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Sing Merry Christmas Director's Notebook
Click here for Cast Requirements, Script and Music Samples, and a Video of the production. This moving drama is set in 1931 during the Great Depression. Having lost money in the stock market, then forced off their small Texas farm because of drought, Kyle, his wife, Amy, and their little boy, Joey move to a small mid-western town. The play begins after Kyle and his family construct a tar-paper shack on the only affordable piece of land they could rent - next door to the mercantile owned by Mr. Willoughby and his wife. The elderly shopkeeper is understandably upset with the arrangement. Things go from bad to worse, and it seems as if Christmas will be very bleak for everyone. However, as one of Mr. Willaby’s customers reminds him, “It's always time to sing “Merry Christmas!”
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"As we perfected the characters and their emotions (In Due Season) the interwoven messages of the play began to permeate the whole cast, transforming lives. Our prayers turned from 'Help each actor to remember his lines' to 'help us to be worthy to proclaim this message,' and 'may the message of this play reach into every heart in the audience.'
None of us will ever be the same."
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"This was the most amazing program I've ever directed (A Picture of Calvary). Every time I went to a practice I received something different from it. Our pastor checked through the script for doctrine and found it to be very Biblically accurate.
Good plays are hard to find; this one is profound."
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"These dramas touched lives, built relationships, and offered fellowship opportunities for members of the church. Friendships have been kindled; it has taught people to pray together.
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