"Hi, thanks for stopping by!"
About
The Webmaster, Fred Passmore: Writer, performer
and producer of the radio programs of several
nationally-broadcast ministries, Fred is also
owner of the independant Sheep
Laughs Records
label and production facility.
A
veteran of radio for over 24 years, and a
Christian comedian for over a decade (check out
his work on the Comedy CDs
page) , Fred uses his writing, performing and
audio production experience in creating these
scripts and CD soundtracks for you
to use!
So,
the same laughs he gets on stage, performing in
churches around the country,
you can now get when
you use the material!
Still
curious? Read more!
Want
to talk? Go to the Contact Fred
page!
I get this
kind of email comment all the time...
"This
is the best page for Christian skits I've
found on the web." -Lea Miller
Pequea, Pennsylvania
So why am I
making them available for free? Usually,
something free is either (1.)
worth what you are paying, namely
nothing, or (2.)
there's a catch. Go to this page
to find out, as Paul Harvey says,
"the rest of the story"
concerning the free nature of these
scripts.
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Need
Biblical Drama Costumes?
"Fear
my mighty plastic sword!"
If you are
doing any of the scripts here that
require Biblical robes or Roman armor
(like "Jerusalem's
Most Wanted"),
here is a new page with some links to
websites where you can find them. These
links are also helpful for any Biblical
dramas or skits you may be doing already.
Click
here for them!
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Here's
A Fun Idea...
Got a videocam and a PC
video-editing savvy drama team member ? Why not
make a movie of some of these scripts?
Most of them would adapt
themselves easily to being made as a film,
especially those that come with a soundtrack CD
with the music and effects supplied for you to
mix in.
When it's done, show it on
the sanctuary's overhead screen, and wow the
congregation! A fun project that people will want
to watch over and over for years to come. And
they might even clamor for sequels!
Note: please read the Usage Terms on
each script. Videos may not be sold, and each
must have the copyright and authorship info in
the credits.
Listen to a song I
wrote and produced recently, "Duck
and Cover,"
which contrasts the world's solution for
dealing with attacks and disasters,
against the comfort and safety given to
Christians by God's word! Narrated and
sung by Bert the Turtle, and including
actual outtakes from the 1950's Civil
Defense film "Duck and Cover,"
this upbeat song is an atomic
blast-from-the-past of fun!
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It's
a Blog Jam! Or, "You've Got A Blog In Your
Eye..."
Enter the Blog Cabin!
Bad blog puns aside, here is
the Main Blog Page: I call it Random Musings!
Thoughts on skits and their performance bounce
around in my head constantly. Sometimes they
spill out and I catch them in text form. This new
blog will collect them as they overflow in random
manner, in the hopes that you can glean something
helpful from them!
Blog Archives:
Blog 2: "My Philosophy
of Sketch Art."
What is a skit? Why is a skit? How are they
written and how are they to be performed? These
questions and more are addressed by Fred, the
Christian Skit Scripts webmaster. After visiting this page,
you may never look at a "simple skit"
the same way again!
Blog 3: "Can Comedy Be
A Ministry?"
(new!) Can Christian comedy be used of God, and
is it a legitimate ministry? Written from my
experience as a Christian comedian performer and
writer, this
article explores the
reasons why it is sometimes viewed with distrust.
It also explores the relationship between sketch
art (skits) and the arts in general, as used
within the church.
Blog 4: "Skit or
Sketch?"
Which term do you use to describe what you find
on this site? And does it really matter? Seems
trivial, but this webmaster was taken to task by
a visitor who took exception to the term
"skit."
Blog 5: "Recipe For a Skit
Disaster!"
Discover the finer points to cooking up a crummy
skit performance.
Visit the Testimonials Page to
see what those that have used scripts are saying!
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"This
site is an answer to a drama leader's
prayers!!!"
-Veronica Argueta
Brooklyn, NY
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About
The Site...
All of the scripts on this
site are created from my background as a radio
copywriter and producer, professional
comedian/performer and recording artist. So I'm
able to bring to the scripts my experience, which
will make your job easier and more exciting. I
hope that you find a lot of scripts that you
like, and that you join the many, many hundreds
of people across America that have done these
sketches for their church. (See the Testimonials Page
for some comments.)
There are presently over 47
scripts posted, all available on the Scripts Page.
The most recently added ones are listed below.
Quality is emphasized over quantity. These are
not your typical "two people stand and talk
a couple of minutes" type of simple skits...
but each one is written to conform to the same
high standards for content, imagination and humor
as the comedy CDs I produce. If it's not good
enough for a CD project, I won't put it here for
you to use in live performances!
Every script has been
performed many times (see the Testimonies Page),
and many of them have in fact been recorded and
produced for the Sheep Laughs Records comedy albums.
All of them are written with a scriptural point
in mind; none are just for laughs. In some the
Biblical truth is spelled out, in others it is
more of a parable.
Many of the scripts have a
CD available for purchase that supplies the sound
effects and musical backgrounds called for in the
scripts. Free
scripts and soundtrack CDs you can order if you
wish... a skit-terrific
idea!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
NEW Christmas '09 drama now in production!
Yes, due to popular demand
(and some people really are demanding it),
another Christmas drama, done in the unique
"Play/Act" format, is being written and
produced. Created in the style of last year's hit
"A Christmas Family," with all the
lines and narration on the CD, this play and
soundtrack will be available sometime in early
September at the latest.
As yet untitled, the play
will once again involve all ages; from seniors to
children. The story revolves around a wealthy yet
lonely woman who has insulated herself from the
humanity around her, in order to protect her
money. An apparently chance meeting at the
doctor's office with a poor couple, bringing in
their young daughter for treatment, changes her
life in ways she never dreamed possible.
Keep checking in for
progress and more story details!
What's
New?
TWO NEW
SCRIPTS AND SOUNDTRACK!
This new
set of specially-written scripts and
accompanying soundtracks are different
than most of the others here. In what
way, you ask? Your
drama group can perform them without
having to learn any dialog!
Done in the"Play/Act" style of
our best-selling ground-breaking drama
"The Christmas Family," these
new stories are narrated and dramatized
on CD with music and effects, and your
team acts out the story as it is told and
heard.
Some
inhabitants of Jericho look down on the
Israelites marching around their walled
city. As Rahab tries to convince her last
remaining relative to join her, the
mockers ridicule her and the horn-blowing
paraders below. Little do they know their
citidel and falsely-grounded hopes are
about to collapse. A 13 minute mini-play
that can use all ages.
Spending
a stormy night alone, with reports on the
radio of an escaped mental patient, a
nervous Sunday School teacher learns that
fear and faith are mutually exclusive. An
18 minute mini-play needs only two people
to perform, and is perfect for the fall
season!
The soundtrack CD
for these two skits are going like crazy.
If they were hotcakes, we'd have to keep
the grill on all day!
All the
rest of the scripts are posted on the Scripts
Page.
Kinda makes sense, don't it?
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Video Spotlight:
View a series of videos from a church that did an
excellent performance of "The Crate
Escape" script from this site. Click here to
go the the Video
Spotlight page...
it will inspire you to do it also!
Podcast =
On-Demand Radio
If you
enjoy the scripts on this site, you'll
probably enjoy a radio show/podcast that
I also produce!
Subscribe
to (or download) the Sheep
Laughs Comedy Show
program and enjoy a new show each Friday.
Burn some shows to CD and take it with
you on the road to help the miles pass
more enjoyably.
It's a
15-minute weekly variety show featuring
the best in Christian comedy stand-up,
skits and songs, all under one hoof!
Subscribe for your iPod or download to
your PC. It's national broadcast quality,
it's free,
and you'll enjoy it. It's like radio,
except... you listen
when you want to. And
you get to keep it!
Go to the Sheep
Laughs Comedy Show
official site to listen or subscribe, and
for more info!
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Equip
and energise your drama team for the new year!
One of our best-selling
items!
The Soundtrack CDs have
proved to be so popular, that I have created a
new product that packages them all together in
one money and time-saving item! Called "The
Ultimate Skit Kit," this binder collects all
fourteen soundtrack CDs, containing the musical
and sound elements to all
the scripts from this site, 48 in all! Buy it on
the Soundtracks
Page and lift your
drama team to an exciting new plateau of
effectiveness and professionalism. And save big
bucks at the same time!
Here's what one recent happy
customer had to say:
Hey
Fred,
I just received the Ultimate Skit Kit in the mail
today. Thank you for sending it so
rapidly. I applaud your organizational
skills! This is such a professional package
and quite impressive!
Also, thank you for providing such wonderful
skits with sound effects that smaller
churches like ourselves can afford with limited
funds.
May our Heavenly Father richly bless your
endeavors, your life, and your relationships.
Sincerely,
Danny and Martha Vergunst
FLASH! New Album On The Way!
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If you enjoyed the
previous "Prime Example" comedy
CDs, then here's good news! I'm
continuing the long process of producing
a new comedy album, titled "Let's
Skit Crazy!" Vol. 1. Bringing to
life many of the new scripts posted here,
the album will be as fun and inspiring to
listen to as the scripts are to perform.
Keep up with the progress on this
page
with pictures of the contributing voice
talent, a lot of preview tracks, and
more! CLICK
HERE TO PREVIEW THE NEW ALBUM!
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NOW
AVAILABLE!
The first soundtrack created in response
to popular demand!
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"Whoopee!"
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About
a third of the scripts here do not have
soundtracks to go with them, since not all are
written to include much music and effects; it
depends on the needs of the script. But, I would
still get emails asking if there was a soundtrack
for those, since they liked the soundtracks for
the others. I always explained that the script
did not have enough music or effects needed to
justify a soundtrack CD like some of the others.
But as time went by, I
realised that many would like to have at least some
kind of music even for
those. They enjoyed using the existing CDs on
what they had done from here before, and didn't
want to do anything "dry" anymore!
(Once you "track," you can't go back!)
So, I decided to put together a supplemental CD
that supplied the musical open and close parts
for the remaining "track-less" scripts,
for people to use if they wanted to add that
"little something extra" to their
performance.
So, on the Soundtracks Page
you will now find available to order the
Supplemental Skit Trax CD that contains the
musical elements for the following scripts:
"The Wrap Group," "The Guy With
the Cardboard Christ," "The Stupid
Dummy's Guide To Higher Self-Esteem,"
"A Canvas of Lies," "A Day To
Remember," "Crazy For Christ,"
"The Sheep's Clothing Store," "The
Gift," "The Man With The Shellfish
Heart," "Assignment: Hindrance,"
"In The Shadow Of Death," and
"Tricks or Treats: Scare vs Share."
Plus, the standard open and close music for the
short "Skit Bits" scripts! All this for
only $25 plus $1.50 shipping. Wow!
You asked for it, you got
it!
The
owners of the excellent site
ChristianForecasters.com
wrote
this about ChristianSkitScripts.com: "This
is my favorite place to get scripts. Our
drama club has performed numerous plays from this
site. They also have great CD's for sound effects
and music that you can buy to go along with the
Free scripts."
Thanks
for the kind words and links, guys!
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Our skit scripts and soundtrack CDs
go together like a hotdog and a bun... why separate them?
Not only does this site offer some
of the most unusual and fun skits anywhere, it also makes
available professionally recorded and digitally mixed
soundtracks to go with them! Find out why so many people
are ordering them, and coming back as repeat customers
for more. Go to the Soundtracks Information page!
"Hilarious, inventive, and
powerful:" Prime Example comedy CDS!
"These
guys produce some of the coolest comedy skits known to
man!" -Christian comedian Mike Williams
Sheep
Laughs Records is proud to make available several
projects by Prime Example, the Christian comedy recording
team of which I was part. You, your family and friends
will enjoy the two CDs packed full of comedy skits and
songs, many of which are fully produced versions of the
scripts on this site. Buy the album CDs on this page and enjoy them the way they
were originally recorded!
Some
of the scripts on our site have been adapted from Prime
Example radio releases, such as "The Great Church
Robbery," "Attack of the Monster Tongue,"
Testimony Show," etc. Much thought has been devoted
to ways of making them performable by live groups, which
offers varying degrees of complexity, and various
soundtrack versions. But here's a new way to do them,
easily and quickly: "Live Radio Style!" Check out
the details on our new "LRS" page here!
"The
proof is in the pudding," goes the old
saying, but when it comes to the effectiveness of
these scripts, the proof is in the performance.
The Testimonials Page is
overflowing
with visitor email comments about the scripts
they have used from this site, to great effect.
Every day I get emails from people informing me
that they are using a script. Here is a recent
example...
Hello Brother Fred,
We are using your hilarious
script "Assignment: Hindrance" to open
up our new "Impact Repertory Theater"
company. Your scripts are a gift from God
and you truly have been anointed by the Lord in
this area. I searched high and wide for
script sources, before I was led to your site and
I am so glad that I found you.
As a former professional
actor, I must say that I am quite impressed by
the consistent quality of your work. You
have managed to get the message across in a way
that is not "corny" and reaches the
most sophisticated audience without shying away
from the impact of God's Word. We plan on
using more of your work as our ministry grows and
I will certainly let you know what and when, as
requested. But I want to again say thank you, for
sharing your gifts with the world by making your
scripts available online.
Your fruit is evident,
brother, in that many, many of the lost or
backslidden will hear your words, laugh and
unbeknownst to them, receive the seed of His
Word, that will soon produce a great harvest in
their lives. May God richly bless you and yours.
-Pastor Curtis Davenport
Impact Church, Charlotte, NC
To
read many, many other
emails, go here!
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To learn more about the Sheep Laughs
Records label, which publishes the CD soundtracks you
will find on this site, click on the banner below.
I recently did a survey of the
hundreds of emails I have received informing me that a
script is being used. I was pleased to find that many
churches in ALL FIFTY STATES have used them, as well as
over a dozen foreign countries. I'm truly thankful!
Click
here to see a hit counter map of the
world with the location of the last few month's visitors
in red.
Just as an aside, the states that
used a significantly greater number than the others are,
in order, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina
and Ohio. Medium-use states are Illinois, California,
Georgia, Washington and Florida. Maybe it's just that
Texas covers a larger area, or maybe they have more drama
teams, but it took first place in the number of churches
using scripts from this site. Go, Texas!
I WANT YOUR VIDEOS AND PICTURES!
Have
you done any of the skits from this site, or plan to? We
want to see your videos or pictures! Go to this page to find out more...
Want
to see pictures submitted by churches that have performed
these skit scripts?
Go to the
Submissions Page!
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