Issues

A Raging C

09 April 2010

Script

A Raging "C" by J’son M. Lee Summary Yolanda's life is out of control, but her mother - who has been there before - understands, and finds a way of reconciliation.…

That 70's Skit

09 April 2010

Script

That 70's Skit By Christin Kuck Summary Daughter's new fashion find brings a blast from the past! The more things change the more they remain the same. Scripture…

What's Really Important

Terri Savage · 10 November 2009

Style

Drama.

Duration

7min

Scripture

1 Cor 9:16-17; 2 Cor 16-19

Actors

1M, 1F, 2M/F

Summary

Bickering with her brother, Sue learns quickly how fleeting life is and is forced to focus on what’s really important.

Script

Characters: Bobby – adult male Sue – adult female Assistant – adult male or female Doctor – adult male or female…

Secret

Kerrie Polkinghorne · 19 October 2009

Style

Drama.

Duration

5min

Actors

1M, 1F

Summary

A wife confronts her husband when he returns home late yet again, suspicious that he is having an affair. Note: This play has minimal text, relying heavily on subtext (the unspoken thoughts/words of the characters). Assume plenty of space around each line when necessary, to add tension.

Script

Characters Ben – husband Jess – wife Script (Setting: A lounge with a lounge chair, coffee table, and nearby front door. Coat stand next to the door.) (Ben…

Somewhere Over the End of the Rainbow

Sherm Nichols & Cindy Dagnan · 04 August 2009

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

6min

Actors

1F, 3M

Characters

Dorothy (DT) – just wants to get home to KS and her family…or actually, wants to get to the mall there to shop for some new shoes. Becomes nostalgic and corny on her lines about home. Scarecrow (SC) – just wants a brain…or actually, wants all the new technology gadgets. Definitely a brainless character. Tin Woodsman (TW) – just wants a heart…or actually, wants to become an oil and steel baron. Cynical and heartless in the way he speaks. Lion (LN) – just wants courage…or actually, extreme sports machines – speed boat, 4-wheeler, a Harley. Even though he’s big, he’s timid and cowardly.

Summary

A skit about contentment .The 4 characters are traveling to the Emerald City to see the great Wizard, discovering about each other that they are discontent – only their greater concerns turn out to be over shallow, materialistic things. Their whole journey becomes nothing more than a search for meaning in temporary things.

Script

(Scene: all 4 companions are walking, skipping along on the “yellow brick road.”) LN – Hold it! Hold it! That woods up ahead looks kind of spooky! Isn’t…

Green Scenes

Bruce H. Weston · 20 July 2009

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

15min

Actors

2M, 2F

Summary

Gree Scenes is an environmental allegory set the day after tomorrow. It is designed for performance during a church service and requires no set, sound or lighting effects. The play is set in the office of E.D.E.N., a land development company. When John Newman applies for a top managerial post with a land development company, he little realises that the owner has plans for him, Unfortunately, his wife Evelyn has more than second thoughts about the new job. Her previous dealings with the company owner were disastrous and not only for her. It falls to Mrs G., the mysterious company watchdog, to prevent a catastrophic tragedy.

Script

CAST John Newman - an applicant Mrs G. - A company watchdog Mr Legion - Company Director, Environmental Development Enterprises Nationwide Evelyn Newman - John's wife …

Ordinary People?

Terri Savage · 15 July 2009

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

6min

Actors

5M/F

Characters

Stage Manager Adult Male or Female Contestants C 1 - Strong Man C 2 - Speedy (Male or Female) C 3 - Force-Field Girl C 4 - Ordinary Man Props Weights (cut these out of cardboard. Should look like cartoon weights with a bar in the middle and round ball like weights on each end. Picture in your mind a side view of a car - round on each end like a tire with the bar in the middle. Write on each ball or tire 500 LBS in bold letters) Pen (ordinary ink pen) Clipboard Cell phone (or other object Force-Field Girl will hold)

Summary

Wanting to put together an act designed to pack in the crowds, our stage manager must decide what is extraordinary enough to make the show. When an ordinary man mistakenly shows up, our stage manager asks the question: what can be done with ordinary people?

Script

(Scene: Can be a simple as two chairs facing each other - interview style. SM is in one chair with clipboard in hand and calls in the "next" contestant.) SM: …

And the Elephant Moved

Joe McDonald · 30 June 2009

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

25-30min

Actors

2M, 1F To read the script,

Summary

a one act play which concerns a man questioning his faith in God in the face of a series of setbacks. This is a three character comedy with the Man, a Nun and a Drunk.

Script

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Labels

Andora Henson · 25 September 2008

Style

Dramatic.

Duration

7-10min

Actors

1M, +V

Summary

People wearing labels representing many of the hurts faced by people today speak out their pain. They find release by transferring it to Jesus.

Script

Production note: Costumes are white shirts with bold black lettering or black shirts with white letters. Black will probably be more dramatic. The Labels could be…

Three Men in a Pub

David Cloud · 20 June 2008

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

5min.

Actors

3M, 1F. (A male can take the part of the barmaid)

Summary

Three workmates meet up in the local pub for a drink after work and discuss the new barmaid. In the process, they traverse a significant number of the 10 Commandments.

Script

M1: Have you seen the new barmaid ! M2: Who could miss her with that top on? M3: I was in church the other day and the vicar said that it was just as much of a sin to…

Blind Date

Kerrie Polkinghorne · 08 May 2008

Style

Light-hearted.

Duration

7min

Actors

1M, 1F, 2M/F, 1VO

Characters

Girl Boy Mirror 1 (standing with arms up in the frame of a mirror/window) Mirror 2 Matchmaker 'Tina' (voice only) Props 2 telephones (not mobiles) 80s music in background Any other 80s furniture & costumes

Summary

The play is set some time in the 1980s. A boy and girl have been set up for a blind date, but because of their insecurities talk themselves out of it.

Script

(Setting: Sometime in the 1980s. The stage is split into 2, one side the girl's bedroom, one side the boy's bedroom. At the start, the actors are frozen on stage. They…

Hanging it all on the Line

Bonnie DeGagne and Kristen Birley · 08 May 2008

Style

Dramatic

Duration

6min

Actors

2F

Characters

Kristen and Bonnie (Two Women in their 30s) Props Two little laundry lines , Clothes pins, Two laundry baskets. Clothes: One white men’s dress shirt, One new woman’s shirt, One teen boys shirt, one old worn looking high school or team sport shirt, some extra filler items, and tea towels etc for the pre-hung line. Pre taped inner voices of women to be played on the sound system.

Summary

Two women neighbours are outside hanging up their wash and having a discussion. Both see the others items and make comments and small talk based on the obvious. What both women don’t realize is that they are both talking about their life secrets in a surface kind of way. The women talk about the obvious stains in their families laundry, while being as evasive about the truth behind the stains.

Script

(Stage setting is two back yards. One partial 3 foot high fence between the women separating the clothes lines and yards. Kristen’s yard has a clothes line out with…