DRAMA - PROPER 7, YEAR B
Bible reference: Mark 4:35-41
2 plays are given below
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
CHARACTERS: Narrator, voice of Jesus, five people (2 is a youth, 3 is a child)
PROPS:
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A real boat or a large cardboard cut-out boat, big book labelled ‘Not the Bible’
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(Actors enter and get into boat, narrator enters with book)
NARRATOR:
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(Reading from book labelled ‘Not the Bible’) And it came to pass that when evening came they were far adrift on a sea of trepidation, tossed about by waves of fear, blown around by the winds of despair, deafened by the thunder of dread, blinded by the frightening lightning, saturated by the rain of terror, and caught up in a storm of sheer panic.
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NARRATOR:
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In other words, they were losing it!
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1:
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I’m afraid of commitment!
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2:
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That’s nothing, I’m afraid of commitment and exams!
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3:
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Well, I’m just a kid, I’m still afraid of the dark and monsters under the bed!
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4:
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Well, beat this, I’m afraid of commitment, exams, the dark, monsters and getting my feet wet!
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5:
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Well, I’m afraid of...of...what’s that phobia word?
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1:
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Acrophobia, that’s fear of heights, or bathophobia, that’s fear of depths?
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5:
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(Shaking head) No, it’s not them.
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2:
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Algophobia, that’s fear of pain, or taphephobia, a fear of being buried alive?
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5:
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No, it’s not them either.
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3:
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Musophobia, a fear of mice, or dromophobia, a fear of crossing streets?
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5:
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No, they’re not quite right.
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4:
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How about pantophobia?
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5:
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(Triumphantly) That’s it!
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NARRATOR:
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Jesus spoke to them in the middle of the sea of trepidation, the waves of fear, the winds of despair, the thunder of dread, the frightening lightning, the rain of terror, and the storm of sheer panic.
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JESUS:
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(Voice only) You idiots! Have you forgotten that I’m here with you? (All nod guiltily) Have you forgotten that I’m here to help you? (All nod) Have I ever let you down? (All shake head) So what’s your problem? What are you afraid of?
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ALL:
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(Panicking) Ahhhhhh!
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NARRATOR:
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And Jesus was just a tad peeved.
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JESUS:
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Why are you so afraid? Trust me, or you’ll drown in your fear. Have faith and let me still the storm.
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1:
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But I can’t, I just can’t commit!
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2:
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And I just know I’m going to fail my exams!
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3:
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I can hear a monster coming!
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4:
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(Holding up toe in horror) I think we’ve sprung a leak, my toe’s damp!
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5:
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And no one can help me, we’re doomed!
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ALL:
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(Panicking) Ahhhhhh!
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NARRATOR:
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(Sadly) Alas, they failed to heed the words of Jesus and believe his promise, and the sea of trepidation, the waves of fear, the winds of despair, the thunder of dread, the frightening lightning, the rain of terror, and the storm of sheer panic engulfed them, ie they drowned.
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ALL:
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Ahhhhhh! Glub, glub, glub, glub, glub, glub. (Sink down, raise up waves, optional: actors could blow bubbles, narrator and actors exit)
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© Verena Johnson 1999
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.
CALMING STORMS
CHARACTERS: Two clowns
PROPS: Feather duster, two sticks (one longer than the other), red scarf or long strip of fabric
Clown 2 enters with a feather duster and proceeds to dust away.
Clown 1 enters with 2 paddles (sticks) and invites the other clown to go fishing.
They set off in their boat, paddling away.
They find a good spot and start to fish, miming casting out and reeling them in.
A storm starts to blow up and the boat is rocking.
The clowns try to paddle back to shore but the storm gets really rough and they become afraid for their lives.
Eventually Clown 2 thinks of an idea. She/he picks up the 2 paddles and with Clown 1’s help, they lash them together to make a mast that is in the shape of a cross.
The clowns hold the makeshift cross up in the air.
The sail through the storm with the cross flying high. (Exit)
© Di Forster 1994
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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