Church Skits & Plays
A Holy Week skit for childrenThe First Passover7–11 actors · 5–6 min

Easter · 7–11 actors · 5–6 minutes · Children 4–10, with a teen or adult narrator

The First Passover

Moses, Pharaoh and the plagues told on a steady clap-along beat, with the whole congregation shouting “Let my people go” and a king who says no to everything. Then the beat stops at the blood on the door. A Holy Week skit for children, with one teen or adult narrator.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time5–6 minutes
Cast7–11 roles · Children 4–10, with a teen or adult narrator
PrepOne rehearsal of about 30 minutes, mostly for the beat, the actions and the stop. The Narrator reads from the script, Pharaoh reads his two Bible lines from a paper decree, and most children only clap, act and shout.
Best forSunday school, VBS, children’s church, a Holy Week family night; any Holy Week gathering except a Good Friday service
ScriptureExodus 5:1–2; 8:8, 15; 12:11–13, 31; 1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
ThemeOn the night of the Passover, God saved His people when He saw the blood of the lamb on their doors. Many centuries later, Christ became our Passover, “sacrificed for us.”
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

The Narrator teaches the whole congregation one refrain, “Let my people go,” and Pharaoh says no before anyone has asked him anything. Then the children pat, pat, clap through Exodus on a steady beat: bricks and straw, Moses and Aaron marching in to see the king, frogs “toe to head,” lice, flies, hail and locusts. Pharaoh gives in during the frogs and changes his mind the moment they’re gone.

On Passover night the beat slows, the staffs come up, and the chant stops in the middle of a line. The youngest child on stage asks the question the rest of the skit answers, from Exodus 12:13 to 1 Corinthians 5:7, “Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.” Then the beat comes back for one last refrain and a march down the aisle.

Seven to eleven children with a teen or adult Narrator, about 5–6 minutes, and one rehearsal of about 30 minutes. It suits Sunday school, VBS or a Holy Week family night, but not a Good Friday service. The staging notes cover the beat, the freeze, a microphone plan for the smallest voice and a gentle way to tell the last plague to preschoolers.

Read the first page

NARRATOR: Hello, everybody! Our story today comes from the book of Exodus, and we need your help to tell it. Whenever I raise my hand like this (raises one hand high), you shout four words: "Let my people go!" Let's try it.

(The NARRATOR raises a hand.)

ALL: Let my people go!

NARRATOR: Not bad. But the king in this story is very stubborn. Louder!

(The NARRATOR raises a hand.)

ALL: Let my people go!

PHARAOH: (arms folded) No.

NARRATOR: I haven't asked you anything yet.

PHARAOH: Still no.

NARRATOR: (to GOD'S PEOPLE) Okay. Give me a beat.

(GOD'S PEOPLE start the beat: pat, pat, clap, rest. Pat, pat, clap, rest.)

(On "Bricks and straw," GOD'S PEOPLE stop clapping and carry heavy invisible bricks, bent over, for those two lines, then pick up the beat again on "Then God sent Moses.")

NARRATOR: (chanting)

(Long ago in Egypt land,)

(Pharaoh ruled with a heavy hand.)

(Bricks and straw and mud and clay:)

(God's people worked hard every day.)

NARRATOR: (chanting)

(Then God sent Moses to the king,)

(and Aaron, too, to say one thing.)

(They marched right in, they didn't go slow,)

(and said the words that you all know:)

(The NARRATOR raises a hand. MOSES points his staff at PHARAOH.)

ALL: Let my people go!

PHARAOH: (standing, unrolling the decree and reading) I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

(PHARAOH sits back down and folds his arms.)

NARRATOR: (to the congregation) That's Pharaoh for "no." (to GOD'S PEOPLE) Beat!

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Narrator, a teen or adult who chants the story, sets the beat and raises a hand for the refrain
  • Pharaoh, a child (8–10) on a throne, arms folded; says no to everything
  • The Smallest, the youngest child who can speak (4–6), with three short questions
  • God’s People, 4–8 children who keep the beat, act out the plagues and march out with their staffs
  • Moses, optional: one of God’s people, with a staff and no lines
  • All, God’s people and your whole congregation, shouting the refrain on the Narrator’s cue

Props

  • A chair with a gold cloth for a throne, and a crown or a striped headdress
  • A rolled-up paper “royal decree” for Pharaoh
  • A staff for each of God’s people (wrapping-paper tubes are safest)
  • A music stand and a binder for the Narrator
  • One index card for the Narrator’s lines at the stop
  • Optional: a hand drum, or a bucket and a wooden spoon

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.

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