Going Where

Eternity Location or Current Location: Which Should Be Priority?

In the brevity of our earthly life, we spend much time worrying about our home on a pleasant street yet concern ourselves little with where we spend eternity. And when we finally think of that, do we concern ourselves with knowing the way to get there? This comedy deals with people thinking that it is a destination on a map. A silly script that is useful in pointing out the message in John 14:5-6.

Details

Cast:
3 roles (male or female)

• Tom
• Ernie
• Ted

Bible Reference:
John 14:5-6

Set:
Bare

Lighting:
Standard

Sound:
Wireless microphones (if available)

Song:
N/A

Sound Effects (SFX):
N/A

Costumes:
Standard

Props:
None

Special Instructions:
None

Time:
Approx. 12 minutes

Sample Script

Tom and Arnie come on stage, followed shortly by Ted.

Ted: Hi, Tom, Arnie, what ya doin’?

Tom: Not much, Arnie was just tellin’ me about Ellie. Did ya know she’s goin’ away?

Ted: Going away? Ellie? No way!

Tom: Yup, she is. Tell him, Tom, tell him what you told me. Go on, tell him!

Arnie: Ellie’s goin’ away.

Tom: See, just like I said, Ellie’s goin’ away. Isn’t that just what I told ya? So what d’ya think about that news?

Ted: Now, that is a surprise. Ellie. Going away. Where’s she going to?

Tom: Goin’? Going where?

Ted: Ahhh, I just asked that! Earth to Tom! Ellie’s going away—where is she going to?

Tom: No idea. All I know, she’s goin’! Yup, goin’ away, all right!

Ted: I believe we have fully established that Ellie is going away. What we need to develop is, to just where is Ellie going?

Tom: To just where? (short pause, thinking) Not sure I know that. Arnie never told me. Go ahead then, Arnie, tell him you never told me where Ellie is goin’.

Arnie: I never told him where Ellie is goin’.

Ted: Well, look, somebody must know where Ellie is going! Who told you Ellie is going away, anyway?

Tom: I already told ya that—Arnie told me Ellie is goin’ away! Look, Arnie, tell Ted Ellie is goin’ away.

Arnie: Ellie is goin’ away.

Ted: Do you two have any idea the magnitude of your frustration potential?

Tom: Speakin’ only jist fer myself, caint say I do. (hums, sings off-key) “The magnetittude of your... first a-shush...” Sorry, maybe, you wuz ta hum a bar er two? Arnie, you ever heard of “the magnetitude of yer first a-shush somethin’ pernenchul”? Have ya, Arnie?

Arnie: I never did once heard of the... the... I never heard of the... whatever he said.

Tom: See that, Arnie, he never heard of it either.

Ted: What I said was—oh, forget it! Now, can someone tell me where Ellie is going?

Tom: No, can’t. Arnie, he just told me that Ellie said, “You’ll know where I am goin’.” Is that not what you said to me, Arnie? You tell him, Arnie.

Arnie: Yup, I said to Tom, I said, “Ellie said, ‘You’ll know where I’m goin.’”

Tom: See, isn’t that just what I just told ya? Ellie, she said, you’ll know...

Ted: I know what you said that Arnie said that Ellie said... Ohhh! Well, surely Ellie left some hint about where she was going!

Tom: Likely ta Paris, France, my guess.

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