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Easter Plays

Powerful, Christ-centered Easter scripts that portray the cross, the resurrection, and their impact on real lives in ways audiences will never forget.

Jesus Is Here

Category: Easter Plays

Experience the power of Jesus in a whole new way with "Jesus is Here," a captivating Christian stageplay that examines the incredible impact that Jesus has when He shows up on the...

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The Fourth Cross

Category: Easter Plays

There were three crosses on the hill of Calvary. Jesus was crucified in the middle, with two thieves on either side. This play will remind us of a fourth cross not visible to the h...

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What Easter Means To Me

Category: Easter Plays

This is a series of monologues seeking to answer the question, “What Does Easter Mean to Me?” Every response is different, but is there a common purpose and reason among these diff...

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The Day Jesus Was Crucified

Category: Easter Plays

This is a collection of Six (6) Monologues that look at the thoughts and emotions of some of the characters involved in or were witnesses to the crucifixion of Christ. Included are...

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Amazing Love

Category: Easter Plays

Mary Walters is a young single Christian woman caught up in an adulterous affair with a married man. She is experiencing high levels of guilt and condemnation. Like so many of us,...

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The Flight Before Easter

Category: Easter Plays

“The Flight Before Easter” takes place in an airport terminal. It’s the day before Easter and an extreme weather event has hit. The event has forced a closure of the airport and ha...

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Jesus On Trial

Category: Easter Plays

Judas told the soldiers that he would identify Jesus with a kiss. When he did, the soldiers arrested Jesus and took him away. As Jesus was taken into custody, His disciples scatter...

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Anno Domini: In The Year of Our Lord

Anno Domini: In The Year of Our Lord

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 20-40 Minutes
  • Cast: 3 Females | 10 Males | Extras (non-speaking)
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: A big, blank stage is needed, with spotlight coming up on different areas, suggesting different locations and timeline. Each area will require its own props and additional items to compliment the scene.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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Jesus Is Here

Jesus Is Here

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 45 Minutes
  • Cast: 2 Females | 15 Males | Plus Extras (Males and/or Females)
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: Empty stage, with appropriate props and scenic items to represent the different locations for each scene.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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The Fourth Cross

The Fourth Cross

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 45 Minutes
  • Cast: 4 Males | 3 Females | 1 Male/Female
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: There is only one setting. It is a house in Jerusalem with antique furniture and amenities. There should be a window somewhere looking offstage and a door that can be bolted from inside. There should be a bowl of bread, and a cup of wine/juice on the small table throughout.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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What Easter Means To Me

What Easter Means To Me

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 30 Minutes
  • Cast: 3 Males | 2 Females | 1 Teenage Girl
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary Easter Drama
  • Setting: The stage is bare, with only a stool positioned at Center Stage (CS). Each character may have additional props they need to take with them on stage. The Characters should enter from different parts of the stage.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, monologues
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Jesus, The Anointed One (Yeshua Ha Mashiach)

Jesus, The Anointed One (Yeshua Ha Mashiach)

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 60 Minutes
  • Cast: 3 Males | 1 Male/Female | Poet | Plus extras (Some with speaking parts)
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical and Contemporary Drama
  • Setting: The FIRST ACT utilizes an empty stage. The SECOND ACT is a contemporary setting that should look like a park with benches, palms trees, etc. The THIRD ACT will revert to an empty stage with only a STOOL set up at the Center of the Stage.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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Jesus At The Sanhedrin

Jesus At The Sanhedrin

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 60 Minutes
  • Cast: 4 Males | 1 Teenage Boy | Plus extras
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: The setting is mostly on the streets of Jerusalem, outside a temple. A small table, chair, parchment, and ink will be needed throughout as the Main Characters are Scribes. There is also a need for a king’s chair. Spotlight can be used to highlight certain scenes.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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An Easter Story

An Easter Story

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 45-60 Minutes
  • Cast: 10 Males | 10 Females | Plus extras
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary Easter Drama
  • Setting: Office Setting, with appropriate furniture and amenities. There should be enough space out front for additional scenes that take place in the dream state.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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The Resurrection

The Resurrection

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 60 Minutes
  • Cast: 4 Males | 2 Females | Plus extras
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Mystery Drama
  • Setting: The entire play takes place outdoors.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, mystery, detectives
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The Day Jesus Was Crucified

The Day Jesus Was Crucified

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 30 Minutes
  • Cast: 5 Males | 1 Female
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: The stage will be bare through each monologue.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, monologues
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The Lord's Table

The Lord's Table

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 60 Minutes
  • Cast: 12 Males | 2 Females | Plus extras
  • Audience: Teen & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary and Biblical Drama
  • Setting: The Lord’s table is positioned Front-Stage Right where it remains for the entire play. It has a Bible, hymnal, and some gospel CDs. There is another table Front-Stage Left. The rest of the stage is the living room with an area separated for kitchen/dining.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, marriage, infidelity, forgiveness
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It Is Finished

It Is Finished

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 30-45 Minutes
  • Cast: 11 Males | 2 Females
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: No elaborate setting necessary, but proper lighting would be an asset. A chair or two here and there, some palm trees, three crosses that should be able to stand upright on stage, and a few rocks.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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Amazing Love

Amazing Love

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 40-70 Minutes
  • Cast: 7 Males | 5 Females | Plus Extras (Non-Speaking Roles)
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary and Biblical Drama
  • Setting: The stage is a living room setting with an area separated for kitchen/dining, which is later converted to a biblical setting by removing all the furniture. The biblical setting will have an old couch upstage right in a corner.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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The Perfect Gift Part II

The Perfect Gift Part II

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 70-90 Minutes
  • Cast: 6 Males | 4 Females | Plus Extras (non-speaking roles)
  • Audience: Teen & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary Drama
  • Setting: The play takes place mostly in a church auditorium. It is a small church, and the Pastor’s office is a makeshift cubicle Stage Right with a small desk, an office chair behind the desk, and two regular chairs in front.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, forgiveness
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The Flight Before Easter

The Flight Before Easter

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 70-90 Minutes
  • Cast: 5 Males | 6 Females | Plus Extras
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Contemporary Drama
  • Setting: Airport terminal with accompanying signs and sounds. There should be two signs reading “Terminal 1” and “Terminal 2” as well as signs pointing to entrances, exist, restrooms, and cafeteria.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, contemporary drama
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The Final Journey

The Final Journey

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 70-90 Minutes
  • Cast: 17 Males | 4 Females | Plus Extras (some with speaking roles | some children).
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: The stage is bare except for a few palm trees and rocks. This is the typical biblical outdoor setting, which will represent many different areas where Jesus walked or stopped on his final journey. Stage right could depict a mountainside. Stage left could represent the inner or outer courts of a temple.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion
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Jesus On Trial

Jesus On Trial

By Cleveland O. McLeish
  • Length: 45-60 Minutes
  • Cast: 8 Males | 1 Female
  • Audience: Teens & Adults
  • Genre: Biblical Drama
  • Setting: This play takes place in a courtroom setting. The Judge should be positioned on a high-rise desk. There should be two tables and chairs for the Prosecutor and the Defense, and a witness stand. The audience represents the courtroom.
  • Themes: easter, crucifixion, courtroom drama, trial
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