Skits That Teach, Volume 2: Banned in Wisconsin // 35 Cheese Free Skits - Softcover

James, Eddie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031089199X ISBN 13: 9780310891994

Verlag: Zondervan, 2011

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Scripts written for youth groups have traditionally been cheesy or just simply not funny. Thankfully, the Skit Guys have refined the art of the youth group sketch. In this second volume of Skits That Teach, youth groups will find dozens of scripts to use as illustrations, discussion starters, or icebreakers. Tommy Woodard and Eddie James have tested these scripts with teenagers across the country, and they know what it takes to write a scene that is simple for teens to perform, while at the same time making a point or getting a laugh. Easy for youth pastors to hand off to a group of teenagers, these scripts address a variety of topics and offer options for monologues, duets or bigger casts to perform funny, serious or musical scenes. No matter how they use the skits, youth workers can teach students important lessons with the easy-to-perform scenes in Skits That Teach, Volume 2.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

The Skit Guys are Eddie James and Tommy Woodard, two high school friends who love to communicate God’s Word in dynamic and captivating ways through the use of drama, teaching, and comedy. They have been involved in various ministries and impacting lives for more than a decade. The duo has written numerous dramas, plays, and humorous skits that cover a wide variety of topics. They’re the authors of Skits That Teach and Instant Skits, along with their own Skit Guys resources. Eddie James has also coauthored three volumes of Videos That Teach, with Doug Fields.

'The Skit Guys are Eddie James and Tommy Woodard, two high school friends who love to communicate God’s Word in dynamic and captivating ways through the use of drama, teaching, and comedy. They have been involved in various ministries and impacting lives for more than a decade. The duo has written numerous dramas, plays, and humorous skits that cover a wide variety of topics. They’re the authors of Skits That Teach and Instant Skits, along with their own Skit Guys resources. Eddie James has also coauthored three volumes of Videos That Teach, with Doug Fields.

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Skits That Teach, Volume 2

By Eddie James Tommy Woodard

ZONDERVAN

Copyright © 2011 Eddie James and Tommy Woodard
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-310-89199-4

Contents

0.0 INTRODUCTION.....................................91.0 SKITS FOR IDIOTS.................................13Intro.................................................131.1 All Growed Up.....................................151.2 Attempted Robbery.................................201.3 Faith for Sale....................................261.4 True Crime........................................301.5 What If?..........................................342.0 COMEDY............................................37Intro.................................................372.1 Bomb Squad.......................................392.2 Call Me "Sweetness"..............................442.3 Commitment.......................................492.4 Hear No Evil.....................................542.5 SuperChristian...................................583.0 DRAMA.............................................63Intro.................................................633.1 I Love You No Matter What........................653.2 I'm Not Beautiful................................733.3 Ring Around the Rosie............................793.4 Small Talk.......................................853.5 The Coat.........................................884.0 MONOLOGUES........................................93Intro.................................................934.1 Define Me........................................954.2 Dylan Goes to Church.............................984.3 The Bow Tie......................................1024.4 What Now?........................................1054.5 The Weird Kid....................................1075.0 DUETS AND ENSEMBLES...............................109Intro.................................................109DUETS.................................................1115.1 Belonging to Him.................................1115.2 Forgive Me?......................................1185.3 I'll Have the Half-Eaten ........................1275.4 The Least of These...............................1315.5 The Narrow Way...................................135ENSEMBLES.............................................1385.6 The Lost Sheep...................................1385.7 Head vs. Heart...................................1435.8 Oh My Word.......................................1505.9 Outside the Mob..................................1545.10 The Huddle.......................................1586.0 READERS' THEATER..................................161Intro.................................................1616.1 Love.............................................1646.2 Psalm 13:6.......................................1686.3 Psalm 51.........................................1716.4 Not Enough.......................................1766.5 Where's God?.....................................182

Chapter One

SKITS FOR IDIOTS 1.0

INTRO

Idiot Is a Term of Endearment

Okay, it really isn't a term of endearment. However, we do mean it in a positive sense. As in, These skits are easier to pull off than the other skits in this book—so easy, in fact, that even an idiot could perform them. We were going to call this chapter "So Easy That a Monkey Could Perform It," but we'd rather offend your actors than all the primates in the world!

Just because a skit is easy, that doesn't mean it isn't good. Take eating half a dozen doughnuts, for example—easy and good! This collection of scripts also may be the most eclectic in the book. There's comedy, drama, and some are both. And the subject matter covers everything from faith, to kids, to robbery!

In the end you'll find these skits have good messages and are easy to put together—with minimal prop requirements and simple staging. In most cases there are very few lines to memorize; in some cases the actors can even hold their scripts during the performance. (We weren't kidding when we said these were written for idiots!)

For more help, check out the "Page Down" method found in Skit Training 101 to help your idiots—umm, we mean actors—memorize their scripts.

Skit Tips

Just because these are simple skits, that doesn't mean you don't have to put in a little effort. Here are some ideas to keep in mind as you prepare to use "Skits for Idiots":

1. Read through the script in advance. This will help you secure the actors you'll need to play each role and give you time to pull together the necessary props.

2. Choose actors who can improv. As with any performance, mistakes are a possibility. So your actors need to "roll with the punches." But that possibility is intensified when a skit is thrown together just a few minutes before the performance. So be sure your "idiots" are flexible!

3. Make each script your own. Make all of the changes you want to make to the script before you give copies of it to your actors. You should feel free to cut or rewrite portions of the script to make it easier for your actors or to make it work with an accompanying message.

4. Have fun! Above all, have a great time with these scripts. Use them as tools to praise your drama team. And if you tell the audience that the actors received their scripts just 30 minutes before performance time, they'll look like master thespians! (Of course, then we'll have to change the name of this chapter ...)

SKIT 1.1 "ALL GROWED UP" BY CHRIS HURT, WITH REVISIONS BY TOMMY WOODARD AND EDDIE JAMES

WHAT: Two kindergarteners demonstrate their love of Jesus and their confusion with the way adults interpret the same relationship.

WHO: Ryan, Chad, Ms. Johnson (Sunday school teacher)

WHEN: Present Day

WHY: Matthew 19:14-15; Luke 18:15-17; Galatians 3:26

WEAR: (COSTUMES AND PROPS) Bible, plastic toy lion

HOW: Trust the script to bring out childlike qualities in the actors, rather than the actors using "baby talk." However, the more invested the actors are in the young characters, the funnier the skit will be.

THEMES: Childlike Faith, Loving Jesus, Church Attendance, Relationship Versus Religion

TIME: 5 to 6 minutes

The scene opens on a kindergarten Sunday school class.

Teacher: All right, class. Everyone settle down. For those of you who are new this week, I'm Ms. Johnson. Sunday school will begin in just a few minutes. I need to get some more pipe cleaners and macaroni for our craft, but I'll be right back. You boys behave yourself. Chad, you're in charge.

Chad: Did you hear that? I'm in charge. I'm in charge. So you gotta do what I say.

Ryan: That's not fair. I'm not gonna do what you say.

Chad: You better. I'm in charge.

Ryan: Uh uh.

Chad: Uh huh.

Ryan: Uh uh.

Chad: Uh huh.

Ryan: Uh uh.

Chad: I am TOO! Ms. Johnson SAID I was! (Yells offstage) Ms. Johnson, Ryan is not submitting to my authority!

Ryan: You're dumb.

Chad: So?

Ryan: You gonna get another gold star?

Chad: Yep. I'm gonna get another gold star 'cuz I've been to church every Sunday, and I have memorized all of my Bible verses. I got a whole bunch of gold stars. And if I get five more stars, I get some ice cream. Ice...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Zondervan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 031089199X
• ISBN 13: 9780310891994
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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