CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

In order of appearance

GABRIEL:
An out-going, fun-loving angel who enjoys being where the action

MICHAEL:
The authority figure in the musical. Michael is always very dignified, yet compassionate and loving to
the other angels.

SARA:
The head of the Seraphim and somewhat of a "know-it-all." If anyone needs convincing of something,
it's Sara.

CHERRY:
The head of the Cherubim. Cherry is sweet and gullible.

HAROLD: The head of the Herald Angels. Harold is not too intelligent, but a good-hearted angel.

MOSES: The eternal griper.

ISAIAH: The eternal optimist.

MAJOR PROPHETS:
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

MINOR PROPHETS:
1. Hosea, 2. Joel, 3. Amos, 4. Obadiah, 5. Jonah, 6. Micah
7. Nahum, 8. Habakkuk, 9. Zephaniah, 10. Haggai,
11. Zechariah, 12. Malachi

(Note: The minor prophets can be optional if your choir is not large enough. Refer to these numbers
when placing the children according to the stage directions.)

There are also 4 soloists in the song "Jiswannano." Since angels are neither male nor female, these
parts may be played by either.

Gabriel and angels enter during introduction. Gabriel takes his/her place as do the angels, with one
lead angel in each delegation carrying the group's placard.
[ Song #1 : Michael’s Called a Meeting ]

GABRIEL: THE FIRST THING I NEED TO DO IS INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MAIN CHARACTERS
IN THIS LITTLE HISTORY LESSON.

(Michael enters)

FIRST, THERE'S MICHAEL. HE'S THE ARCHANGEL. NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE ARCHANGEL IN
HEAVEN, AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED... THAT MEANS HE'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. IN
FACT NEXT TO GOD, HE'S KIND OF THE "HEAD HONCHO" AROUND HERE!

MICHAEL: THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE! (Michael approaches Sara to greet her.)

GABRIEL: NEXT, THERE'S SARA....SHE'S THE HEAD OF THE SERAPHIMS.. AND A BIT OF A
KNOW IT ALL, I'M AFRAID!

SARA: (Proudly to Michael) THE SERAPHIMS CAME AS SOON AS WE GOT YOUR MESSAGE,
MICHAEL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MY ENTIRE DELEGATION IS HERE!

MICHAEL: SPLENDID, SARA. (Michael approaches Cherry.)

GABRIEL: YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHO CHERRY IS. SHE'S THE HEAD OF THE
CHERUBIMS... AND A REAL ANGEL!

CHERRY: (Humbly) MICHAEL... WE'RE SO HONORED THAT YOU INCLUDED US!

MICHAEL: WELL, OF COURSE YOU'RE INCLUDED. I WANTED ALL THE ANGELS HERE.
(Michael approaches Harold.)

GABRIEL: NEXT, THERE'S GOOD OLD HAROLD. HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE HERALD ANGELS.
OR SHOULD I SAY THE HERALD ANGELS ARE IN CHARGE OF HAROLD!

MICHAEL: HAROLD, I'M GLAD YOUR DELEGATION COULD BE HERE!

HAROLD: THANKS MICHAEL. (To Angel #1 standing next to him) WHY DID HE SAY HE CALLED
US HERE?

ANGEL #1: HE HAS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!

HAROLD: OH, THAT'S RIGHT. (To Michael) GLAD TO BE HERE! (Michael approaches prophets)

GABRIEL: AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE'S MOSES AND ISAIAH. THEY HEAD UP THE
DELEGATION OF THE MAJOR AND MINOR PROPHETS.
ISAIAH: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A MEETING, ISN'T IT, MICHAEL?

MOSES: TOO MANY CLOUDS TO ME!

MICHAEL: YES, ISAIAH, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A MEETING! (Michael takes his place)

MOSES: STILL SAY THERE'S TOO MANY CLOUDS!

GABRIEL: WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL IS READY TO TELL US WHY WE'VE ALL BEEN
CALLED. SO I BETTER SCOOT... AND GIVE THIS HORN A TOOT! (Gabriel blows the fanfare.)

MICHAEL: MY FELLOW ANGELS… WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM!

[ Song #2: “I” Trouble ]

MOSES: DON'T TELL ME ABOUT "I" TROUBLE!

MICHAEL: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MOSES?

MOSES: I SPENT FORTY YEARS IN THE BOONIES WITH THOSE SELF-CENTERED

WILDERNESS WANDERERS!

MICHAEL: OH, YES. I REMEMBER YOUR PROBLEMS. AS I RECALL YOU AND THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL NEVER DID SEE "EYE TO EYE".

MOSES: VERY FUNNY! BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WAS BAD NEWS.

ALL: HOW BAD WAS IT?

MOSES: IT WAS SO BAD, THE LORD HAD TO COME DOWN TO EARTH JUST TO GET THEIR
ATTENTION!

[ Song #3: The Perfect “10” ]

MICHAEL: WELL, THE COMMANDMENTS WERE PERFECT... BUT MAN WASN'T.

MOSES: YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT! AFTER ALL THE TROUBLE THE LORD WENT TO SHOW
MAN HOW TO LIVE CLOSE TO HIM, THEY STILL KEPT ON WORSHIPING OTHER GODS,
MAKING GRAVEN IMAGES, TAKING THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN... (getting angrier and angrier)

ISAIAH: (interrupting) CALM DOWN MOSES! CALM DOWN! EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A BAD
TIME YOU HAD....IT WAS BAD NEWS FOR ALL US PROPHETS!

ALL: HOW BAD WAS IT?

ISAIAH: IT WAS SO BAD I HAD TO CONSTANTLY BE TELLING THE PEOPLE GOD HAD A PLAN.
YOU SEE, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS... GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A PLAN! WHY THAT'S
PROBABLY WHAT MICHAEL IS LEADING UP TO NOW.

MOSES: I DON'T KNOW, ISAIAH, YOU ALWAYS WERE AN OPTIMIST!

ISAIAH: OF COURSE I WAS...I STILL AM, CAUSE I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT. AND IF ALL ANGELS WILL HELP ME OUT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD MY PEOPLE
ALL THOSE YEARS!

[ Song #4: Sing to the Lord ]

MOSES: (teasing) YES... I REMEMBER. YOU TRIED TO TELL THE PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE
CLOSE TO GOD... YOU AND JEREMIAH, AND EZEKIEL AND DANIEL... BUT THEY DIDN'T
LISTEN TO YOU GUYS EITHER!

ISAIAH: (perturbed) YOU WOULD HAVE TO REMIND US! OKAY, MOSES, I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT IT.
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE THE MAJOR LEAGUERS... WE STRUCK OUT TOO!

[ Song #5: “I” Trouble (Reprise) ]

MICHAEL: WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, GOD USED MOSES, THE MAJOR PROPHETS AND THE
MINOR PROPHETS TO TELL THE PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE CLOSE TO GOD... BUT NONE OF
THEM SUCCEEDED. AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD...

ALL: HOW BAD ARE THEY?

MICHAEL: (annoyed by the interruption) CUT THAT OUT! NOW AS I WAS SAYING, THINGS HAVE
GOTTEN SO BAD THAT GOD HAS DECIDED TO PUT INTO ACTION THE PLAN OF THE
CENTURIES. AN ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE THIS DEMANDS A FANFARE, GABRIEL.

(Gabriel blows a fanfare and messes up end... kids react)

MICHAEL: I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT GOD HAS DECIDED TO GO TO EARTH!

ALL: WHAT? SURELY NOT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! (ETC.)

CHERRY: BUT GOD HASN'T LIVED ON EARTH SINCE CREATION!

MICHAEL: YES, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THERE WAS ANY "I" TROUBLE!

GABRIEL: THAT'S RIGHT! (very melodramatically) DON'T YOU REMEMBER. EVERYTHING WAS
BEAUTIFUL ON EARTH. MAN FELT SO CLOSE TO GOD. GOD WALKED WITH ADAM AND EVE
IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING. THERE WAS NO SIN, NO DEATH, JUST PEACE AND
HAPPINESS.
ALL: AAHH!!!

GABRIEL: (mood changes abruptly) THEN, THAT OLD STINKER, LUCIFER...

ALL: BOO... HISS...BOO

GABRIEL: HE DECIDED HE HAD TO BE AS POWERFUL AS GOD, SO OF COURSE, GOD HAD

NO CHOICE BUT TO KICK HIM AND HIS WHOLE ROTTEN CREW OUT OF HEAVEN!

ALL: YEAH! (whistles, applause)

GABRIEL: AND THINGS HAVE BEEN FINE HERE EVER SINCE.

MICHAEL: OF COURSE THEY HAVE, BUT THAT WASN,T THE END OF LUCIFER.

ALL: BOO... HISS... BOO

MICHAEL: SINCE HE WENT TO EARTH, THINGS THERE HAVE GONE FROM GOOD TO BAD TO
WORSE!

GABRIEL: SURE! BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THE DEVIL'S GONNA GET IT IN THE END.

ALL: (very vindictively) YEAH!

MICHAEL: OF COURSE HE WILL, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, GOD HAS GOT TO FIND A WAY TO
BE CLOSE TO MAN AGAIN.

SARA: WE UNDERSTAND THAT, MICHAEL... BUT DOES HE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO

EARTH AND LIVE AMONG THEM?

CHERRY: YEAH, WHY WOULD HE WANNA DO THAT?

ALL: YEAH, WHY, WHY, WHY..

[ Song #6: Jiswannano ]

MICHAEL: I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW... IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US, BUT THERE'S A VERY
GOOD REASON WHY GOD WOULD MAKE SUCH A GREAT SACRIFICE.

ALL: WHY?

MICHAEL: BECAUSE GOD LOVES MAN.

SARA: OF COURSE! GOD LOVES EVERYONE!

HAROLD: WAIT A MINUTE! I CAN SEE HOW GOD LOVES US.... WE'RE PERFECT ANGELS BUT
HOW CAN HE LOVE A PEOPLE WHO ARE SO, SO... WELL, LET'S FACE IT...SO SINFUL!

MICHAEL: LIKE I SAID... IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US, BUT THE FACT IS... GOD LOVES
PEOPLE NOT FOR WHAT THEY ARE, BUT FOR WHAT THEY CAN BE.!

CHERRY: WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS... THAT MUST BE THE BEST KIND OF LOVE THERE IS!

[ Song #7: What Love ]

GABRIEL: HALLELUJAH'S RIGHT! THIS IS THE GREATEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED!

SARA: TELL US, MICHAEL, HOW'S HE GOING TO GET TO EARTH?

HAROLD: WHAT'S HE GONNA BE?

CHERRY: WHAT'LL HE GO AS?

MICHAEL: (Suddenly embarrassed) WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT I WAS
SO EXCITED, I FORGOT TO ASK! WAIT JUST A MINUTE... I'LL BE RIGHT BACK! (he exits)

CHERRY: JUST IMAGINE ALL THE WAYS GOD COULD GO TO EARTH....

HAROLD: YEAH... GOD'S GOT THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING...I WONDER HOW HE'LL GO?

SARA: WELL, IT'S CERTAIN YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND...
BUT IT WOULDN'T HURT TO TRY!

[ Song #8: If It Were Up to Me ]

GABRIEL: LOOK... IT'S MICHAEL!

SARA: HOW'S HE GONNA GO TO EARTH?

HAROLD: WHAT'S HE GONNA BE?

CHERRY: WHAT'LL HE GO AS?

SARA: WILL HE BE A WEALTHY KING?

HAROLD: WILL HE BE A MIGHTY WARRIOR?

CHERRY: WILL HE BE A FAMOUS MUSICIAN?

MICHAEL: NO,NO,NO... NOTHING LIKE THAT.

CHERRY: THEN HOW?

MICHAEL: GOD IS GOING TO EARTH AS A BABY.

ALL: A BABY?!

SARA: A BABY? THERE'S NOTHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT A BABY!

HAROLD: YEAH, WHY WOULD HE WANT TO GO AS A BABY?

MICHAEL: HE HAS A VERY GOOD REASON. YOU SEE, FOR CENTURIES GOD HAS BEEN
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING HE HASN'T HAD SINCE CREATION... AND THE ONLY
WAY HE CAN DO IT IS TO BECOME A BABY.

[ Song #9: Close to Him ]

CHERRY: OH MICHAEL... I FEEL CLOSE TO HIM ALREADY... AND HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN
BORN YET!

MICHAEL: THAT'S JUST HOW HE PLANNED IT! GOD KNEW THAT IF HE WENT TO EARTH AS
SOMEONE IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD'S EYES, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD FEEL THAT THEY
COULD NEVER APPROACH HIM… NEVER BE CLOSE TO HIM.

SARA: THEN A BABY IS A WONDERFUL IDEA!

HAROLD: MICHAEL... WHAT WILL HIS NAME BE?

MICHAEL: THAT'S THE BEST PART. HIS NAME WILL BE "JESUS". IT MEANS "SAVIOUR"
BECAUSE HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM DYING IN THEIR SINS.

CHERRY: IN THAT CASE, EVERYONE WILL WANT TO COME TO HIM!

MICHAEL: NO, I'M AFRAID EVERYONE WON'T COME TO HIM.

CHERRY: BUT WHY?

MICHAEL: WELL, IT'S THAT OLD "I" TROUBLE AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT SO BAD THEY
ARE BLINDED TO THE FACT THAT BEING CLOSE TO JESUS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE.

SARA: IS THERE ANY CURE FOR THEM?

MICHAEL: THERE CERTAINLY IS. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THEIR EYES OFF
THEMSELVES AND LOOK TO JESUS.
[ Song #10: Come to the Manger ]

MOSES: (As if surprised) WELL, ISAIAH... YOU WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG.... GOD DOES HAVE A
PLAN!

ISAIAH: YES, MOSES! AND ISN'T IT A BEAUTIFUL PLAN? AND JUST THINK, WE GET TO
CELEBRATE HIS BIRTH WITH THE ANGELS, ALL US PROPHETS. PART OF THE HEAVENLY
HOST, PRAISING GOD… AND SINGING!

[ Song #11: Glory to God ]

(Gabriel blows a fanfare correctly - kids respond with cheers and whistles.)

[ Song #12: Angels Aware ]