Holy Moses
1994
Holy Moses - 1994
Holy Moses! is an original two-character comedy sketch by Ken Bradbury — its script title page reads simply "Holy Moses! / By Ken Bradbury." Moses walks into Jubayah's Pyramid Travel Agency and tries to book passage across the Red Sea for "two million" children of Israel — plus their animals, carts, and donkeys — with no lead time and no way to pay. The exasperated travel agent refuses as Pharaoh's army closes in, only to watch Moses part the sea himself; he finally drops everything to run after the crowd crossing on dry land.
The script is published and available to license — buy it here.
Cast
- Jubayah — a travel agent
- Moses
Production Notes
An original two-character comedy sketch — not a licensed musical — set in a single location: the office of Jubayah, the Pyramid Travel Agency. The piece runs on comic exchange, with running gags such as Jubayah repeatedly exclaiming "Holy Moses!" and Moses politely replying "Thank you" or "Thanks again," and a recurring riff on the burning bush ("ask me to set all my bushes on fire!" / "I already did that"). No cast names, venue, organization, or production date appear in the script sources; the manuscript is filed in the 2006 Consortium script collection, a publication grouping rather than a dated production record.
A complete performance recording survives (HolyMosesComplete.mov), and the same performance is also archived in two parts (Holy Moses 01 and Holy Moses 02).