On The Road To Emmaus: An Example Of Readers’ Theater

This script calls for three readers to render the gospel lesson from Luke 24:13-35 (niv). Reader 1: Now that same day Readers 1 and 2: the two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. Reader 1: They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. Reader 2: As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Reader 3: Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; Reader 1: but they were kept from recognizing him. Reader 3: He asked them,"What are you discussing together as you walk along?" Readers 1 and 2: They stood still, their faces downcast. Reader 1: One of them, named Cleopas, asked him,"Are you the only one living in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?" Reader 3: "What things?" he asked. Readers 1 and 2: "About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. Reader 2: He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. Their chief priests and …