I Got Me A Job
(A drama about stewardship)

Director's Notes:
This is the setup drama for a stewardship series. The following sketches (I got me some bills, I got me no time, and I got me no job) will show that we need to make sure that we give God charge of our time, treasures and talents.

Cast:
Dave: An average man
Teri: Dave's wife
Lucas: Their son
Isabelle: Their daughter

Props:
A chair
CD of happy music (I used the "Peanuts" theme - Lucy and Linus)

Setting:
Home

(LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE)

Dave:   Teri! Teri! Where are you!

Teri:     (offstage) I’m upstairs!

Dave:   Well come on down here! Hurry!

Teri:     (offstage) Okay okay hold on!

Dave:   Hurry up!

Teri:     (comes in) Okay, okay. I’m here. What’s so important?

Dave:   You’ll never believe what happened to me today!

Teri:     What? Tell me!

Dave:   (Starts Singing:)

            Dave: I got me a job.

            Teri: A job? A job!

            Dave: I’m working for Bob.

            Teri: For Bob! Who’s Bob?

            Dave: Some marketing snob!

            Teri: Oh Bob! That Bob.

            Dave: He gave me a job!

            Teri: A job! Good job!

            Dave: I got me a job! It’s a job! I’m no longer an unemployed slob!

Teri:     Honey! That’s Great! When do you start?

Dave:   Immediately! He told me that I can start on Monday!

Teri:     Great! Soooo, how much will you be making?

Dave:   Hold your horses! You are looking at the new assistant, assistant market director, making…. $55,000 a year!

Teri:     $55,000?!?! You’re kidding?

Dave:   Nope! We’re rich! Rich I tell you. 55 grand and it’s all mine!

Teri:     Ours you mean.

Dave:   That’s what I meant! We’re rolling in the dough and it’s all ours! We can buy whatever we want now! We can get that new big screen TV!

Teri:     An a new washer! And a snow blower and some new clothes for the kids and…

Dave:   And anything you want!

Teri:     And… wait a minute. I just thought of something. How many hours do you have to work to make that kind of money? Are we ever going to see you?

Dave:   Oh sure. I asked Bob about that. He said I’ll be working the standard hours. I assume that’s just 9 to 5. I can’t imagine any more than that.

Teri:     Oh. Ok. Well, what exactly are you going to be doing?

Dave:   Well, I’m not really sure. I mean, I’m a man of many talents so I assume that he’s going to be calling on my skills in marketing, page layout, customer retention, artwork, webpage design, you know.

Teri:     Well,… That sounds great! I’m soooo excited for you!

Dave:   I know! Isn’t it great!  (kids come in)

Lucas:   Hey, what’s all the yelling about?

Teri:     Daddy got a new job! We’re loaded!

Isabelle:   Let’s Dance!  (Start music - Everyone dances)

Dave:   Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate! You kids decide!

Kids:    McDonalds!!!

Dave:   Doh!

Teri:     Smooth move, Exlax.

END

© 2004 Dave Marsh