The Hip Pocket Solution

A person is going through a crisis and calls out to God . . and God answers. But God’s solution doesn’t sit well with the person, so God is asked to back off and just leave the solution in human hands.

Cast: 2
actor male or female
Offstage voice of God

Sample of script:

actor comes on stage, distraught

Actor: Doesn’t that like beat all!
Life sucks is what!
This here is like life and death!
What in the name of God am I gonna do now?

Voice: Don’t worry, we can get through this.

actor reacts, scared, looks around for source of voice

Actor: Who . . . What . . Who is this?

Voice: Well, you called me.

Actor: Called? . . Called who? . . What is this? . . Is that you Tony, what kinda gag is this?

Voice: I’m not Tony . . and this is no gag.
Now then, I noticed that you are having a problem; we need to work on that.

Actor: “We”??? . . . Just who is “we”?

Voice: Well, there is only the two of us . . you and me. . . So anyhow it seems to me that . .

Actor: Hey just one cotton-pickin’ minute here! . . I know who I am .. but I have like no idea who, or what, you are . . and frankly you are startin’ to freak me out!. . . Now then, for the last time before I call the cops . . Who are you?

Voice: Well as I recall you asked what in my name you are going to do about your problem . . and I heard you . . so here I am, . . . let’s get working on your problem.

Actor: You are like trying to tell me that you are . . like . .

Voice: God. . . Now then . .

Actor: Holyyyyy!

Voice: Yes I am. . . Now back to the problem at hand . .

Actor: Are you trying to tell me that you flew all the way down here just to . . .

Voice: No need to fly, I have been right here all along, right beside you.

Actor: You mean, like, right here, beside me, like all the time?

Voice: In my words . . closer than a brother . .

Actor: All the time huh? . . Oh boy! . . Listen, that thing when I slammed my hand in the door on Friday . . and what I said . . I was like . .

Voice: It’s OK, if you remember you asked forgiveness about that in church on Sunday, and I did forgive that. . . There are some other things you haven’t asked forgiveness on, but that’s another subject for another time. . . Right now we better get cracking on this problem you have.

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A person is going through a crisis and calls out to God . . and God answers. But God’s solution doesn’t sit well with the person, so God is asked to back off and just leave the solution in human hands.

Cast: 2
actor male or female
Offstage voice of God

Sample of script:

actor comes on stage, distraught

Actor: Doesn’t that like beat all!
Life sucks is what!
This here is like life and death!
What in the name of God am I gonna do now?

Voice: Don’t worry, we can get through this.

actor reacts, scared, looks around for source of voice

Actor: Who . . . What . . Who is this?

Voice: Well, you called me.

Actor: Called? . . Called who? . . What is this? . . Is that you Tony, what kinda gag is this?

Voice: I’m not Tony . . and this is no gag.
Now then, I noticed that you are having a problem; we need to work on that.

Actor: “We”??? . . . Just who is “we”?

Voice: Well, there is only the two of us . . you and me. . . So anyhow it seems to me that . .

Actor: Hey just one cotton-pickin’ minute here! . . I know who I am .. but I have like no idea who, or what, you are . . and frankly you are startin’ to freak me out!. . . Now then, for the last time before I call the cops . . Who are you?

Voice: Well as I recall you asked what in my name you are going to do about your problem . . and I heard you . . so here I am, . . . let’s get working on your problem.

Actor: You are like trying to tell me that you are . . like . .

Voice: God. . . Now then . .

Actor: Holyyyyy!

Voice: Yes I am. . . Now back to the problem at hand . .

Actor: Are you trying to tell me that you flew all the way down here just to . . .

Voice: No need to fly, I have been right here all along, right beside you.

Actor: You mean, like, right here, beside me, like all the time?

Voice: In my words . . closer than a brother . .

Actor: All the time huh? . . Oh boy! . . Listen, that thing when I slammed my hand in the door on Friday . . and what I said . . I was like . .

Voice: It’s OK, if you remember you asked forgiveness about that in church on Sunday, and I did forgive that. . . There are some other things you haven’t asked forgiveness on, but that’s another subject for another time. . . Right now we better get cracking on this problem you have.

The complete script, plus all 2,000 other DramaShare scripts, are available at no charge to DramaShare members, non-members may purchase the individual script.