"Pilgrims, Patriots and Pioneers" This play is like a history lesson as each scene takes you to a different time in our nation's past. The play begins with a town gathering for their annual picnic and the kindly old Daniel begins telling the kids about the ordinary people who helped make our country great. Each following scene is acted out starting with the pilgrims in 1621 and ending with World War 2 in 1945. All the stories are based on real people and real situations, with a few fictional characters thrown in and some imagined dialogue. Some pilgrim women meet Squanto, the Indian who helped them get through the first winter in Plymouth. Abigail Adams has Martha Washington to tea to discuss the most recent letter from John. A pioneer wagon train on the way to Oregon finds they have seven orphaned children to deal with. Katherine Wright introduces her famous brothers to some friends who want to hear all about that famous first flight. Two soldiers learn to cope in a prisoner of war camp in Germany in 1945.

31 female and 29 male roles fill this large cast. Very easy to have your actors play 2 or 3 parts. Great costume piece. About 60-65 mintues. Learn More

This is a short 5 minute INDEPENDENCE DAY sketch about a meeting between Abigail Adams and Martha Washington. The meeting and the words spoken are fiction but the letter that Abigail reads is an actual letter from her husband, John Adams, written on the day of the vote for independence from Great Britain. The letter is long and the bulk of the sketch. Not much to memorize. This skit is also found in the larger productions of "Founders of Freedom" and "God Bless Our Land". There is a longer version with more actors called, "The Patriots: Abigail and Martha".

2 actresses. 5 mintues.

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"Pocahontas" is a 20-25 min sketch about the Indian woman who married and was converted to Christianity.
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"The Corps of Discovery" is a 22-25 min sketch about Lewis and Clark as they tell of their adventures.
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"The Pilgrims and Squanto" is under 10 mins and tells the story of the first Thanksgiving, and how an Indian helped the Pilgrims.
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Good for INDEPENDENCE DAY. This is not a drama but more of a collection of facts concerning Franklin. (Mostly his accomplishments and especially the inventions) They could be read or memorized and done in any type of presentation. This is taken from the larger productions of "Founders of Freedom" and "God Bless Our Land."

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Any number can be used from just a few up to 30. 10-12 minutes. Free script. Learn More

In this short and free INDEPENDENCE DAY skit, George Washington and 2 others visit Betsy to ask her to sew a flag for them. Betsy gives some suggestions that they like and quickly adapt. A very short sketch only about 3-4 minutes. This skit can also be found in the larger productions of "Thank God For America" and "God Bless Our Land." It can be done as "Reader's Theater". Click on 'view excerpt' and then cut and paste it into your own document. The entire script is there for you. Do not use the "add to cart" button unless you are also purchasing another script. Your credit card will not be accepted for a zero amount.

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This program (good for INDEPENDENCE DAY) is mostly a series of short sketches and readings about people and events between 1750 and 1850. Several patriotic poems by famous authors are added. The presentations and dramas cover the vote for independence, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, Lewis and Clark, and Francis Scott Key when he wrote the Star Spangled Banner. Add your own songs to make a memorable program.

Use as many or as few actors as you like. About 25 different characters are portrayed. About an hour in length without songs. Can be shortened or expanded easily. Learn More

This patriotic program (good for INDEPENDENCE DAY) is a combination of "Thank God For America" and "Founders Of Freedom". It contains everything from those two programs plus more poems. Some of the sketches can be done as dramatic or reader's theater presentations. They include: "The Vote" "Betsy Ross" "Benjamin Franklin" "Abigail Adams" "The Corps Of Discovery" and "Our Flag Was Still There."

Over 90 minutes of material and with added musical numbers would make a 2 hour plus program. Use as many or as few actors as you like. About 30 different characters are portrayed. Can be shortened or expanded easily. Learn More

An INDEPENDENCE DAY sketch: The story of how Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner". The dialogue may be fiction, but we know that these three men were actually aboard this ship together waiting out the attack on Baltimore in 1814. This sketch imagines their conversation leading up to seeing the flag still waving over Fort McHenry. This skit is also a scene from the larger productions of "Founders of Freedom" and "God Bless Our Land."

3 actors (all male) Only about 8-10 minutes. Can be done as "Reader's Theater". Learn More

The true story of Pocahontas is a little known story in history, especially since the very fictionalized version by Disney several years ago. In this sketch, I have tried to stick to the facts and only dramatizing it to create dialogue. We know she was converted to Christ and who she married, but not about how it may have come about. There is less about John Smith and Chief Powhatan, and more about John Rolfe, who falls in love with her. It goes from Pocahontas at age 13 to her death at age 22.

Cast of 8 adults, (only 2 female) 20-25 mins.

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This program (good for INDEPENDENCE DAY) was written to be used in conjunction with a choir and other musicians. There is over 30 minutes of script including two sketches that can be done as "Reader's Theater" or dramatized. One is about Betsy Ross and the 3 visitors who ask her to sew the flag, and the other is the vote for independence with some audience participation. The major part of the script is made up of quotes from famous (or not-so-famous)founding fathers of our country and points out how they put God first in everything. Each quote is read and then the name stated - documentary style. There are suggested songs to use, but you can select your own from the many patriotic songs available.

Use as many or as few actors as you like. About a dozen different characters are portrayed. Learn More

When Lewis and Clark returned from their journey, they were invited to many parties and balls to be congratulated for their accomplishments. Imagine one such ball where the hostess and her daughter pepper the gentlemen with questions that they gladly answer which in turn reveals a great deal of information about the expedition in a short amount of time. Period music can be added for effect. Sacagawea appears in a pantomime sequence.

15 actors (only 3 female) plus extras. 22-25 mins.

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The story of Corrie ten Boom is narrated by Corrie's nephew, Peter, and spans 32 years. As a young lady, Corrie was smitten with Karel, a friend of her brother. But Karel only thought of Corrie as a good friend, and he married someone else. Corrie had many difficult situations in her life.. and her father was a wise and strong man who gave her much strength. The play jumps to World War II, and the ten Boom house in Holland is being used as a safe haven for Jews. Corrie's sister Betsie is concerned about their involvement in the underground, but they get in heavy, and soon the house is raided and all are beaten and taken off to jail. Act 2: Corrie and Betsie end up in Germany in Ravensbruck camp, that seems like hell itself. Betsie dies there, and Corrie tells the audience all of her emotions as she deals with her sister's death. In the final scene, she meets a man who was a guard at the camp and he asks her forgiveness. Again she tells the audience of all her feelings. An emotional drama with a powerful message of forgiveness and of God being with us even in the deepest pit. One of my more popular and favorite Christian plays.

Cast of 21 adults, (11 male, 10 female) plus extras. 60-75 mins. * Used by permission Learn More

This is a longer version of the "Abigail and Martha" script with a few added characters. As these ladies gather for tea, they discuss the views of the patriots verses the loyalists, before Abigail reads her monumental letter from her husband, John. This skit is also a scene from the play, "A Nation Of Ordinary People".

Cast of seven women. (two could be younger girls and one could be a male) About 8 or 9 minutes. Learn More

The first Thanksgiving Feast, as we know it, is when the Pilgrims ate with the Indians for 3 days, celebrating their great harvest. It may not have been called "Thanksgiving" then, but they surely did pray and offer thanks to God for all He had done for them. The big thing was the Indian, Squanto, who taught them how to plant well, so they could survive the winter. This sketch is about that gathering, and each character in the script was an actual person who attended the feast that day. This is also a scene in the play, "A Nation Of Ordinary People."

5 males and 4 females. About 9 minutes.

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This sketch is a fictional scene involving great Americans from our country's history. In 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first powered flight and this is a few years later, as they share the story yet once more. We meet their younger sister, Katherine, and she tells a little about their early years and their Christian background. The other characters in the scene are fictional. This is also a scene from the play, "A Nation Of Ordinary People."

3 men and 3 women. About 9-10 minutes. Learn More

This sketch is based on a true story about a pioneer family heading west in 1844 and having tragedy along the way, as both parents die leaving the seven children alone with the wagon train and other pioneers. Here they are discussing with the others how they should try to make it to the Whitman Mission at Walla Walla, WA, in hopes that the kids can have a home there. This skit is also a scene from the play, "A Nation of Ordinary People."

4 males (2 adults and 2 boys - ages 12-14) and 6 females (2 adults and 4 girls - ages 4-9) About 11-12 minutes. Learn More

In this sketch we get a look at what life was like in a prisoner of war camp in Germany in 1945. The characters in this skit are real people who really were at this particular compound. The letters and the information in the scene were gathered from the writings of one of those men who managed to survive the horrors of war. Fictional dramatization was added. This is also a scene from the play, "A Nation Of Ordinary People."

3 men and 2 women. About 9 minutes. Learn More