Characters:
Jarah
Eshmore
Geezer
Abab
Stagehand (nonspeaking)

Props:
Bricks
Clay
Salve
Stringed instrument
Sign saying “Approximately 714 years later — 586 BCE in Babylon”

Scene 1: Slavery In Egypt —Longing For A Deliverer!

Jarah: (making bricks from clay) Oh, my aching back!

Eshmore: What’s a matter, Jarah, can’t you take a little hard work?

Jarah: Makin’ bricks in the heat of the day is not my idea of sensible work or fun! Living here in Egypt is the pits. I wish we were back home in good, old Canaan.

Eshmore: I know what you mean. My neck is killing me, too. And my hands are dried out by alkaline clay — and look at my face — look at your face! Burned, peeling, ugh.

Jarah: Yeah, and hey, you know what I did?

Eshmore: No, what?

Jarah: I got this salve made from camel’s tallow and…