Baa Means I Love You

1. The Daughter (The Shy Starlet)

Role: Quiet, observant child stepping into the spotlight for the first time
Arc: Learns that her small, faltering part is exactly the kind God uses
Song Possibility:
🎶 “I Don’t Know How to Shine” — a soft, vulnerable solo as she wrestles with fear and being seen

🎭 2. The Grandma (The Veteran Volunteer)

Role: A long-time church member who has made costumes for 30 years and seen every pageant meltdown
Arc: At first resistant to the director’s energy, but becomes a quiet encourager
Song Possibility:
🎶 “I Sewed the First Wise Man’s Robe” — a comedic, nostalgic patter song with surprising heart

🎭 3. The Teen Helper (Too Cool for This)

Role: A high schooler roped into helping with lights or wrangling kids
Arc: Acts aloof, but ends up deeply moved by the story and reconnects with faith
Song Possibility:
🎶 “Just Push the Button” — sarcastic opening verse that turns into a personal reflection on light and darkness

🎭 4. The Pastor (Overbooked & Over it?)

Role: Wants to be supportive but is juggling 3 funerals, a Christmas Eve sermon, and a boiler leak
Arc: Gets pulled into the mess of the play and remembers the wonder of the incarnation
Song Possibility:
🎶 “The Word Became Flesh… Again” — a hymnlike baritone solo mid-chaos

🎭 5. The Pageant Kid That Takes It Too Seriously

Role: Memorized everyone’s lines, corrects others, dreams of Broadway
Arc: Learns humility when their own moment goes wrong
Song Possibility:
🎶 “This Wasn’t In Rehearsal!” — a fast, over-dramatic number with costume mishaps and meltdowns

🎭 6. The Mom Who Can’t Say No (PTA President Vibes)

Role: Made 200 cookies, directs traffic, signs up for everything
Arc: Burns out mid-show and is reminded that she’s allowed to just be a child of God too
Song Possibility:
🎶 “Do, Do, Do (But What About Be?)” — a jazz-pop style burnout anthem with a gospel turnaround

🎭 7. The Kid Who Just Wants to Be a Sheep

Role: Doesn’t care about lines or solos, just wants to wear the sheep costume
Arc: Their simple joy becomes contagious
Song Possibility:
🎶 “Baaa Means I Love You” — comic relief that becomes oddly profound when paired with John 10 ("My sheep know My voice")

🎭 8. The Choir Director

Role: Trying to teach pitch to second graders and play piano with a sticky G key
Arc: Finds peace not in the perfect note, but in the imperfect worship
Song Possibility:
🎶 “Make a Joyful Noise (and That’s All We’ve Got!)” — chaotic opening number setting the tone of the show

9. The Dad

This is a beautifully layered character. He’s a dad trying to hold it together in a season that’s both demanding and holy. He’s not cynical, just stretched. He wants to support his daughter. He doesn’t want to grumble. He’s tired, not quite “there” spiritually, and not sure what’s off, but he’s still showing up, which says a lot. His song is half internal monologue, half spoken prayer, and fully human.

10. The Director

She is such a meaningful and multidimensional character. The Christmas Play Director is a beautiful mix of tireless vision, buried weariness, deep faith, and a kind of holy chaos-wrangling. Her song is part anthem, part prayer, part confession.