Drama

Discovering Biblical truths through stage acting

It is my hope and prayer that this is an area of ministry that will find significant growth as time goes on. With everything else I am engaged in, I will not be able to focus my full attention on this, but drama has always been a passion for me. As a freshman in high school I discovered how fun acting could be. I continued appearing in plays and musicals throughout high school. In college, I continued singing and acting in shows, adding opera theater to my experience and interest.

It was not until recently that I had that former passion rekindled. For the Christmas musical at my church in 2006 I wrote a monologue that was performed, giving me my first taste at playwriting (this can be seen below). Then, for the past two Christmases, 2007 and 2008, my wife and I portrayed Mary and Joseph for the Christmas musicals, with two different scripts.

These events have combined to give me a new resolve to not only do more acting for my church, but to also write scenes which can serve as an introduction to the sermon topic of the day. As I finish these and they are performed, I will include the script, video footage, or both for use by anyone who may want them for their own church services. I pray that you will be blessed by this page of the site as it continues to evolve.

This is the scene that I wrote for my church's 2006 Christmas musical. Joseph unfortunately got sick at the last minute and it was re-written as a single monologue by Mary. Hopefully, I will be able to see it done as I originally wrote it, which I have provided below.

Mary and Joseph, dual monologues

Both: I can’t believe this is happening to me!

Mary: I’m nobody special, yet the angel called me “favored one.” I’m a virgin, yet he claimed that I would have a son—Jesus, the promised Messiah. How can this be true?

Joseph: I’ve tried to live a good life—obey the Lord the best that I could. Whatever the Law says, I do. And I’ve been so good to her. I’ve loved her, protected her, honored her…How can she repay me like this? (pause) How can she betray me like this?

Mary: How can I doubt the Lord? The angel said, “nothing will be impossible with God.” So, I guess that means if God says that this is going to happen, then this is going to happen. I’m pregnant with the Son of God!

Both: Why has this happened to me?

Joseph: I love her! Even though we were promised at birth, and arranged marriages don’t always have true love, I thought ours did. I’ve grown up being fond of her, enjoying her company, appreciating her beauty. I cared for her. I love her still.

Mary: How can I possibly get Joseph to understand when I’m not sure that I understand? This miracle is beyond any that I’ve ever heard of. I know that he thinks I betrayed him. How can I help him see? I don’t want to lose him!

Joseph: But I’m not a vengeful man. As much as this betrayal hurts, I just can’t bring myself to hurt her back. The people of Nazareth are going to want her punished. After all, the Law says, “the adulteress shall be put to death.” I can’t let this happen to her.

Mary: I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him. But what can I do? I believe what the angel said, so I know I’ll be safe, but what about Joseph?

Joseph: Though I can’t forgive her enough to stay with her, I’ll divorce her quietly so she won’t be made a spectacle of.

Both: I don’t know what the Lord has planned.

Mary: But this I know…
Joseph: This I know...

Both: My life will never be the same again.

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