SAMPLE -- No Room
ACT I
The scene opens with the innkeeper dashing about trying to keep everyone served.
Jedediah -- Inn Keeper
Zachariah -- Coming!
Lemuel -- Can we get some service!
Zachariah -- I’ll be right there!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear?
Jedediah -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Yes, Sir?
Lemuel -- I’m waiting!
Zachariah -- I’m coming!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear!
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Coming!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear!
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Help! All day long I feed these faces! Serving them drinks and cleaning their messes! All day long I’m wiping down tables, picking up food scraps, pushing back tables. I work my fingers to the bone, rushing here, rushing there, listening to her nagging tone, it’s not fair, do they care? Why - can’t - they - just - leave - me - alone?
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- There’s no room in the inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah, get in here!
Zachariah -- Troubles loom in the inn!
Men -- Feed us!
Zachariah -- Hold on!
Men -- Serve us!
Zachariah -- I will!
Men -- There’s no food in this inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Men -- You’re so rude in this inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Men -- Let’s go! I’m done! Outta here! Gotta run!
Zachariah -- There’s no room in this inn!
Abigail -- There’s plenty of room now, Zachariah.
Zachariah -- What? Oh! Don’t worry, Abigail, they’ll be back! They already paid for their rooms. Count it a blessing if they don’t return! Then you won’t have to clean up after them.
Abigail -- I’d rather they be spending their money here tonight.
Zachariah -- What money? With Caesar’s call to tax everyone no one is going to spend anything until they know they’ll have something to spend!
Abigail -- Not these fools. They’d rather spend their money now, while they still have it.
Zachariah -- They’ll have to answer to Caesar!
Abigail -- So let them answer! At least they’ll have helped us pay our taxes.
Zachariah -- We’ve got enough money to pay our taxes, don’t worry! It’s getting a dowry for our daughters that frightens me. Three daughters. Thank you Lord, for the blessing!
Abigail -- You’d better thank the Lord, Zachariah. Running this inn takes a lot of cleaning, cooking, ironing, sweeping, and much more! Our three girls do a wonderful job around here.
Zachariah -- I know.
Abigail -- I can’t imagine three boys doing the job.
END SAMPLE
ACT I
The scene opens with the innkeeper dashing about trying to keep everyone served.
Jedediah -- Inn Keeper
Zachariah -- Coming!
Lemuel -- Can we get some service!
Zachariah -- I’ll be right there!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear?
Jedediah -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Yes, Sir?
Lemuel -- I’m waiting!
Zachariah -- I’m coming!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear!
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Coming!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Zachariah -- Yes, dear!
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- Help! All day long I feed these faces! Serving them drinks and cleaning their messes! All day long I’m wiping down tables, picking up food scraps, pushing back tables. I work my fingers to the bone, rushing here, rushing there, listening to her nagging tone, it’s not fair, do they care? Why - can’t - they - just - leave - me - alone?
Men -- Inn Keeper!
Zachariah -- There’s no room in the inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah, get in here!
Zachariah -- Troubles loom in the inn!
Men -- Feed us!
Zachariah -- Hold on!
Men -- Serve us!
Zachariah -- I will!
Men -- There’s no food in this inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Men -- You’re so rude in this inn!
Abigail -- Zachariah!
Men -- Let’s go! I’m done! Outta here! Gotta run!
Zachariah -- There’s no room in this inn!
Abigail -- There’s plenty of room now, Zachariah.
Zachariah -- What? Oh! Don’t worry, Abigail, they’ll be back! They already paid for their rooms. Count it a blessing if they don’t return! Then you won’t have to clean up after them.
Abigail -- I’d rather they be spending their money here tonight.
Zachariah -- What money? With Caesar’s call to tax everyone no one is going to spend anything until they know they’ll have something to spend!
Abigail -- Not these fools. They’d rather spend their money now, while they still have it.
Zachariah -- They’ll have to answer to Caesar!
Abigail -- So let them answer! At least they’ll have helped us pay our taxes.
Zachariah -- We’ve got enough money to pay our taxes, don’t worry! It’s getting a dowry for our daughters that frightens me. Three daughters. Thank you Lord, for the blessing!
Abigail -- You’d better thank the Lord, Zachariah. Running this inn takes a lot of cleaning, cooking, ironing, sweeping, and much more! Our three girls do a wonderful job around here.
Zachariah -- I know.
Abigail -- I can’t imagine three boys doing the job.
END SAMPLE
Fitlyspoken Ministry
No Room -- $15.00
by Terry Vik
by Terry Vik
An innkeeper and his family are living a hectic life. They have little time for each other, especially at this time. Caesar has decreed that all the world should be taxed. Everyone who is from Bethlehem is coming home to be counted and taxed. All the rooms are overflowing, creating more work and stress on the lives of the innkeepers.
During this time Mary and Joseph come to Bethlehem and God is preparing a humble abode for them.
Staging -- The interior dining room of a simple country inn in Bethlehem. There are three exits from the room; The door to the outside, the door leading to the rooms and the door to the kitchen. There are several tables with people who come and go.
Playing Time -- 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Cost -- $15.00
Cast -- 6+ Men, 5+ Women,
Zachariah -- Innkeeper
Abigail -- Innkeeper’s wife
Ramah 16 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Moriah 14 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Euodia 11 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Mary
Joseph
Guests
Jedediah
Lemuel
Darius
Micah
During this time Mary and Joseph come to Bethlehem and God is preparing a humble abode for them.
Staging -- The interior dining room of a simple country inn in Bethlehem. There are three exits from the room; The door to the outside, the door leading to the rooms and the door to the kitchen. There are several tables with people who come and go.
Playing Time -- 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Cost -- $15.00
Cast -- 6+ Men, 5+ Women,
Zachariah -- Innkeeper
Abigail -- Innkeeper’s wife
Ramah 16 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Moriah 14 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Euodia 11 -- Innkeeper’s daughter
Mary
Joseph
Guests
Jedediah
Lemuel
Darius
Micah
