Ready or Not
(A drama about commitment)

Director's Notes:
Our pastor did a series on "leaving the camp" which basically talked about how we can become complacent about where we are at in our walk with the Lord and how we need to move on. This drama is in two parts: The first where the guy is unprepared to leave the camp and later where he suffers the consequences. Remember, it's important that we know that the next mountain peak is where God wants us to go next, not be content and we need to make sure we are prepared to go there...

Cast:
Dave: An unprepared Christian
Vicki: A prepared one

Props:
A tent
Hiking equipment (or dressed like hikers - backpack, etc.)
2 compasses
A boombox
2 Maps
2 walkie talkies
A CD with rocking music.

Setting:
A camp

(LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE)

PART 1

(LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE and Vicki unzips the tent and gets out and stretches)

Vicki: Dave? Dave? C’mon – suns up already. Dave?

Dave: (comes out) What time is it?

Vicki:  It’s 7 o’clock.

Dave:  In the morning???

Vicki:  Of course. It’s time to break camp and head for the mountain.

Dave:  Oh, oh yeah. That’s today isn’t it? Okay, hold on. I gotta get a few things. (goes back into tent)

Vicki:   (Vic starts to stretch and gather her stuff as Dave comes out with a grocery bag full of stuff)

Dave:  Okay, let’s go.

Vicki: Let’s go? Aren’t you gonna stretch out first?

Dave:  Oh yeah. (stretches once). Okay, let’s go.

Vicki: You call that stretching out?

Dave: C’mon! How hard can this hike be? I’m ready to go!

Vicki:  Ready to go huh? Is that what you are wearing?

Dave: Sure. This is my lucky shirt and I’ve had these sandals since college. What’s wrong with this?

Vicki: 1. You’re gonna freeze at that altitude. 2. You’ve got no hat or sunscreen to protect you. 3. You look like a dork.

Dave:    Ah nice. Look, maybe you don’t like my clothes but I have everything I need to leave this camp and go on the hike.

Vicki: Ok, show me.

Dave:  Fine. I got this map here. See?

Vicki: (takes map) This is a map of Florida. And it’s from 1985! Have you even looked at this thing?

Dave: Sure, I have. I think…. What have you got?

Vicki: I’ve got the latest maps of Virginia plus I’ve marked all our camp sites and I’ve double checked everything online with MapQuest.

Dave: Well, ok. Fine. But do you have one of these?

Vicki:   What is it?

Dave: It’s a compass, silly.

Vicki:    This isn’t a compass! (pulls out the tape) This is a tape measure with a calculator built into it!

Dave: Oh really? Well, so what? What do you have?

Vicki:   I have a compass that I picked up that not only tells the direction but the altitude, time, temperature, and longitude and latitude. I’ve gone over with a professor at UVA to confirm that I know how to use it and track our position at any time.

Dave: Yeah but I bet you don’t have one of these! (Pulls out a boombox and starts playing a rocking tune). (He starts jumping around like Rocky.)

Vicki: Dave? Dave? DAVE! Turn that thing off! (he turns it off) What are you bringing that for?

Dave: To motivate us, of course! I thought that if I was gonna pack something, this is a must-have!

Vicki:   A must-have? THIS is a must have! (pull out walkie talkie) 

Dave: What’s that?

Vicki:   It’s the latest cellphone/walkie talkie. We can not only communicate with each other at any time but also pick up a satellite signal wherever we are in case we get into trouble.

Dave: You think we’re gonna get into trouble? This hike is a piece of cake! I could do it with my eyes closed!

Vicki:   Look Dave, I don’t think you…

Dave: (Cranks the boombox again) C’mon Vic! Get a move on. We don’t have all day! (Starts running off)

Vicki:  (looks at audience) Oh this is going to be priceless…

LIGHTS OUT

 

PART 2

(Setting: A mountain top.)

(LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE and Vicki bounds up onto the stage)

Vicki: Dave? Dave? C’mon – suns going down. Dave?

Dave: (off stage) I’m….coming….just….hold….your….horses….

Vicki:    Wow. This is beautiful. That was a tough climb but it was worth it! Dave? Dave?

Dave:   (comes stumbling in looking like a wreck )

Vicki:   Are you ok?

Dave:   Who? Me? …. Yeah…. I’m great….feel good… couldn’t be better…. (collapses)

Vicki:    Wow. This is great. Hey, take my picture ok? (Pulls out a camera and hands it to Dave who is now lying on the floor)

Dave:    (Without looking, he holds the camera up) Say cheese (clicks it quickly and his arm flops back down)

Vicki: (picks up camera disappointed) Dave! What’s wrong with you!?

Dave:    (starts sitting up) What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with me!? I just hiked up a stupid mountain, that’s what’s wrong with me and I’m tired! You hear me? Hot and tired!

Vicki: Well maybe if you had been better prepared and more disciplined.

Dave: (imitates her sarcastically) Maybe if you had been better prepared and more disciplined.

Vicki:    Fine. Be that way. I’m heading out.

Dave: Heading where?

Vicki: Hello?!? This is only the first summit. There are plenty more to go! … (looks back) See ya.

Dave: Fine! Go ahead. You’re gonna get lost without me! You hear me? You’ll never make it! (settles down) Yeah, she’ll see. Okay, let’s figure out where we are. (pulls out his tape measure) Uh oh.

LIGHTS OUT

END

© 2003 Dave Marsh