Nativity (Hoverman)
- Short Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2M, 2F
- ISBN: SFNY-5769
Two strangers (one dressed as Mary, the other as Joseph for separate upcoming holiday pageants) meet in the waiting room of the Bethlehem, PA Fertility Clinic one Christmas Morning...
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups, Senior Theatre
Two strangers (one dressed as Mary, the other as Joseph for separate upcoming holiday pageants) meet in the waiting room of the Bethlehem, PA Fertility Clinic one Christmas Morning...
Published in Christmas Shorts, a collection of five holiday plays by the author that can be performed individually or together as a complete evening of theatre for a cast of 4-13 performers.
Published in Christmas Shorts, a collection of five holiday plays by the author that can be performed individually or together as a complete evening of theatre for a cast of 4-13 performers.
Amusing, poignant Christmas Shorts is a simple, gentle surprise... The script is loaded with low-key, sweet humor.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Premiere Production:
Christmas Shorts: 5 Merry Little Comedies was first produced by Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, artistic director) at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theatre in December, 2008 as an Angels in Progress workshop. It was directed by Suzanne Agins.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Ensemble cast, Color blind casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
BOB - 30s, a simple man dressed as Joseph for an Xmas holiday pageant
JOAN - 30s, a neurotic but large-hearted woman dressed as Mary for an Xmas holiday pageant
JIM - 30s, Joan's ex-boyfriend; a jerk
JULIET - 30s, Jim's new girlfriend; a dim bulb