A Whole Other Story: The Musical
What it's about
Three high school friends meet up at a coffee shop over Christmas break. Devin has never really "done" church and doesn't know the Christmas story at all, so Lucy starts at the beginning. What follows moves back and forth between the teens' table and the story itself, as prophets, an angel, shepherds, wise men and a very put-upon set of innkeepers act out the journey to the stable.
It's the Nativity told the way one friend would actually explain it to another — funny, modern and unhurried, with musical numbers throughout.
Notes for parents
This is an explicitly Christian retelling of the Nativity, written for a family audience. The story follows Scripture closely — Isaiah's prophecy, the Annunciation, King Herod, the wise men and the birth itself — and several passages are quoted directly.
The teen characters speak in contemporary slang and the humor is gentle: a running joke about an absurd coffee order, some good-natured teasing, a cat with nine lives. There is no romance, no violence beyond the biblical account of Herod, and no language that would surprise a parent.
Roles range from several large speaking parts to a number of short ones, so there is room for a wide range of ages and experience levels.
Learn the songs
All the songs from the show, so you can start learning them by ear.
A taste of it
Reading is closed
Requests to read the full script closed on September 12, 2026. If you need the script for the production, get in touch.