Description
Prayer support in church women’s groups, supporting, mentoring, encouraging, praying.
6 women are sitting on chairs in 3 groups of 2, spotlights separate each pairing. The different pairs show how caring and support can greatly vary from real and active concern to trifling, surface occasional thoughts when the memory clicks in.
There is a final OSV (Offstage voice) setting the tone.
Cast: 6 ladies any age plus OSV
- first pairing:
- Mildred
- Joanne
- second pairing
- Bev
- Rhonda
- third pairing and OSV
- Tanya
- Marie
- OSV female VoiceOver
Bible Reference: James 5:16
Set: bare
Lighting: 2 spotlights
Sound: wireless mics if available
Song: none
SFX: none
Costumes: standard
Props: book
Special Instructions: none
Time: 4
Sample of script:
First pairing opens as spot comes up on Mildred and Joanne.
Mildred: Oh, Joanne, (emphasizing) daaahaling! How ever have you been? I had heard that you have been quite ill for over a month!
Joanne: You didn’t hear, Mildred? (Disappointed.) I’ve been away in Africa for 6 weeks!
Mildred: Africa? Six weeks, you say! Well, (laughing, embarrassed), well, I guess I didn’t get my facts from a reliable source!
Joanne: No, I guess you didn’t. Seems like we haven’t really kept in touch that well!
Spot off as Mildred and Joanne freeze, up on Rhonda and Bev who are sitting side-by-side, not really acknowledging each other.
Rhonda picks up her purse, starts to rifle through, a book falls out. Bev picks it up, looks at the cover
Bev: (Reads the cover out loud.) Spray-painting chimneys 101. Is this your book?
Rhonda: (embarrassed, grabs book, puts it back in her purse.)
What? Oh, no! I’m just . . . holding it for someone.
Bev: (Disappointed) Oh, I thought that I actually found someone else who loved chimney spray-painting.
Rhonda: You mean you like to spray-paint chimneys?
Bev: Well of course! It is a rather odd hobby, but I love it!
Rhonda: (Excited) Me too! I was so embarrassed to tell anyone because it is such a strange thing to be interested in!
