The Red Bandana Gang

The Good Samaritan was never like this, with stick horses, cowboy hats and red bandanas! . . But the message is clear and true.

Cast: 4 – 6 (m or f)
Narrator/Sheriff/Innkeeper (N/S/I) (western accent)
The traveler
The Red Bandana Gang
The circuit riding preacher or church lady
The “Samaritans”

Costumes: Cowboy hats, red bandanas

Props: Stick horses for the gang, or they can just hitch along like they are riding horses
Wanted poster of the Red Bandana Gang

Sample of script:

before the skit, while people are gathering, walk around with a wanted poster of the Red Bandana gang, asking folks if they have seen these desperados

N/S/I: Well, sir, I’m gonna tell you a story you probably never heard before. It happened right around here, not too long ago.

(traveler enters, innocently walking down from back to center stage)

N/S/I: A traveler was on his way down the trail when a terrible thing happened.

(Red bandana gang enters on “horses” whooping and hollering. They are masked with cowboy hats. They ride and circle around the traveler)

N/S/I: It was the Red Bandana Gang! They are some really bad hombres.

(The gang beats up the traveler. She or he cries out for help but eventually falls to the ground. The gang takes his/her money and talk mean. Then they leave)

Gang leader: It’s fun being a bad guy!

(They ride off, still whooping, exit)

Narrator: What an awful thing. The Red Bandana Gang beat up the Traveler and left him for dead.

Traveler, weakly: Help.

Narrator, puts on a cowboy hat: Now there was a sheriff in town, and he rode out to see what he could do. (walks out toward the traveler, but stops just short)

Narrator: Well now, this is very sad. I’d really like to help you, but see, that is the county line right there. You are out of my jurisdiction.

Traveler: I’m hurt.

Narrator/Sheriff: I don’t suppose you could kind of crawl over here? No? Well I’ll send a telegraph to Galilee County as soon as I get back to my office. You hang in there, pardner. (leaves, takes off cowboy hat, becomes narrator again)
Then along came a circuit riding preacher

(preacher has bible clutched to chest, approaches, wrinkles nose in disgust as sees the wretched traveler. Changes path to go way around him.)

Traveler: Help!

Preacher: I really care for you. I really do. I’m going to put you on the agenda for our prayer group. We meet day after tomorrow. God bless you. Really. (exits)

Narrator: Things were not looking good for the traveler. But then a strange thing happened.

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The Good Samaritan was never like this, with stick horses, cowboy hats and red bandanas! . . But the message is clear and true.

Cast: 4 – 6 (m or f)
Narrator/Sheriff/Innkeeper (N/S/I) (western accent)
The traveler
The Red Bandana Gang
The circuit riding preacher or church lady
The “Samaritans”

Costumes: Cowboy hats, red bandanas

Props: Stick horses for the gang, or they can just hitch along like they are riding horses
Wanted poster of the Red Bandana Gang

Sample of script:

before the skit, while people are gathering, walk around with a wanted poster of the Red Bandana gang, asking folks if they have seen these desperados

N/S/I: Well, sir, I’m gonna tell you a story you probably never heard before. It happened right around here, not too long ago.

(traveler enters, innocently walking down from back to center stage)

N/S/I: A traveler was on his way down the trail when a terrible thing happened.

(Red bandana gang enters on “horses” whooping and hollering. They are masked with cowboy hats. They ride and circle around the traveler)

N/S/I: It was the Red Bandana Gang! They are some really bad hombres.

(The gang beats up the traveler. She or he cries out for help but eventually falls to the ground. The gang takes his/her money and talk mean. Then they leave)

Gang leader: It’s fun being a bad guy!

(They ride off, still whooping, exit)

Narrator: What an awful thing. The Red Bandana Gang beat up the Traveler and left him for dead.

Traveler, weakly: Help.

Narrator, puts on a cowboy hat: Now there was a sheriff in town, and he rode out to see what he could do. (walks out toward the traveler, but stops just short)

Narrator: Well now, this is very sad. I’d really like to help you, but see, that is the county line right there. You are out of my jurisdiction.

Traveler: I’m hurt.

Narrator/Sheriff: I don’t suppose you could kind of crawl over here? No? Well I’ll send a telegraph to Galilee County as soon as I get back to my office. You hang in there, pardner. (leaves, takes off cowboy hat, becomes narrator again)
Then along came a circuit riding preacher

(preacher has bible clutched to chest, approaches, wrinkles nose in disgust as sees the wretched traveler. Changes path to go way around him.)

Traveler: Help!

Preacher: I really care for you. I really do. I’m going to put you on the agenda for our prayer group. We meet day after tomorrow. God bless you. Really. (exits)

Narrator: Things were not looking good for the traveler. But then a strange thing happened.

The complete script, plus all 1,600+ other DramaShare scripts, are available at no charge to DramaShare members, non-members may purchase the individual script.