Puppet Scripts

Please read Choosing a Play, Not a Skit and Warning re. use of Technicians in the Puppetry Tips post.

The following scripts are available in a pack of 6 (2 puppeteers, 1 sound technician, & 3 judges) for NZ$ 30. Enquiries to kyriellepublishing@xtra.co.nz

Where Are Your Ears?

Isabel Worboys wrote this play after a series of fatal car/train collisions shocked New Zealand in 1993. Official reports stated that in each of the 6 cases the crossing bells and lights were operating. Isabel suspected these tragedies were a result of the motor vehicle drivers being distracted by loud music and so not hearing the warning signals nor checking it was safe to cross.

This three-scene play sets up a similar situation, featuring great props and sound effects and an affectionate, jokey friendship between a teenage girl and boy and his concern about her frequent auditory inattention. She survives being 'trained', and realizes it's time to open her ears and let God train her.

By the way, throughout a busy puppet ministry this was my all-time favourite puppet play to perform.

Grandpa’s Coal Basket

Using the analogy of a leaky coal basket and frequent trips to the river to teach children the importance of reading the Bible daily, this puppet play features plenty of action, strong use of props, set, and backdrop, and personable grandparent and grandchild characters. Provision is made for a sound technician to insert musical interludes and sound effects such as doors slamming and a rocking chair creaking.

The characters are not gender-specific, so casting is flexible. The masculine gender (Grandpa and Grandson) has been employed in the script in order to gain flow and character.