I'll Stay With You

The servant relationship between Ruth and Naomi, her daughter-in-law.

Loyalty and love is the true value of family.
Drama focuses on the Biblical account from Ruth.

Cast:  3

• Naomi - older person
• Ruth - mid-twenties
• Orpah. - mid-twenties

Bible Reference: 

• Ruth 4:16-18

Set: bare

Lighting:  standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song:  none

SFX: none

Costumes:  standard

Props: none

Special Instructions:   none

Time:  4

Sample of script

Naomi: Look, girls, there is no need and no reason for you to stay with me. I am your old mother-in-law, but both of your husbands are now dead. I'm going back to my old home in Jerusalem, but both of you need to return to your families in Moab.

Orpah: But Naomi, we really don't want to go back to Moab. You have been good to us, and we want to stay with you. Besides, I'm not crazy about going back to my brother, Benjamin. He's a shepherd, and I'm allergic to sheep!

Ruth: Yeah, and I always wanted to visit Jerusalem in the tourist season. I want to get some collector spoons for my sister's kids.

Naomi: Look, girls, I know what you are trying to do. You want to look after your old mother-in-law, but I really don't need your help. What you girls need are new husbands to look after you when you are old. You've got to realize that I'm too old to have more sons. And besides, you girls would be too old to marry them if you did wait around.

Orpah: Not another word, Mom-in-law. We are going to stick with you no matter how tough things get. Not that things will get tough, I mean . . . will they?

Naomi: You are forgetting something. The hand of God has not been with me. First, my husband Elimelech dies. Then my two sons Mahlon and Kilion die. And here I am, walking the long road to Judah. I can only wonder what will happen to me next.

Orpah: You are serious, aren't you? Hey, you know, what you say makes sense. Really, I should go back to my family. I could help Benjamin with the sheep. I mean, I could take Chlor-Tripolon for my allergies. It wouldn't be so bad!

(Orpah exits.)

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