The First Herald Angel
by John Donald O'Shea
On the first Christmas Eve, a shepherd meets an angel who states something miraculous is about to occur. The shepherd's wife has her doubts.
Average Producer Rating:
About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
5
1 M | 2 W | 2 Any Gender
Unit Set
15 pages
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In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, The First Herald Angel can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
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Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
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Perfect for Christmas concerts and assemblies.
On the first Christmas Eve, a poor shepherd happens across a small child in the hill country about Bethlehem. To the shepherd's surprise, the child explains she is an angel practicing to be a herald angel so she can announce the Saviour's birth.
The shepherd, taken by the child's sincerity, believes the child's story, and asks to see the Saviour. The shepherd's wife, however, has her doubts.
Characters
5
1 Man, 2 Women, 2 Any Gender
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MICAH
[A]
53 lines
- James’ guardian angel
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JAMES
[M]
36 lines
- A shepherd
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SUSANNA
[W]
29 lines
- James’ carping wife
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ASREAL
[W]
15 lines
- An archangel, and Micah’s supervisor
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LION
[A]
21 lines
- A mangy old lion
- Subgenres
- Christmas/Holiday Fables/Folktales Adaptation Theatre for young audiences Religion
- Settings
- Roman & Biblical
- Dress
- Elaborate costumes Period costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Children Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Character study Music Variable gender breakdown
- Set
- Multiple sets
- Themes
- Parenting/Family Religion
- Other uses
- Class work
Prop List
Shepherd's Staff, Rose
Multimedia
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About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
5
1 M | 2 W | 2 Any Gender
Unit Set
15 pages