Scripts

If you want to perform any of Ted & Company’s original shows or scenes with your own cast, check out these scripts. You can download individual scenes or an entire play, or purchase script books of our full shows. Just use the criteria below to sort and find what you need. Enjoy!

  • Written for four actors, this script is a good introduction to the book of Leviticus. Uzziah, Malachi, and Deborah discuss with Moses what is written and what it means. Humorous and thought provoking, this 5-minute drama will send people back to their Bibles to see what is really written in the book of Leviticus.
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  • A script for two actors, this humorous, 10-minute scene is based on Genesis 15:1-5 and features Abram and the angel Gabriel, who comes with some interesting updates. He tells Abram that not only will his name change, but also that he and Sarah will have a son and Abraham will be the father of many nations.
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  • In this script, written for two actors, God has decided to send his son as a baby. The angel, Gabriel, auditions for the job of announcing the news to Mary in this 10-minute scene based on Luke 2.
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  • Written for two actors, this scene features Peter, working on the monthly accounting for the ministry, and his brother, Andrew, who gives Peter the gory details on Jesus’ recent healing of a mute man. In this 6-minute scene, based on Mark 7:31-37, the brothers consider the power of Jesus while making the audience laugh.
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  • In this 9-10 minute scene for 3-4 actors, Mary and Joseph meet at a restaurant where Joseph learns that Mary is pregnant. Levity is maintained with a waiter who is trying to take their order, and Arnie Puffkin, a lounge singer who is entertaining.
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  • A script for three actors, this funny 7-minute scene depicts the temptations of Jesus based on Matthew 4:1-11. Satan and his assistant, Hector, try to tempt Jesus with everything from a tasty tray of rocks, to a skydiving adventure, to ownership of everything.
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  • In this 6-minute, humorous scene written for two actors, Peter and Andrew eavesdrop on a late-night conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. As they listen to Jesus telling the man he needs to be reborn, the two consider the real meaning behind the words.
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  • In this 8-minute scene for two actors, Peter and Andrew are fishing again after Jesus’ death. Struggling to catch anything, they soon hear someone yelling at them from the shore to cast their nets on the other side.
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  • In this 6-minute scene written for two actors, the individual characteristics of Cain and Abel come to life. Based on Genesis 4:1-16, the script shows how the family dynamics between “mamma’s boy” Cain and his earthy brother, Abel, lead to conflict.
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  • “Creation Chronicles” is a full-length play that takes new angles on old stories to examine God’s various attempts at relationship with and understanding of human beings, culminating in something totally new: the advent of Christ. Originally written for two actors, the play has 17 characters, so could include a cast of that many, and is about 90 minutes long.
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  • The first scene, features a 3-minute monologue from an energetic glee club president who tells the history from Abraham through Moses leading the children of Israel into the wilderness with sing-alongs. The Golden Calf is an 8-minute scene in which Moses returns from 40 days on the mountain to discover a golden calf.
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  • A script for two actors, this 5-6 minute scene shows Peter and Andrew working to figure out what it really means to follow Jesus. Peter also relates his experience at the transfiguration of Jesus.
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  • For a fresh and funny, yet touching 80-minute Christmas play, consider performing “DoveTale” this Christmas season. The play (for 3-10 actors) highlights the characters in this familiar Bible story as they walk through the months, weeks, and days leading up to the birth of Jesus.
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  • For a fresh and funny, yet touching 80-minute Christmas play, consider performing “DoveTale” this Christmas season. The play (for 3-10 actors) highlights the characters in this familiar Bible story as they walk through the months, weeks, and days leading up to the birth of Jesus.
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  • Written for two actors, this download includes three scenes. Dressing (1 minute) shows Peter and Andrew getting ready for a wedding. In The Receiving Line (6 minutes), the brothers visit wedding guests. They’re amazed at The Reception (3 minutes) when Jesus turns water into wine.
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  • In this script, written as a monologue, Ezekiel recounts when God told him to prophesy to the dry bones. Based on Ezekiel 37:1-14, this scene runs about 3-4 minutes, and really gives an actor the chance to play with the character of Ezekiel in the storytelling.
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  • Perform “Fish-Eyes” with your drama group! Fourteen scenes of our most popular play for two actors show Peter & Andrew’s encounters with Jesus. Peter and Andrew experience everything from anguish to exhilaration as they follow Jesus.
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  • Perform “Fish-Eyes” with your drama group! Fourteen scenes of our most popular play for two actors show Peter & Andrew’s encounters with Jesus. Peter and Andrew experience everything from anguish to exhilaration as they follow Jesus.
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  • An 8-minute scene for two actors, this script is based on John 8:1-11. Here we see Andrew sketching his brother, Peter, as he tells about the woman caught in adultery.
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  • Throughout the course of this 10-minute scene for 13 actors, based on Matthew 12:1-14, various defendants are brought before the judge, including Jesus. Jesus goes on to defend the actions that led to the breaking of the Sabbath, while the chorus adds observations, drama, and humor to the scene.
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  • Written for 7 actors, this fun script retells the story from 2 Kings 5:1-18. In this scene, which runs about 8-10 minutes, humorous observations from the narrator and a servant girl add to the lightheartedness of the story.
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  • In this creative 10-minute retelling of Jesus’ baptism, 10 actors, a pianist/singer, and a “Voice of God” help the audience to imagine what may have been going through the minds of John and the disciples as they began to realize whom the Old Testament prophecies were really talking about.
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  • In this scene, written for eight actors, Jehovah judges the elders and leaders for what has taken place in Jerusalem and Judah. Based on Isaiah 3, this 5-minute scene makes a serious point with a bit of humor.
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  • In this 3-minute monologue, Jeremiah tells a little-known story from Jeremiah 13. A unique and entertaining character, he shares his short story about a pair of shorts.
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  • Written for two actors, this 10-minute scene features Jonah and God. After returning from his trip to Nineveh, Jonah threatens to resign as a prophet. As they talk about the success of his mission, God realizes that he’s too far from the people he has created.
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  • A script for three actors, this 7-minute scene features Joseph, Reuben, and Judah in a confrontation that leads to a revelation.
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  • In this hilarious 6.5-minute scene for four actors (which also pays homage to a classic comedy routine), Moses explains manna to Aaron and then to the chosen people—with some entertaining communication breakdowns.
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  • Written for four actors, this script is lighthearted and filled with witty dialogue. This 7.5-minute scene will allow people to imagine what went into the thought and planning before James made his proclamation regarding Gentiles.
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  • In a scene for three actors, Joseph and nine-month pregnant Mary arrive in Bethlehem. Though there’s no room at the inn, once she begins to give birth, Nigel, the innkeeper, offers them his barn in this 6-minute scene.
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  • In this 10-minute scene written for two actors, Peter tells Andrew the parable of the master and three servants. Based on Matthew 25:14-30, this script involves the audience and will have them laughing as Peter makes Andrew reenact the parable as he tells it.
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  • A scene for two actors, this script is based on Acts 9:1-19. Ananias visits a recently blinded Paul and heals him. In this 5-minute scene, Ananias speaks to Paul about what God is calling him to do now that he knows the Truth.
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  • Written for two actors, this lighthearted 5-minute scene shows Paul preparing for a trip to Ephesus, while Timothy tries to convince him that he’s capable of delivering the message.
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  • A script for two actors, this 10-minute scene shows an interaction between Paul and his new cellmate, Leon, as Paul tries to complete his letter to the Colossians.
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  • A script for two actors, this entertaining 6-minute scene features a TV reporter and an eyewitness to the events at Pentecost.
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  • Written for two actors, this script is based on Acts 4:1-12. In this 5-minute scene, Peter and John are defending their actions before the council.
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  • Written for two actors, this humorous, 4-minute scene is based on Acts 4:1-12, and shows what happened to the lame man after Peter and John healed him.
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  • Written for two actors, this 5-minute scene shows the depth of emotion and confusion Peter and John were feeling after seeing the empty tomb.
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  • In this script for two actors (Peter and an angel), Acts 10:1-23 is explored. During the 6-minute scene Peter wrestles with being told by the angel to eat things that are considered unclean according to the Law, and to tell a man who is not a Jew about Jesus.
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  • In this scene, written for two actors, Philip follows an angel’s instructions and confronts an Ethiopian man who is reading from the book of Isaiah.
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  • In this 5-minute monologue based on 1 Samuel 8, this script features Samuel near the end of his life recounting the history of the Israelite kings. A southern accent adds a fun dimension to Samuel in this scene.
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  • Written for three actors, this 6-minute scene features shepherds Maggie and Egan, knitting on the hillside when the angel, Gabriel, appears to them to announce the birth of Jesus.
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  • In this scene, written for two actors, Solomon is enlisted to help a young man (Nathan) write a love poem. Taken from Song of Solomon, this 10-minute scene is perfect for Valentine’s Day or to introduce a message or series on male/female relationships.
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  • In this script, written for two actors, Mary initially mistakes the angel, Gabriel, for her plumber. After he tells her she’s to give birth to God’s son, Mary is upset. But a phone call with her Aunt Elizabeth convinces her that this angel might be for real.
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  • Two scripts are included in this download. The Arrest (3 minutes) shows Peter and Andrew working through the trauma of Jesus’ arrest. In The Denial (3-4 minutes), we see what happened in the hours following Peter’s denial of Jesus.
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  • In this 9-10 minute scene, written for one actor (though Joseph or Mary enter at the end with no lines), Gabriel enlists the audience to reenact the sounds of the barnyard the night of Jesus’ birth.
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  • In this 5-minute scene, based on Luke 5, Peter and Andrew are confronted by a stranger (Jesus) on the beach in the distance, who suggests they cast their nets on the other side.
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  • In this script, written for two actors, God explains to his “creative consultant” Gabriel about things like gravity, elephants, even puns.
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  • A script for two actors, this 5-6 minute scene shows Peter and Andrew attempting to recall the words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
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  • Written for three actors, in this 10-11 minute scene Joseph has a dream in which the angel Gabriel appears and wrestles with him.
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  • Written for two actors, this download includes two scripts featuring Peter and Andrew. They participate in the feeding of the 5,000 and then Peter walks on water with Jesus.
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  • A scene for two actors, this script looks at the discussion that may have taken place between God and Gabriel before the great flood.
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  • Written for one female actor, this script features Shiphrah, a midwife, in conversation with a soldier (offstage) who came about the order to kill all the Hebrew babies.
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  • A script for two actors, this hilarious 9-minute scene shows Aunt Elizabeth on the phone with Mary while Uncle Zechariah plays charades to get his two cents into the conversation.
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  • A script for three or four actors, this scene shows Mary and Joseph reconciling and getting married after three months of separation, and includes levity from Leo, the wedding photographer.
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  • Written for two actors, this lighthearted 8-minute scene features Frank and Rudy, two bricklayers who were working on the tower when the languages changed.
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  • This download includes three scenes, each written for two actors. Peter and Andrew experience the days before Jesus’ death.
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  • In this 4-minute scene, written for two actors, Peter and Andrew wait in fright in the upper room after Jesus’ death.
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  • In this 5-minute scene, written for two actors, reporter Chuck Orien reports from the Twenty-third Annual Convention of Prophets and interviews the prophet Hosea.
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  • In a scene for three actors, Mary and Joseph hold their newborn baby and talk about how they will manage. Gabriel appears to offer a final blessing.
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