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An Easter sunrise skitSunrise at 6:525 actors · 5–6 min

Easter · 5 actors · 5–6 minutes · Adults (an older teen can play Theo or Luis)

Sunrise at 6:52

Easter morning, 6:46, on the lawn behind the church. The chairs are soaked, the trumpet player’s lips are still asleep, the neighbors’ sprinklers are on a timer, and the sun isn’t cooperating. A funny sunrise service skit for five adults that hands straight over to the first hymn.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time5–6 minutes
Cast5 roles · Adults (an older teen can play Theo or Luis)
PrepOne rehearsal. Bev and Hank learn their lines, Dana’s hide inside her bulletins, Theo reads from a card, and Luis runs the hymn once with your pianist.
Best forEaster sunrise service; Easter breakfast; Easter program
ScriptureMark 16:2–4 (KJV)
ThemeThe women walked to the tomb at sunrise, worried about who would move the stone. It was already rolled away, and Jesus had already risen. God had done the biggest thing before they got there.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

It’s 6:46 on Easter morning, and the sunrise service starts at 6:52. Dana has a question for everything, and every one starts with “Who.” Bev has wiped the same chair four times (“It’s not dew anymore. It’s a spring.”), Luis has never played a note before nine, and Hank comes back from the Hendersons’ sprinklers under an umbrella, with a wet sleeve and a story about a little dog.

Then 6:52 arrives, the sky is solid gray, and Dana says they’ll wait. It’s Theo, the newcomer with the Scripture card, who finds a way to start the service anyway, and Mark 16:2–4 turns out to have a “who” question of its own. The ending gets one more laugh and goes straight into the first hymn.

Five adults, any mix of men and women, about 5–6 minutes, and one player who can really play a hymn on a trumpet or another instrument. It works on your platform or outdoors at the sunrise service itself. The staging notes cover which way to look for the sun, what to change on a clear morning, and the trumpet handoff to your pianist.

Read the first page

(DANA hurries in, holding a stack of bulletins to her chest and checking her watch.)

DANA: Six forty-six. Sunrise is six fifty-two. I looked it up. Twice. Who's wiping the chairs?

BEV: (wiping) Same person who wiped them last year.

DANA: How wet are they?

BEV: I've wiped this one four times. It's not dew anymore. It's a spring.

DANA: Who's turning the chairs east?

BEV: Which way is east?

DANA: (pointing east) East is the water tower.

BEV: The chairs already face the water tower.

DANA: Good. Who brought the blankets?

BEV: Nobody. Every year, nobody.

DANA: (the bulletins flapping in her arms) Who's keeping the bulletins from blowing away?

BEV: Rocks.

DANA: Who's got rocks?

BEV: The ground.

THEO: Excuse me. Is it always this cold?

BEV: Every year. Everybody's in their Easter clothes under there. I'm wearing a very nice dress. You'll have to take my word for it.

THEO: How many years have you done this?

BEV: Twenty-two. The sun's shown up for four of them.

THEO: Then why do they call it a sunrise service?

BEV: Faith.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Dana, runs the sunrise service; every question she asks starts with “Who”
  • Bev, has wiped dew off the chairs for twenty-two years; dry, even when nothing else is
  • Hank, sent to turn off the neighbors’ sprinklers; has not turned them off
  • Luis, the trumpet player, who has never played a note before nine in the morning
  • Theo, new this year, at his first sunrise service, with the Scripture to read

Props

  • A row of 4–6 folding chairs and a beach towel
  • A stack of bulletins and a wristwatch for Dana
  • A trumpet, or whatever instrument your player has
  • A large umbrella and a spray bottle for Hank’s wet sleeve
  • A 5×8 card with Mark 16:2–4 in large print
  • Winter coats, scarves and gloves over Easter clothes

What you get

  • The full script with stage directions
  • Cast list, props list and simple staging notes
  • Four discussion questions for a small group, youth group or Sunday school class
  • Performance rights for your church: perform it as often as you like and print copies for your cast

Performance rights

One purchase covers one church or ministry. Perform it as many times as you like, make copies for everyone in the cast and crew, adapt the lines and include it in your livestream. Please don’t resell the script or share the file publicly. Read the full license.

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Questions

Can I change the names or lines?

Yes. Change names and genders, trim lines for time or adapt a joke for your church. The script is yours to fit to your people.

Can we record and stream the performance?

Yes. You can include it in your livestream and post the recording on your church’s own channels.

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