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The Christmas Bus

  • Robert Inman
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Christmas/Holiday
  • 3M, 5F, 9M or F
  • ISBN: CD4

It's Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Frump, the director of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage, is planning what she believes will be the most special Christmas ever for her kids.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy, Christmas/Holiday
  • 65 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Young Audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Exterior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre
It's Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Frump, the director of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage, is planning what she believes will be the most special Christmas ever for her kids. She's borrowed an old bus and arranged for each child to spend Christmas with a family in the area. The only problem is, she hasn't told the Busybodies on the orphanage board of trustees, who believe Frump has gotten too old and soft to handle the rowdy kids at Peaceful Valley.

With the help of teenage Thomas, the oldest of the orphans and her trusty right-hand man, Frump sets off to deliver the kids -- pursued by the suspicious Sheriff Snodgrass and the Busybodies. Along the way, they pick up a passenger: a traveling troubadour who's been on the road trying his luck as a folksinger and is now returning home to his girlfriend (who may or may not be glad to see him).

It's an adventuresome ride, culminating in a Christmas even more special than Frump could have ever imagined. 

  • Casting: 3M, 5F, 9M or F
  • Casting Notes: May expand the number of children, but all must fit in the bus!

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Ites Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Frump, the director of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage, is planning what she believes will be the most special Christmas ever for her kids. Shees borrowed an old bus and arranged for each child to spend Christmas with a family in the area. The only problem is, she hasnet told the Busybodies on the orphanage board of trustees, who believe Frump has gotten too old and soft to handle the rowdy kids at Peaceful Valley. With the help of teenage Thomas, the oldest of the orphans and her trusty right-hand man, Frump sets off to deliver the kidsepursued by the suspicious Sheriff Snodgrass and the Busybodies. Along the way, they pick up a passenger: a traveling troubadour whoes been on the road trying his luck as a folksinger and is now returning home to his girlfriend (who may or may not be glad to see him). Ites an adventuresome ride, culminating in a Christmas even more special than Frump could have ever imagined. One int., one ext. set. Approximate running time: 65 minutes. Music in book.

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