Presentation time: 90 minutes.

MEN  

• Epiphras – Pharisee
• Gomel – Pharisee
• Amos – 8 to 12 years old - Son to Miriam and Barak
• Barak – Father of Amos and husband to Miriam
• Rabbi – Enjoys a good biscuit
• Lemuel – Shepherd
• Guard 1
• Guard 2
• Herod
• Pilate
• Jesus

WOMEN

• Miriam – Mother to Amos and wife to Barak
• Mary
• Salome´
• Mary Magdalena
• Pilate’s Wife
• Vendors/Servants – No lines

Director's Notes:

The play will cover the duration of the Passion week which include four days that a lamb is being observed for any blemishes. A lamb had to be spotless before it could be used as a sacrificial lamb. This started in Egypt when the Lord used Moses to lead his people out of bondage. So, the day Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey was the same day a lamb was selected from the herd and started its four-day trial. Interestingly, this day was also the beginning of Jesus’ trials and tests. He was in the trial in the garden of Gethsemane where he was arrested, then brought before the Sanhedrin at night where witnesses were hired to lie about him. Being brought to trial before the Sanhedrin at night was against Jewish law. The next day he was paraded before Pilate. Then he was brought before Herod and then back to Pilate where Pilate said, “I find no fault in him.” This is important, as there couldn’t be any fault in the Passover lamb either. Therefore, Jesus was referred to as the Lamb slain from foundation of the world. The Passover was the same day the lamb was sacrificed for the sins of Israel and Jesus was crucified for the sins of the world. Jesus knew this was going to happen and had his last supper with the disciples the evening before.

We believe your audience will enjoy learning some of the parallels between the Lord Jesus and the Passover lamb.

• We do visit historical and factual Old Testament elements in the script without getting bogged down in a lot of information. “Blameless” will share the often over looked facts, but in a creative and natural way through characters and situations.
• There’s some great humor that appears through the family of Barak, Miriam and their son Amos that your audience will love.
• To understand the blocking symbols download the FREE copy of The Director’s Notebook  (Drama Training tab)

The packet includes

• a libretto for each actor,
• scripts for the Director, Stage Manager, Sound and Light crews. 
• Blocking for all actors (or create your own)
• All music is included.
• Instructions for movement during the songs