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DRAMA — SERIES A — EASTER DAY
Bible reference: John 20:1–18
EASTER EGG-CITEMENT
Characters: Puppet and a person (More than one puppet could be used).
Props: Party hat, party hooters, streamers, party poppers etc
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(Sounds from the puppet theatre of a party in full swing. Party hooters hooting, eggs flying up in the air, streamers coming from out of top, etc)
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PERSON:
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Knock, knock.
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PUPPET:
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(Off stage) Who’s there?
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PERSON:
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(Gives name)______________
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PUPPET:
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(Name)___________ who?
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PERSON:
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No, not (Name)____________ who, it’s me, Name) _____________.
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PUPPET:
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(Appears with party hat on) Oh, hi. Sorry, I thought it was someone telling another knock-knock joke. We’ve been telling heaps. Hey, have you heard this one? Knock, knock.
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PERSON:
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Who’s there?
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PUPPET:
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Boo.
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PERSON:
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Boo who?
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PUPPET:
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Don’t cry, it’s only a joke!
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PERSON:
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That’s very good, but I’m just wondering whether you could keep it down a little. We’re trying to have our Easter Sunday service and there’s all this noise coming from your place.
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PUPPET:
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Oh, sorry. We must’ve gotten a little carried away with our Easter Sunday New Life Celebration. I’ll ask them to quieten down a bit.
(Yells down into puppet theatre) Hey, you lot! Heeeey! Can you keep the noise down a bit.(The noise drops) There, that’s better.
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PERSON:
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So you’re having an Easter Life Party?
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PUPPET:
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An Easter Sunday New Life Celebration. We’re celebrating what happened when Jesus rose from the dead. It’s such great news for us we just had to have a party.
So we’ve got party hats. We’ve got a cake. We’ve got hooters. We’ve got lots and lots of Easter eggs. Did you know there were lots of eggs in the Easter story?
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PERSON:
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I think you’re mistaken. There aren’t any eggs in the Easter story.
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PUPPET:
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Oh yes, there are. For example, when Mary saw Jesus alive there was an egg there.
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PERSON:
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I don’t think so.
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PUPPET:
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Oh yes, there was — she was very eggs-cited!
And there’s more. Peter and John ran all the way from the city to the tomb. When they got there, there were more eggs...
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PERSON:
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Uh-huh.
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PUPPET:
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Because they were eggs-hausted!
Pontius Pilate was an eggs-patriate.
Judas was eggs-posed.
The High Priests eggs-amined Jesus.
Barabbas was eggs-onerated.
The tomb was eggs-cavated.
Here’s one for you. Why did the angels have eggs?
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PERSON:
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I guess that’s because they were eggs-traordinary?
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PUPPET:
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Eggs-actly!
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PERSON:
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I’ve got another one for you. I’m eggs-asperated with this conversation.
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PUPPET:
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Great, that was an egg-shell-ent one.
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PERSON:
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So apart from all the eggs in the Easter story, what are you celebrating?
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PUPPET:
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Well, mainly we’re celebrating that Jesus is alive. That’s the second best news of Easter.
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PERSON:
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Only the second best news!
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PUPPET:
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Yep! The best news of Easter is that we get new life too!
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PERSON:
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Yes, I guess it is. You might even say it was an eggs-emplary piece of news. Happy Easter!
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PUPPET:
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Happy Easter everybody! (Exits)
© Mike Fulwood 1997
Permission is given for the owner of this disk to make sufficient copies of this script for their group or congregation, for rehearsal and performance purposes only.
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