Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Christmas/Holiday, Present Day
- 12M, 15F
- ISBN: 9780573617454
An American classic.
McCall's Magazine
One of the best Christmas stories ever-- and certainly one of the funniest.
The Seattle Times
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy, Christmas/Holiday
- 60 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, Shoestring Budget, Church / Religious Groups
You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine.
REVIEWS:
An American classic.
McCall's Magazine
One of the best Christmas stories ever - and certainly one of the funniest.
The Seattle Times
Characters
- Casting: 12M, 15F
- Casting Attributes: Flexible casting, Expandable casting, Features Children, Roles for Children
- Chorus Size: Large
FATHER (Bob Bradley) - solid family man, 35-38
MOTHER (Grace Bradley) - trim, attractive, 15ish
BETH BRADLEY - the narrator, strong voice and presence, 10-11
CHARLIE BRADLEY - traditional kid brother, 8-9
RALPH HERMAN - ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool, 12-13
IMOGENE HERDMAN - loud, bossy, crafty, 11-12
LEROY HERDMAN - tough, sure of himself, 10-11
CLAUDE HERDMAN - tough, combative, 9-10
OLLIE HERMAN - looking for trouble, Claude's usual partner in crime, 8-9
GLADYS HERDMAN - small, wiry, fiesty, 7-8
ALICE WENDLEKEN - prim, proper, pain in the neck, 10-11
MRS. ARMSTRONG - largish woman, managerial in voice and manner, 50ish
MRS. SLOCUM - pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60
MRS. CLARK - 35-60
MRS. CLAUSING - 35-60
MRS. MCCARTHY - a younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong, middle 40s
MAXINE - 10-11
ELMER HOPKINS - 12-13
HOBIE - 9-10
DAVID - 8-9
BEVERLY - 7-8
FIREMAN - 25-30
FIREMAN - 25-30
SHIRLEY - 5-6
JUANITA - 5-6
DORIS - 9-10
REVEREND HOPKINS - middle to late 40s
Extra angel choir member, baby angels, shepherds
Available Material
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Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Script
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In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine. |
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