Description

Christian’s continuing journey of faith, understanding, knowledge, patience.
Frankly I expected an easier road after I became a Christian, after I was baptized, but it seems like there are a lot of pieces that don’t seem to be falling into place the way I expected.

Cast: 3 m or f

• Jessie
• Tim
• Bonnie

Bible Reference: Ephesians 1:18

Set: standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions: none

Time: 20

Sample of script:

Jessie: Hey Tim, what’s up?

Tim: Nothin’ much, just hangin’ out here. What about you?

Jessie: Actually waiting for Bonnie, we are gonna go to our “How To Be A Great Ventriloquist” class.

Tim: Ventriloquist? You are puttin’ me on, right?

Jessie: Nope, Bonnie and me, we are taking classes so we can get really good ventriloquists.

Tim: No way! You and Bonnie, ventriloquists? Like, I have never even seen you speak without moving your lips.

Jessie: Of course not, that’s why we are taking classes.

Bonnie comes onstage

Bonnie: Hey all. You about ready to go to class Jessie?

Jessie: Yep, all ready, just hangin’ with Tim while I was waiting for you.

Bonnie: So have you practised all the exercises from our last class?

Jessie: Yeh, but it’s tough seems like.

Tim: I just can’t get over this, you guys ventriloquists! Sure was news to me! But, hey, let’s see you do some of your ventriloquism.

Jessie and Bonnie drop their lower jaw, stay motionless

Tim: Quit clownin’ around you guys, I want to see you talk without moving your lips.

Bonnie: We haven’t taken that part yet; we are concentrating on relaxing our jaw. See, like this.

Jessie and Bonnie again drop their jaw, stay motionless

Tim: So what has that got to do with being a ventriloquist?

Jessie: Duh! First thing you have to learn is jaw relaxation. And that’s what we have been working on up until now. Our class today is about proper breath control.

Tim: Breath control. Jaw relaxing. I don’t get it, how can you guys be so excited about ventriloquism when you haven’t even once spent time in your classes learning how to talk without moving your lips, I mean, isn’t that what ventriloquism is all about?

Bonnie: Well, yes, of course it is Tim. But in order to be a good vent we need to know some of the background techniques. And that’s where things like jaw relaxation and breath control come in.

Jessie: It’s just like going to school, you don’t start in university, then go to kindergarten, then take high school.