DRAMA - TRANSFIGURATION, YEAR C
Bible reference: Luke 9:28-36
WE CAN'T TELL YOU
CHARACTERS: John and Peter
(John and Peter enter running and puffing)
JOHN: (To Peter) Now, we said we wouldn't tell anybody.
PETER: Nobody at all.
JOHN: (To audience) OK . . . so we can't tell you.
PETER: Nope, we can't tell you.
JOHN: It was scary.
PETER: Very! We actually saw . . .
JOHN: (Interrupting) Shhh!
PETER: It was incredible. There was . . .
JOHN: Shhhhhhh!
PETER: Well, if we can't tell them anything, why are we standing here?
JOHN:
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Because we were running down from the mountain, and we needed to rest somewhere and we just happened to stop here!
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PETER: No, it was because you were still in a daze after seeing . . .
JOHN:
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(Interrupting) Don't say it, don't tell them!
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PETER:
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Don't tell them that we saw . . .
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JOHN:
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(Quickly puts hand over Peter's mouth) I think you're starting to tell them! (Uncovers Peter's mouth)
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PETER: Whoops! We can't tell you. Sorry!
JOHN: That's better.
PETER:
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But I want to tell them. I mean, look at them, (Indicating the audience) they're all interested now. We've got their curiosity aroused. Did you ever see a more curious lot? (Both peer at audience)
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PETER:
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So why can't we tell them just a bit, (Pleading) just a teeeeeny bit . . . (Before John can stop him) you know, about how we saw the glory of God.
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PETER:
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OK, so I can't tell them (Indicates audience) that it all started (John rolls eyes throws up hands in despair) when we went up the mountain to pray with Jesus.
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JOHN:
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(Sulking) Fat lot of praying you did!
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PETER:
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I did so! You're the one who kept falling asleep!
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JOHN:
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You're the one who fell asleep first!
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PETER:
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OK, OK . . . so we all fell asleep while Jesus was praying. Then we definitely can't tell them that when we woke up we saw Jesus all lit up.
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JOHN:
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(Getting caught up in the story) Yeah, all glowing and bright and shining!
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PETER:
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Omo bright! (Or some other popular washing powder)
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JOHN:
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Drive white! (Or some other popular washing powder)
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PETER:
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We had to shelter our eyes! And then I absolutely, positively can't tell them that two men were with him!
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JOHN:
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Moses, the guy who led the people out of Egypt, and got the commandments.
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PETER:
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And Elijah, the prophet!
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JOHN:
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Except they've both been dead for years and years!
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JOHN:
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Absolutely freaked!
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PETER:
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And then a cloud came and . . .
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JOHN:
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No, that's not right! You offered Moses and Elijah a bed for the night. What an idiot!
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PETER:
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I was trying to be polite!
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JOHN:
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(Chuckling) You looked pretty stupid to me.
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PETER:
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It was stupid, but I didn't want them to go and didn't know what else to say!
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JOHN:
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(Laughing) Building them three shelters!
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PETER:
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(Crossly) All right, all right . . . Anyway, then the cloud came.
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JOHN:
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It was enormous and completely covered us.
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PETER:
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I freaked out again.
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JOHN:
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Me too! And then . . .
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JOHN:
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And then God himself spoke!
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JOHN:
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Yeah, but hiding under a rock was not going to hide you from God!
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PETER:
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I didn't know what else to do.
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JOHN:
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God told us that we should listen to Jesus because he was his Son!
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PETER:
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And then the cloud was gone.
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JOHN:
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And the voice was gone.
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PETER:
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What do you think it all means?
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JOHN:
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I don't know, but (Indicates audience) they haven't heard it from us.
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PETER:
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They definitely haven't heard it from us.
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JOHN:
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Because we can't tell them anything.
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PETER:
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Not a thing! We've got to keep this one to ourselves.
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JOHN:
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Well, we'd better go now, before we let something slip out, you know, accidentally.
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PETER:
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Yeah, we certainly wouldn't want that to happen. (Both exit)
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© Bev Dickeson 2000
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