Characters: Gina - F / Stacey - F
Gina looks a bit older than Stacey, if possible. (maybe 3-4 years...)
There is a separator in the middle of the stage ... something to make it look like a wall... both characters are in their bedrooms at their homes, both talking on cordless phones to one another. They key to getting the message across is body language and facial expression. Gina tries to act interested in Stacey's conversation...both move casually around their "room"...
Other props needed: CD player or radio, empty paper cup for Gina, diet pills, mirror, cigarette or something that looks like one
The song "Highway to Hell", or something similar, is playing at cutain. Gina's phone rings. She switches her CD player to "off", (music stops).
Gina: Hello?
Stacey: Gina! Hi, it's Stacey. You know, from church?
Gina: Stacey, of course! Hey. Is everything alright?
Stacey:
Well, not really. Gina, I have... a problem.
Gina:
What kind of a problem?
Stacey:
Well... a few problems, actually. I've been doing some things lately that I know I shouldn't be doing.
Gina:
Things? Like what? (Picks up the cup and pantomimes drinking).
Stacey: (sighs) Well, my friends were all listening to "Highway To Hell" )or other song, whatever was played at start... Gina starts gagging/coughing at mention of the song title)
earlier. I know God doesn't like songs like that. (listens to Gina coughing) Gina, are you okay?!
Gina: (takes another drink)
Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. My drink just went down the wrong pipe...
Stacey: Oh, Okay... well, I've also been cussing here and there. Not as much as I used to, but I still do it an awful lot. And I know God doesn't like hearing bad language come out of my mouth.
Gina:
(stubs her toe, mumbles words under her breath)
Stacey:
Gina? Gina?
Gina:
I'm here, Stacey. I'm sorry. You said you've been having a hard time with cussing lately?
Stacey:
Yeah. It's hard not to sometimes.
Gina:
I understand. Well, listen, I'll pray for you, okay?
(Gina pulls out a cigarette and lights it up).
Stacey:
Thanks, Gina. But that's not all.
Gina:
Oh?
Stacey:
A lot of my friends started smoking and... they've been trying to pressure me to do it, too. I don't know how to tell them I don't want to, without hurting their feelings!
Gina:
Why would that hurt their feelings? Smoking's bad for you. (puffing on cigarette).
Stacey:
I know. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Gina:
Maybe.
Stacey:
And I've gained some weight, one of my friends had to point out how my pants were getting tight today. It was SO embarrassing!
Gina:
(examining herself in the mirror, pinching her fat, looks disgusted)
What was that, Stace?
Stacey:
I've gained weight, and (*sighs*). Well, I guess you wouldn't know what that feels like, you don't seem to have a problem in that area.
Gina:
Yeah, well...(picks up bottle of diet pills, pops one and takes a drink) I'm not exactly perfect, either.
Stacey:
No, nobody's perfect. Except God, of course.
Gina:
Yeah. God.
Stacey:
Well, I'd better go...thanks for listening, Gina.
Gina:
Anytime.
Stacey:
(smiling)
It's really great to know someone from church who's been a Christian a lot longer than I have, who's really into God. I really look up to you, Gina! You're a great person.
Gina:
(shaking her head)
Thanks, Stacey.
Stacey:
And thanks for praying for me, I'll pray for you too! I've got to read up for the bible study tonight, so I'll talk to you there! Bye!
Gina:
Bye, Stace.
(Both girls hang up their phones. Stacey opens her bible and starts reading intently. Gina goes back to the mirror, looks depressed, puts her cig in an ashtray. Looks at her bible, places it onto the floor. Sits and puts her head in her hands, looking distraught.)
FIN
Who are you behind closed doors? Do you keep secrets? Do you have things you need to turn over to God before he can use you to your full extent? People will always have faults, but look to God, for he is perfect.
