God's Children

Loving One Another.

A silly puppet drama with a cowboy twist that tells the message, you will know they are family because they love one another. Puppet or regular script

Cast: 6 m or f

• 9 actors/puppets, (male or female), (roles can easily be combined)
• Teddy
• Tommy
• Lisa
• Lora
• Margie
• Billie
• Millie
• Cy
• Eli

Bible Reference: John 13:35

Set:

• standard or puppet stage

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes:

• Lora and Margie dressed as cowboys
• Billie and Millie dressed in red
• Cy and Eli are small

Special Instructions: none

Time: 15

Sample of script:

Teddy: Hey there, how are you?

Tommy: Doing quite well here, you?

Teddy: Actually OK, but looking for my family. Yessiree bob!

Tommy: You lost your family? Wow! Sounds serious, where did you lose them? Have you checked in lost and found?

Teddy: No, like I mean, I lost them. Not that I, like, *lost* them. Yessiree bob!

Tommy: Let me get this straight. You lost them, but you haven’t lost them. Uh huh! Yep, gotcha. Sure glad you cleared that one up!

Tommy: No, you don’t understand. Yessiree bob!

Teddy: That part I can believe.

Lisa comes on stage

Lisa: Hey guys, and how’s things today?

Tommy: Happy, pleased, doing well, . . . . confused.

Lisa: Sounds excellent! Except for the confused thingie. What’s confusing you?

Tommy: Teddy.

Lisa: Teddy is confusing you?

Tommy: In a word, oh yeh major league!

Lisa: Technically that’s four words, but who’s counting. Teddy, how and why are you confusing Tommy?

Teddy: Well, it’s just that I lost my family. Yessiree bob!

Lisa: You lost your family? Wow! Sounds serious, where did you lose them? Have you checked in lost and found?

Tommy: That’s exactly what I said, landed me in a pile of confusion is what it did.

Teddy: No, like I mean, I lost them. Not that I, like, *lost* them.

Lisa: Let me get this straight. Your lost them, but you haven’t lost them. Uh huh! Yep, gotcha. Sure glad you cleared that one up!

Teddy: Do you two always say the very same things?

Lisa: Noooooooo! Not always!

Tommy: But, Lisa and me, we are family after all.

Lisa: Lisa and you are family? But you don’t even look alike. How’s someone supposed to know you are family?