasar
Candy Muhme - Elizabeth, Wiseguy
Ashlyn Havens - Mary
Dan Wort - Joseph, Herod
Erika Levine - Servant, Shepherd
Amy Lein - Servant, Tiffany at Magic 8
Nina Welding - Prim and prosh receptionist at Hyatt Regency, Wiseguy
Mandy Fox - Wiseguy, Shepherd

Credits:
Director - Jeanne Fox
Assistant Director - Harold Rodgers
Author – Aaron Reynolds (http://childrensministryandculture.wordpress.com)