The word Haggadah means “telling.” The central mitzvah of the seder is to tell the Exodus story. So why doesn’t the traditional Haggadah contain a straightforward telling of the human story of the Exodus? Moshe, the protagonist of the Exodus narrative, only appears in the Haggadah as a passing mention. Some have said that this is so we aren’t tempted to deify Moshe, others say it emphasizes our collective liberation. I think that maybe Moshe is missing because we’re supposed to find him, to piece the Exodus story together for ourselves. 

Many non-traditional haggadot fill in these gaps by providing their own account of the story. I’ve refrained from doing this because I think it would be more valuable for each seder to find their own creative way of telling the story. A few suggestions:

A scripted play read by the seder guests
Text study of Torah verses
A STTRPG (seder table top role playing game) 
A shadow puppet play
Watching the Rugrats’ Pesach episode
Singalongs of song parodies that tell the Exodus story
Getting competitive with a trivia contest (Jewpardy anyone?)
Having guests dress up as characters from the story and ‘interviewing’ them
 


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story
Source: Min Ha-Meitzar: An Abolitionist Haggadah from the Narrow Place by Noraa Kaplan