Three Days [Easter Drama script]

A moving three-act Easter drama for a cast of 2 guys.

[Backing music and sound FX: https://youtu.be/dfGGiPnUlys]

Act 1: Friday Dismay

[Eerie middle easy music plays. James is crouching on stage, Simon approaches not noticing him]

James: PSSST, Simon, over here!

Simon: James? Is that you?

James: Yeah, come here

Simon: It’s so dark this afternoon!

James: [short embrace] Get down. Where have you been?

Simon: I hid down the valley overnight. Man that mob was possessed last night… but you obviously got away.

James: Yeah, good to see you.

Simon: What’s happening up there?

James: They’re about to try and put teacher on a cross.

That’s Not Fair [an adult’s children’s story skit]

Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church - March 27, 2021

 

[Jesus loves me plays on the  piano as the several narrator children line up across stage, each holding a book, and will read a line each after each other]

 

Hello adults! It’s now time for your story. 

 

So please sit quietly and keep your hands to yourselves. 

 

Unless you’re married, then you can hold hand.

 

Have you all had a good week, not at school?

 

Now do you remember when you were a child, it seemed like many things were unfair.

• You had to eat your peas, when all you wanted was chips
• You had to clean your room when all you wanted to do was play
• You had to go to bed when everyone else could stay up
• Your little brother or sister broke the toy that you were forced to share with them
• Or maybe all your friends had a colour TV, when yours was black and white.

I Am Strength [mime script]

Drama about finding strength in the Lord through life's challenges

Synopsis: The woman moves along the timeline of life, collecting more trials as she goes, and they start to weigh her down, until she reaches the end of her rope and struggles to continue. God, the I AM, offers help, and when finally accepted it gives her enough strength to lose the weight of the ill effects of the trials in her life, even defeating temptation.Call him.

Music “Lean on me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZ-MySzAac 

Changing Minds [Puppet play about your sphere of influence and being kind]

 Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Online  - January 9, 2021

 

THEME: You are the future - being a world changer/leader in your sphere of influence.

1. Hey, wanna come with me and throw some sand at Isaac? It’s going to be great. He gets so mad!
2. Yeah, ok.
1. I’ll let you know when I’m ready to go, see ya.

Christmas Cross ['Breaking news' skit]

 Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Online Christmas service - December 19, 2020

1 Newsreader
Tonight on Channel B news:
• Traffic chaos on the D1, as census travellers come to town.
• Accommodation lockout, as the inns fill up city-wide.
• Parliament requests ideas, for an end of year religious festival.
• Bethlehem Broncos name their new coach.
• And one puppy’s lucky escape from falling down a well.
But first to breaking news.
A bright light has been seen in our sky tonight.
We cross now to Edison for more on this breaking story.

So Thirsty [puppet play about thirsting for somethgin more: Jesus]

  Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Online service - November 14, 2020

Psalm 63. Thirsting for Jesus. The temptations of this world, very subtly mentioned in this play, just don't satisfy like our living water, Jesus, does.

[ Derick Dealer and Thirsty Theo walk up to each other]

Derick: [cheery] G'day mate

Theo: [sad] Hi

Derick: What’s up with you?

Theo: I’m really thirsty!

Derick: Thirsty? Why is that? What have you been doing?

Theo: Dunno. I was just driving around the city all day in my new BMW 7 series and... I didn't think I could be, but... now I’m thirsty.

Derick: Hmm, did you get out of your car at all?

Theo: Yeah?

Derick: We’re you wearing a hat?

Theo: Yeah?

Derick: Oh. Well what kind?

Theo: A Rabbitohs cap. [insert popular local sports team that can't seem to win a grand final - or the pastors team]

Derick: Oh... I see!

Theo: What?

In Love [skit about motives for a relatioinship with God, and/or keeping the Sabbath]

 Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Online service - Postponed

Four men come out of a flower shop, in turns one after the other. A Reporter with microphone interviews them each as they come out.

Reporter: Good morning ladies and gentlemen, today we’re at the local florist and we’re surveying some blokes reported to be buying flowers for their wife every week. We want to find out what it is that drives these guys to do such a lovely thing every weekend for their wife.
Hello Sir, could you tell us, why have you bought flowers for your wife this week?

1: Because I’ve been bad, actually. 

Reporter: Oh really?

1: Yeah, and if I don’t get her some flowers, I fear she might get very angry at me! And I’ve heard stories about how angry my wife can get, back in the old days. So I get flowers for her each week.

Reporter: So you’re just trying to keep her calm?

1: That’s it! I think it’s working so far.

Reporter: OH, I see. Well… best of luck with that.
Hello Sir, could you tell us, why have you bought flowers for your wife this week?