Soon, we learn who the other outcasts are and that this youth group as well as the church as a whole has a lot of cliques. This part is humorous as we look into the various cliques in the church, but the script gets serious as the kids begin to face their own prejudice about someone that they really don’t know. Several characters stop and tell the audience during a freeze all about what they are truly feeling on the inside. The youth leader teaches them a lesson from I Corinthians 12 about how they are all part of one body and they need each other. This helps to open the eyes of some of the kids to stop thinking in terms of “us and them”.Cast of 16 speaking parts (10 females and 6 males). About 35-40 mins.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
GORDY: The youth leader. He’s a few years older and is single. He’s a good spiritual leader.
IRIS: A social outcast. Very introverted and she dresses differently from the others. Has a somewhat pessimistic outlook on life.
JULIUS: Iris’s brother who is more outgoing and makes friends quickly. He alienates his sister and looks down on her for not trying to meet people.
NORMAN: Keeps to himself, another outcast. What people don’t know is that he is legally blind.
TRACY: Tries to be a good Christian. She’s friends with the popular kids, but she actually tries to reach out to the others, too.
EMMA: The most popular girl in the youth group, but she’s actually pretty shallow.
CORA:Â She used to be an outcast at her former church, but for some reason, she got in with the popular kids here.
ADAM: The most popular boy in the youth group. The other guys like to hang out with him.
LILLY: Keeps to herself. She is home-schooled and feels that she cannot relate to the other kids.
FREDDIE: Adam’s friend.
KITTY: Emma’s friend, and a bit ditzy.
MONA: Doesn’t always think before she speaks.
HOLLY: Kitty’s friend.
DONNY: Adam’s friend and a practical joker.
BRENDA: Cora’s and Holly’s friend.
SHARON: Mona’s friend.
Excerpt:
Gordy enters with Julius and Iris
GORDY
Everybody take a seat so we can get started. We have a couple of visitors today… I want you all to meet Julius and Iris. You guys can go ahead and find a seat.
Julius heads toward the guys and sits near them. Iris goes and sits all alone.
GORDY
Today, we’re going to talk about the Good Samaritan.
LIGHTS FADE
LIGHTS UP
Everyone is making their way out. A couple of girls stop to talk to Gordy and Julius heads for Iris. They are alone DC.
JULIUS
Hey… tell Mom and Dad that I’ve been invited out with some of the guys. They’ll drop me home.
IRIS
What? You made friends already?
JULIUS
Sure! These guys are cool. I just started talking to them. Didn’t you meet anybody?
IRIS
No.
JULIUS
Well, you have to try. Just walk up to them.
IRIS
Nobody walked up to me. I’m not gonna walk up to them.
JULIUS
You have to try, Iris! Come on! You have to make an effort.
IRIS
I don’t have to do anything. I can already tell that I’m going to hate it here.
JULIUS
You do it to yourself, you know. I don’t understand you.
IRIS
Sorry that I’m not a social butterfly, like you! You coulda sat with me, you know! You just trotted off to make some new friends and forgot all about me!
JULIUS
And you coulda sat with me! If you don’t make friends here …it’s your own fault!
IRIS
I thought you were my brother.
JULIUS
What is that supposed to mean?
IRIS
You should look out for me.
JULIUS
Oh…so now it’s my fault that you’re a social freak! Just forget I said anything!
IRIS
You better find Mom and Dad and tell them what you’re doing, because I won’t be saying anything.
Julius just stares at her and shakes his head and then hurries off. Iris just stand there mad and doesn’t go anywhere. Gordy is still talking to Tracy.
GORDY
Hey… have you met Iris, yet?
TRACY
No. Not yet.
GORDY
Go say hello to her before she leaves.
TRACY
Okay. (She crosses over to Iris) Hi…I’m Tracy.
IRIS
Oh…hi.
TRACY
You’re Iris, right?
IRIS
Yeah.
TRACY
So this is your first time here?
IRIS
Yeah.
TRACY
How did you like it?
IRIS
It’s okay. I gotta go. (She exits)
Tracy looks back at Gordy and then shrugs her shoulders and walks out.(later)GORDY
I notice that you keep to yourself quite a bit. Does your eye sight have a lot to do with that?
NORMAN
Yeah. It’s hard to talk to people when you really can’t see them clearly. I often can’t really tell who it is until I hear the voice. But if they go and change their hair or something… that throws me off, too. Like when you cut yours after having it long for such a long time.
GORDY
Sorry about that.
NORMAN
Oh, no biggie. I’m used to it.
GORDY
You know, Norm…you handle this whole thing very well. I mean, I had no idea.
NORMAN
I don’t really like people to know. I don’t want them to treat me any differently because of it.
GORDY
Don’t you think they already treat you differently?
NORMAN
I guess so. I do have good hearing.
GORDY
I bet you do. So, what do you think about the retreat? Are you going to sign up?
NORMAN
I don’t belong there, Mr. Gordy.
GORDY
It’s actually Mr. Phipps, but you can call me just Gordy. Why do you say you don’t belong?
NORMAN
I’m not in the group. I hate to say this, Mr. Gordy…oh sorry…but this church has cliques.
GORDY
Cliques.
NORMAN
Surely you’ve noticed! I mean, if someone like me can see it!
GORDY
I guess I hate to admit that it’s happening.
NORMAN
There is the popular clique. I suppose there is always one of those. There is the sports clique, for the sports lovers. There are several music cliques. Depending on what kind of music you like to listen to, you have a clique of those who share your taste. It’s not just kids. There is the senior citizen clique. A bunch of them hang together, and no one is under 60. You have the coffee drinkers clique, the drama clique and the choir clique and the classical clique for the musicians who like to play ancient music. There is the prophecy clique. Those are the ones who stand around after church on Wednesday nights and discuss end time prophecy or difficult doctrines. There is the home school clique of all the parents who are teaching their kids at home.
GORDY
Stop! Before you hit one that I’m in! That is really scary, Norm!
NORMAN
No…what’s scary is the left handed clique, for all the south paws out there, and the cooking clique for all those who watch Rachael Ray and Paula Deen on the Food Network, and then you have the spiked hair clique, the skate boarders clique, the skinny jeans club clique and the hair club clique…for all the bald guys that nobody knows are bald.
GORDY
Norman! Chill, man!
NORMAN
The best one is the Internet clique: I call it the click clique! (Pause) I want to start a legally blind clique. But so far, I’m the only one here that I know of. So, I guess that makes me an outcast. You know, not a member of any clique. I guess we should have an outcasts clique. Do ya think it would work? I can think of a few people who might want to join.
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