Wise Women Still Seek Him

3 Actresses. About 5-6 mins. No set… takes place standing on a street corner, where most of the surroundings can be imagined.

Legendary names of the three wise men have always been Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar. These women have names to reflect that comparison:

MEL, BELLE, and CASSIE

Excerpt:

SCENE ONE:
The scene opens with a lady on the street with a bag full of gifts doing her Christmas shopping. Two more ladies with packages, join her.
MEL
Belle!
Belle turns to see the two ladies approaching.
BELLE
Mel! Cassie! Hello!
CASSIE
Doing your shopping I see! Us too!
BELLE
Isn’t this awful? What a crazy time of year! This shopping drives me nuts! All the traffic and crowds and people pushing and shoving. It gives me a headache.
MEL
It’s a lot more fun when you do it with a friend. Why don’t you join us?
CASSIE
Yes! It’ll be fun. Just the three of us. We can all max out our cards together.
BELLE
Thanks…I don’t mind if I do. Maybe that will keep me sane.
MEL
Hey…Belle…what did one sheep say to the other sheep?
BELLE
I don’t know…what?
MEL
Merry Christmas to ewe! Ewe… get it? Ewe? A sheep is a ewe!
CASSIE
Sorry, Belle…she hit me with that one, too.
MEL
Okay…no more jokes…I get it. You girls just don’t have a sense of humor.
BELLE
Oh no… It just sounds like something one of my kids would say.
CASSIE
Mine, too
BELLE
Cassie…how are your kids doing?
CASSIE
Oh, let me tell you about the other night. The two youngest were spending the night at Grandma’s. They were saying their prayers and Lilly, the six year old was praying and asking God for the things she wanted for Christmas. She was shouting, “I pray for a bicycle! I pray for a new doll! I pray for a Nintendo DS!” and then Lance says “why are you shouting? God isn’t deaf!” And she says… “no, but Gramma is!”
MEL
That little Lilly says the cutest things. But what’s a DS?
CASSIE
It’s a game player thingy. She told me a joke the other day…I think your joke reminded me: What did Adam say to his wife on the night before Christmas?
MEL
What?
CASSIE
It’s Christmas, Eve.
MEL
That one is cute! I’m going to remember that one…oh, I love your nails!
BELLE
Speaking of kids… don’t you hate shopping for them? I have no idea what to get my son.
MEL
Why don’t you get him some cologne? Or a nice sweater?
BELLE
He doesn’t use that stuff. He’s into technology and computers and games…but he has all the latest things already.
MEL
Oh! I know! Get him some Star Wars stuff. Like a book or some collectible or something like that.
BELLE
Star Wars? Really?
MEL
Yeah… those techies can never get enough Star Wars stuff. Even if you get him something he already has. They always want more. Either that or Lord of the Rings.
BELLE
I don’t know…
CASSIE
Just be glad you don’t have a daughter whose into designer clothes! I just keep buying it for her every year. That’s what I mean about maxxing out the credit cards!
MEL
I hear that!