

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
Jahnna Beecham
Comedy / All Groups / 4m, 6f, plus 8 boys and 9 girls In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids - probably the most inventively awful kids in history.
You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine.
"An American classic."
-McCall's
"One of the best Christmas stories ever – and certainly one of the funniest."
— The Seattle Times
| Character |
|---|
| FATHER (Bob Bradley) – Solid family man, 35-38 |
| MOTHER (Grace Bradley) – Trim, attractive, 35ish |
| BETH BRADLEY The narrator, strong voice and presence, 10-11 |
| CHARLIE BRADLEY Traditional kid brother, 8-9 |
| RALPH HERDMAN Ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool, 12-13 |
| IMOGENE HERDMAN Loud, bossy, crafty, 11-12 |
| LEROY HERDMAN Tough, sure of himself, 10-11 |
| CLAUDE HERDMAN Tough, combative, 9-10 |
| OLLIE HERDMAN Looking for trouble, Claude's usual partner in crime, 8-9 |
| GLADYS HERDMAN Small, wiry, fiesty, 7-8 |
| ALICE WENDLEKEN Prim, proper, pain in the neck, 10-11 |
| MRS. ARMSTRONG Largish woman, managerial in voice and manner, 50ish |
| MRS. SLOCUM Pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60 |
| MRS. CLARK 35-60 |
| MRS. CLAUSING 35-60 |
| MRS. MCCARTHY A younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong, middle 40s |
| MAXINE 10-11 |
| ELMER HOPKINS 12-13 |
| HOBIE 9-10 |
| DAVID 8-9 |
| BEVERLY 7-8 |
| FIREMAN 25-30 |
| FIREMAN 25-30 |
| SHIRLEY 5-6 |
| JUANITA 5-6 |
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a christmas play written by Barbara Robinson and published by Samuel French (1983).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .
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