Religious Liturgical category: 223 books

Three roommates play a joke on the fourth roommate, Sherrie. She is shy so they set her up with a nonexistent guy whom they make up with all the characteristics that they think will make Sherrie willing to go out with him. The problem occurs when a young man, Carl, staggers in after being beaten and...

These Christian short stories are a series of chilling tales that are told by The Everyones Church congregation. Their members embark on a journey of spiritual warfare of good and evil, where the devil tries to destroy their church and challenge their faith in God. This thriller deals with the supernatural...

Lay preacher Rosalie Sugrue’s short plays and meditations are ideal to present in church. They encourage us to engage with Bible and historical characters and explore important themes. Staging is simple. Few props or costumes are required. Nearly of these play readings are suitable for children...

Who really was to blame for the Fall of Man? Why did Aaron build the golden calf? How did Bathsheba explain her adultery to her friends? What was it like to be there when Jesus fed 4,000 people with just a little bread and fish? These questions and many more are explored in 'It was the tree’s...

In The Old Neighborhood David Mamet confirms his stature as a master of the American stage, a writer who can turn the most innocuous phrase into a lit fuse and a family reunion into a perfectly orchestrated firestorm of sympathy, yearning, and blistering authentic rage.               In...

"Conversion Rites and Wrongs" won the author the "Best Director" award when performed in Sydney's "Crash Test Drama" in 2012. It is a short play for a man and a woman, in which they discuss the pros and cons of converting to Islam. It is meanty to be comedic, not didactic. There are no fees for performance as long as the author is correctly attributed.

Mary and Me is an acclaimed new play written & performed by Irene Kelleher, inspired by the true story of Ann Lovett, a 15-year-old girl who died giving birth beside a grotto in Granard in Co. Longford in 1984. Ireland 1986. A teenage girl begins a series of conversations with a statue...

A program of readings, drama, and music that can be produced by most church congregations, it celebrates the life and hymns of Fanny Crosby, known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers." Blind from birth, Crosby became one of the most prolific hymn writers. Her lyrics continue to bless Christians today, and her story continues to inspire.

A pastor’s child wakes up and begins to ask all the forbidden questions. The pastor is distraught. Is this going to be his dreaded apocalypse? Sure enough things grow from bad to worse as the penchant for asking questions becomes infectious. Meanwhile, his wife and a trusted family friend are in...

A small prairie community is blown apart when an audacious teenaged girl challenges long-held views of spirituality and sexuality. Suspected of being gay, she is brutalized by her classmates. This searing drama of bigotry and transcendence challenges the fallout of the Catholic Church's response to...

The Yichud Room is the place where the bride and groom go to be alone immediately following the wedding ceremony. In the case of Rachel and Chaim, who have only had a handful of chaperoned dates, this is the first time they have ever been alone together. In another part of the synagogue, tensions...

PREFACE Early Editions. On 3rd April, 1592, ‘The Tragedie of Arden of Feversham and Blackwall’[A] was entered on the Stationers’ Registers to Edward White. In the same year appeared, ‘The lamentable and true Tragedie of M. Arden of Feversham in Kent. Who was most wickedlye murdered, by the...

The events reported in the book of Daniel occurred during the time of the exile in Babylon. Although it was a time of deep despair for the people, it was also a period when spectacular events took place. These are some of the most dramatic events in the whole of the Bible. These scripts can be performed by either live actors or puppets and as a six part serial or as six individaul plays.

The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The...