This dramatization has an optional scene for children, to enjoy acting like animals…
About 5 minutes, from Gen. 1‒2
Participants (No need to memorize lines;
the aim is to relive sacred events, not to perform)
  Angel
  Adam
  Voice (of God)
  Animals          [Optional] Small children, if present, or anyone who is willing.
  Prompter         Shout a brief line, and Echoes repeat it.
  Echoes            Children and adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script.
Note: The part about naming animals as children portray them is optional.
Angel |
The first creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let there be light. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
And there is light! |
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Angel |
The second creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, |
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Angel |
The third creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let the earth sprout plants yielding seed, |
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Prompter & Echoes |
And it is good! |
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Angel |
The fourth creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for seasons, days and years. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Sun, moon and solar days! |
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Angel |
Time on earth has begun, as men measure time. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Seasons, days and years! |
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Angel |
The fifth creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures; |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Animals that move! |
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Angel |
The sixth creation day begins. |
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Voice |
Let us make humans in our image, |
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Adam |
Well, here I am, folks! I am Adam. |
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  Angel (Optional)  |
(Ask a child to walk like an elephant: bend over and let one arm swing like an elephant’s trunk, while adults name it. Do the same for a rabbit, kangaroo, chicken, dog (bark), etc. Ask adults to name the animals as Adam did, |
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Propter & Echoes |
Adam feels all alone. |
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Adam |
All the animals have a mate, but not me. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
She is beautiful! |
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Angel |
And so, God finishes his earthly creation. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
And it is good. |
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Adam |
Oh! Everything is wonderful! |
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