Take A Life Break

(Available in English y español)

Life moves fast, and sometimes we forget to stop and breathe. In this fast-paced, high-energy comedy, two rival teams find themselves caught up in the pressure to outperform each other. Deadlines loom, egos clash, and productivity becomes the ultimate prize. Then, one unexpected voice challenges them all to slow down and breathe.

Enter Chet, who is eccentric, hilarious, and strangely wise. His offbeat observations and squirrel distractions might just contain the truth that everyone needs to hear.

Perfect for youth groups, church events, or leadership retreats, Take a Life Break reminds us that success isn't just about speed; it's about focus, rest, and remembering the One who gave us breath in the first place.

Theme: Pause from the chaos, refocus on purpose, and let God lead the way.

Cast: 9 m or f

• Chet
• Alex
• Bobbi
• Spencer
• Kelsey
• Dallas
• Hudson
• Reed
• Mackenzie

Bible Reference: Jpb 33:4

Set:

• blank with desk and chairs

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: papers

Costumes:

• standard except Chet who wears something gaudy to identify
• Alex, Bobbi, Kelsey & Spencer have something green on them
• Dallas, Hudson, Reed & Mackenzie have something red

Special Instructions: none

Time: 12

Sample script:

Bradley comes onstage, sits at a desk at Upstage Center, quietly reading through some papers.

Alex, Bobbi, Kelsey, and Spencer enter and move to Downstage Right, talking rapid-fire.

Spencer:
Well, thing is Bradley said we have to slow down, think this thing through, look at all sides before jumping into this deal.

Kelsey:
What are you saying, Spencer? Slow down is not an option in my life. I have a million things on the go and there’s like zero chance I can waste time chewing through this thing.

Alex:
I’m with you, Kelsey. Time is money, and time is something I simply don’t have!

Bobbi:
Where is Bradley coming from on this? I mean, what gives him the right to drag his heels on this?

Spencer:
Well, Bobbi, I guess the fact that he is the boss might give him some rights, but still I’m with you guys on this!
Us guys in Team Green need to push forward ‘cause we all know that Team Red won’t be sitting back!
(leans in, lowers voice)
And shhhh! Keep your voices down—here comes Team Red now!

Team Green freezes.

Dallas, Hudson, Reed, and Mackenzie enter and move to Downstage Left, also talking rapid-fire.

Dallas:
Way I look at it, if we just push really hard on the new ideas and spend every minute on introducing those real quick—

Hudson:
Well, Dallas, I am with you on the need to push hard, but we can’t just bail out on the old tried and true either.
Face it, that’s what brought us to where we are at. I think we need to amp up our efforts on the core components in our offering!

Reed:
Hold on there, Hudson. You too, Dallas!
We are like going nowhere if we take our foot off the accelerator on either of those!
I say we push both to the Max!

Mackenzie:
Reed, you are dreaming big time!
We have limited resources, limited talents, limited time!
Face it—we can’t be all things, and we can’t overplay it or we lose it all!

Chet comes on stage.

Hudson:
Look guys, this is getting us nowhere fast! What we need to do is—

Chet:
Hidey ho, pilgrims! How’s life in your guys’ world?

Spencer:
Chet, can’t you see that we in Team Green are busy?

Reed:
Yes, Chet, and we in Team Red are not only busy, but highly productive!

Alex:
Highly productive, you say, Reed?
The closest to productive you guys in Team Red have ever come is reading about the advances us guys in Team Green have achieved!

Mackenzie:
You Red people can for sure talk the talk—too bad you can’t walk the walk!

Chet:
You guys in Team Red can’t walk? Wow, that is for sure sad.
Maybe if you were to get little wheels on your shoes and just kinda like glide out, one foot after the other, you would—

Dallas:
No, Chet! Mackenzie was just hyperbolizing...

Chet:
Sorry about that, Mackenzie. That sounds real painful!

Bobbi:
Chet! Hyperbolizing means when you—

Chet (pointing offstage):
Oh look, a squirrel!

Kelsey:
Chet, do you know how… how… frustrating you are?

Chet (thinks):
How, how, frustrating you are? Let’s see… country and western song, right?
(clears throat, sings badly off key)
How, how frustrating you are.
When I saw you from afar
Up in the sky was a star
That was...

All:
Chet!

Chet:
Love my singing, doncha? Move over Johnny Cash!

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