Easter play Mind and Heart

You want a totally different kind of Easter play? Mind and Heart may be what you're looking for.
Mind and Heart
The story of the two men who were crucified with Jesus. As twin brothers, they grew up in Bethlehem and were both there the night that Jesus was born. Heart is changed from that moment on, but Mind seemed indifferent. This Biblical themed play tells the story of the human battle between your mind and heart. Both characters end up suspended between heaven and earth where they both must make their final decision. Cast: 50 or more, mainly male speaking parts.Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes.
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Drama Conferences

Not sure where to get drama training? Well, we are conducting drama training (C.O.D.E. Conference of Drama Evangelism) in regions across the U.S. The classes tayght vary by which clinicians are available, but all offer 3 levels of acting classes, monologue, 3 Directing levels, 2 levels of writing, dinner drama, street drama, dowel rod, sign language, a few tech classes lighting, sound, stage design, and more. To get more information, please visit www.dramacode.com. You will rub shoulders with other drama ministries and teams. See live performances in the evening events. What better wat than to walk away with 15 new ideas for your team to plug in for the rest of the year. If you're a director, you owe it to yourseld to equip yourself with rehearsal ideas and tips to make your job a lot easier. Rehearsal management is a must and if you don't know it...you're frustrating yourself and your cast and crew. Get informed, get educated...get to CODE.

Dowel rods???What are they?

I take it for granted that everyone knows what dowel rods are. Let me back up....they are wooden sticks 3 feet long and 1/2 inch in diameter. Usually painted flat white. They will not glow in the dark, so you need to sew a sleeve or slip for it if you want to do a song in blacklight...which by the way we make and offer on our website. It's amazing how many images that you can do with the dowel rods. We have many songs with dowel rods on our site. Just ask...we'll help you.

Easter Tips

Okay...not everyone is thrilled that Easter is coming so this year. I just seems like you just got done with Christmas dramas and bam!...Easter is already here. Well, relax...I've done all the work for you. You don' have to turn the church into Jerusalem again. This time you can choose something a lot simpler. A good mix of interpretive sign, dowel rod, song interpretation, monologue will do just as good. Believe me your Pastor will be elated that his platform isn't torn up for two months. To get an idea of what I'm talking about...just visit our site at howitiller.com/easter.htm. If you have any questions you can email me at howitiller@aol.com or even call me at 918-760-3561. If you haven't tried any of the above, you have a great experience to look forward to. If you missed out on Easter this year. These resources are available all year round and work any time...not seasonal at all. Drama works any time and more and more churches are finding that out.
Not sure which direction to go...I still have two weekends open to come and help. It's all I do...a different city almost every weekend.

Morgan's Wedding Was Awesome

Well, after an incredibly busy December...I arrived home Christmas Eve and jumped right into the final plans for my daughter's wedding. Morgan's wedding was a winter wonder land. Artificial snow lined the aisle and covered the platform. Over sized snow flakes and white sheer fabric hovered above the bridal party as the couple exchanged vows, rings and rings. Morgan majoring in Tech Music in college chose music themes out of Gladiator. There wasn't a traditional song anywhere to be heard. She was very, very beautiful if I say so myself. If you'd like a very different wedding...Morgan is the one to hire to organize your wedding. It was a wedding to remember.

Easter Drama Package

Easter comes early this year so don't wait too late to start. Maybe your Pastor doesn't want to turn the platform into Jerusalem this year...that's okay, we can help you design an anointed powerful Easter Sunday through a compilation of dowel rods, sign langauge and monologues. If you visit our site at www.howitiller.com/Easter.htm, you'll see a variety of resources that can make that job easier. I'm also available for a couple weekends in February and one in March if you'd like for me to come and help. Just let me know. You can reach me at howitiller@aol.com or by calling 918-760-3561.

Here are a list monologues that work well for Easter:

The Monologues are:
1. The Act - The woman caught in the act of adultery reflects back to the day when she first met the Lord Jesus. The day she thought would be her last, became her greatest. 8 minutes. There is a custom sound track just for this monologue.
2. The Betrayal - Caiaphas reflects back to the moment when he was visited by Judas and set up the moment when Judas betrayed the Lord Jesus. Great for Easter or anytime. 9 minute
3. Obvious - There are many monologues about Calvary, but most are from Mary's or Caiaphas' point of view. This one is from the perspective of the man who begged for the body of the Lord, Joseph of Arimethea. This isn't revealed to your audience until the last line. Powerful stand alone monologue or to compliment a larger production. 5-6 minutes
4. Someday Came Today - This monologue is about the thief at the cross who reached out to Jesus. We can hypothesize about his past, but what a miraculous day for someone who didn’t deserve it. Christ’s love is wonderfully shown in this event at Calvary. Even though the event is historical, Howi brings a modern application through the breaking down of just the one line that Jesus said to the thief. “Today, you will be with me in Paradise.” Never will those words have a fuller and more relative meaning then when they come alive through this monologue.
5. The Thorns Have a Rose - Reader's theater in rhyme. A wonderful way to add something moving and emotional to your Easter program. It is divided in to two sections. The first section depicts the death of Judas and the second section depicts the death of Christ. With the right readers, this script can bring the audience to the very foot of the cross. 2 Readers 6-7 minutes

Here are some DVD ideas:

The DVDs are: • DVD Volume 1 Has "Still Her Little Child" by Ray Boltz• DVD Volume 2 Has "Redeemer" by Nicole C. Mullins and the popular, "End of the Beginning" by David Phelps• CODE Indiana 07 Has "Let the Veil Down" by Judy Jacobs and "How Great Thou Art" by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. This song performed with interpretive sign and movement is the most worshipful song we've ever done. It's a great finale piece.