800-448-7469 Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm CST

Cart

Ship times are not guaranteed. Learn More.

Same Day Shipping [+]

ALL

All

By Title By Author By Page

Browse

One Act Plays Full Length Plays Musicals Musicals with Accompaniment CDs Collections Scenes and Monologues

Discover

Livestream Titles Digital Scripts New In Print 1-Person Plays Radio Plays Bestsellers Holiday Children's Favorites Competition Titles AATE Award Recipients

Authors

Resources

Logo Packs Books

Help

Livestreaming FAQs Digital Script FAQs Licensing and Royalties Producing a Play 101 Producing a Musical 101 Cutting & Special Permissions 101

About Us

Updated To Kill A Mockingbird Statement About DPC Contact DPC Conferences Affiliates

Home > Browse > Papa Was a Preacher

Papa Was a Preacher

By John McGreevey. Based on the book by Alyene Porter.

Product Code: P14000

Full-length Play

Comedy

Cast size: 7m., 8w.

Rights and availability

This title can be licensed and sold in the following countries:
United States, Canada

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Apply for rights

Save for later

Synopsis

For the minister's family, growing up has tribulations that most children escape. They can't roller skate in public because some of the parishioners object. The boys cannot protect their cotton patch from a gang of "toughs" because their father opposes fighting. The daughters of the richest parishioners try to make the preacher's sons date them (or else!). The troublemaker, Miss Jones, even objects to Alyene reciting poems by Shakespeare. Weaving through all this is a delightful boy/girl complication in which two brothers want to date the same girl while their sister is being courted by a would-be musician.

Read an Excerpt

Details

Status In stock
Type of Show Full-length Play
Product Code P14000
Minimum Cast Size 15
Pages of Dialogue 65
Min. Royalty Rate $85.00/perf
Approx. Run Time 80 min
Staging One int. set.

Customer Reviews

Most fun a cast ever had.

Harold Schewe, Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis.

This play was so much fun. The story kept moving. The audience was so into it. They never felt bored in any way. We enjoyed it very much.

Mary Jenson, Mountain Valley High School, Bluffdale, Utah

One of the most enjoyable plays I've directed. At some points you didn't know if you should laugh or cry.

Norma Bagley, Carriage House Players, Fayetteville, Tenn.

So much fun we keep doing it year-after-year since the 1970's! And it never fails to entertain!

Dan Neidermyer, Maranatha Productions, Inc., Lancaster, Pa.

An excellent family-friendly play for young actors. A nice balance of humor and real character development. I would highly recommend to schools that are new to theatre.

Nate Madden, Mingo Valley Christian School, Tulsa, Okla.