SETTING: Monologues by the father, mother, brother, sister and grandmother of Judas

TIME: Christ's ministry

FATHER OF JUDAS: I am just so angry with that ... that Jesus ... that self-proclaimed Messiah ... why he knew exactly what he was doing, taking those twelve fine young men down a dead-end path. You can't tell me for a second that Jesus didn't know what he was doing ... he knew he'd be crucified ... he even predicted it, I'm told. No, he knew. He tempted fate every chance he had. He challenged the highest religious authorities ... mocked their rituals ... scorned their rules ... ignored their whole tradition, a tradition which is sacred ... to all of us ... for it keeps us aware ... conscious of our unique covenant to Yahweh. He knew what he was doing. He arrives in Jerusalem on an ass …