The Night the Animals Talked
This full-length Christmas play by Patricia Barry Rumble features 5 characters: 2 women, 1 girl, 1 boy and 1 male voice. 1 Interior Setting. About 70 minutes.
If you want a heart-warming American play for Christmas … one that is easily produced with a small cast … then this is the play for you.
This unique, contemporary piece illuminates the excitement two days before Christmas. The play revolves around the McCullough family: the mother, her two children and Mammaw, their grandmother, who has written a play based on the legend that on the night Christ was born the animals talked. In the midst of all this holiday fun and chaos, a crisis occurs which could mean tragedy and a very sad Christmas for the family. But all is resolved in the exciting finale – with a miracle that relates directly to the title of the play.
REVIEW: “This play will warm the heart of any audience.” – Beaumont (TX) Enterprise
“Actors and audience (from 3 years old through grandparents) fell in love with the play. I recommend it to any theatre that wants a different and charming Christmas play that will appeal to the entire family.” – Jo Alessandro Marks (Premiere Production Director), Shoe Box Theatre
Produced for the 2006 Holiday Season at the Georgia Children Museum in Macon. “This show is wonderful for the entire family. Audiences, young and old alike, loved this holiday treasure!” – Rhonda Faulkner-Wooley, Director
RUNNING TIME: About seventy minutes
SCRIPT: $15 (with permission to make multiple copies for your production) – BUY NOW
ROYALTIES: $60 for 1st performance, $50 thereafter (For extended runs, touring performances
or Equity/Professional Theatres, please contact us for royalty quotes)
SAMPLE PAGES: English