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Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This dramatization may be done simply as choral speaking. Or add actors for their own tableaux or pantomime [choreography]. Choral speaking must be rehearsed and rehearsed to make many voices sound as one. Listen to the voices. Use at least four low voices and four high [more, if you like]. Remember this is DRAMATIC reading. It must be done with much expression or it will sound about as exciting a...

2. Family, Family, Who’s Got the Family

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

Why not age-cast this skit? It will mean more to the teenagers. CAST: Barbara, age 15; Susan, age 6; Mother and Grandmother. PROPS: Chair for Grandmother and for Mother. Handwork for Grandmother. Doll and doll dress for Susan. Barbara’s necklace and lipstick. [GRANDMOTHER enters, sits and begins handwork. SUSAN enters, sits on floor to dress doll and put necklace on doll. In a moment MOTHER enters...

3. It’s About Time!

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

You will recognize the many scriptures on which this skit is based. Suggestion: if this is done in a study group, get some good concordances. Let the students search out the scriptures used. They all relate to time. At stage back, on risers or other levels, are three characters: TIME PAST, TIME PRESENT, TIME FUTURE. Perhaps they are similarly dressed. Downstage left are two high stools. On one is ...

4. Last Ditch Stand

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This is actually a brief play. It is planned for discussion afterward, preferably in small groups so that all will share. It is a play about conviction. For more impact, let adults play the adults. The cast: Dr. John Whitney, a surgeon; Helen, his wife; Nancy, their fifteen-year-old daughter; Rod, her seventeen-year-old boyfriend. The play takes place in the living room of the Whitney home. Howeve...

5. Lying Makes It Easy

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

CAST: Elise, 15, her Mother and Father, and her friend Sandra, also 15. STAGING: Table and chair left, chair right - any chairs will do. PROPS: Small weekend case. Phone on the table rigged to ring. ELISE enters right, goes to imaginary door left, admits Sandra, who is carrying a weekend case. SANDRA: [excited, gushing] Oh, Elise, I can never thank you enough! Here are my things. Just put them in ...

6. Measure of Success

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This skit has two visible characters: the rich man, MR. MAGNATE, and the young reporter, which part may be played by either boy or girl. The other characters are heard but not seen: Henry, the cousin; Mr. Magnate as a boy, Phillip; his Mother. Look in old family albums or junk stores for old photographs of the 1910-1915 vintage, as suggested in the script. Show with an opaque projector. However, i...

7. Slices of Life

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

Here are some short skits to be used as springboard to discussion. These little "Slices of Life" point up some of our less desirable characteristics. Make up your own questions. IN THE DRESS DEPARTMENT two girls ONE: I can hardly wait to try these dresses on! Hand me the blue lace. TWO: This one? But this one is a size too small. Here - read the tag yourself. ONE: I did already. TWO: Shall I go se...

8. The Drop Out

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

The three male actors in this brief skit enter and take closed positions. That is, each stands upstage with his back to the audience. Props needed: three chairs scattered over the playing area, to be used at will. To begin, PHIL and DAVE come downstage. PHIL: Well, I don’t know, Dave. For two years now we’ve been planning this bike trip. We’ve both trained for it. You know it will be tough. DAVE: ...

9. The Way I See It

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This skit, based on Luke 15:11-32, is a series of monologues in which each character gives his version of the conflict. The older brother has been made an older sister to show the story’s adaptability. Simple staging: four stools or chairs, so arranged that there is the illusion of isolation, each from the others. Always use any available levels. Actors, use your stools: stand by, sit or lean on t...

10. The Young Man

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

In this skit use modern clothing. Don’t tell who the characters are ahead of time. Let the audience decide who they were when it has ended. For your use: Boy 1 is Jesus’ brother James; Girl 1 is his mother, Mary; Boy 2 is Jesus’ cousin James, the son of Zebedee and Salome, whose brother is John; Girl 2 is Mary of Bethany, a sister of Martha and Lazarus; Boy 3 is the Rich Young Ruler; Girl 3 is Mar...

11. Those Bothersome Do’s and Don’ts

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This skit may easily be read instead of memorized. In that case, rehearse it well so the lines will sound natural and spontaneous instead of stilted and draggy. The subject is God’s commandments: those given to Moses on Sinai and the two Jesus left for us. Cast: four boys, four girls and a man with a good deep voice offstage unseen. In the beginning the eight are scattered around the playing area,...

12. Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

Characters: Mr. Horton, his teenage son, James, and the Teacher. They all enter at once and stand on different levels in a closed position [their backs to the audience]. They remain in these places throughout. They do not look at each other when talking, but rather at the audience. Hold for a few seconds before beginning. FATHER: [turning to audience, speaking irritably] Look at your hands! Those ...

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