Setup

Choir

• will stand at back of platform

• need microphones for each stand

• Concert black attire

Carolina

• Piano side of the platform, orchestra risers on floor to raise them up

• Small table next to piano on riser level, Stephanie seated back to piano

• Josiah and Zipporah seated

• Perhaps a small, rustically decorated Christmas tree

Valley Forge

• Orchestra Area

• Small, rough table

• Small cot in background, visible, yet out of the way

Children’s Choir

• Center stage where pulpit usually is

Characters

• Characters dress as much like suggestions in the script as possible

• Narrators are in concert black

• When speaking, use expression as appropriate to your lines, but do not move far from where you are stationed. If you are not in a particular scene, simply stand/sit in place with your head bowed to indicate you are out of the scene.

Extra Props

• Feather quill & parchment, scene 1, Samuel

• Heavy, woolen scarves (2), scene 2, Joshua and Rachel

• Ticking Clock sound

• Envelope with letter for Samuel to open, Scene 9 opening