Pearls of Wisdom-Drama Skit

Pearls of Wisdom-Drama Skit

Themes: Self-esteem; self-worth; fairy tales; how God sees us; life's struggles and victories
Categories: Youth, Women's Ministry, With God, Topical, Children 
Summary:

While Red Riding Hood seeks refuge from the big bad wolf who is chasing her, she finds herself in the midst of other fairy tale characters like Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty etc. Asking for help, none of the ladies seem to take her situation seriously, since they all seem to have life issues that seem far worse than hers, and are bent on wallowing in self-pity.  Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) is forced to live with a hairy beast herself; Princess Jasmine (Aladdin) has to marry someone she doesn't love; Ariel, the little mermaid, just wants to be human, and the list of woes goes on. Each lady feel unloved, rejected, and cursed, and is therefore doomed to a life of misery.  It isn't until the Fairy Godmother and Godfather appear that the ladies realize they have self-worth and that even though they face struggles now, in the end, things will work out as they should.  Using the example of a pearl, the Godfather illustrates how pain and struggles in life can create something beautiful.

 
 
Style: Comedy

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Characters: 11 (1 Male, 10 Female)
Length: 5-8 minutes
 
Excerpt (Sample)

Setting: A tropical island.  The set can be as simple or as elaborate as you’d like.

As the scene opens, Cinderella, Snow White, Alice (from Alice in Wonderland), Belle (from Beauty and the Beast), Ariel (Little Mermaid), Princess Jasmine (Aladdin), Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty are all on stage.  Sleeping Beauty is hunched over, sleeping & snoring loudly.  The other girls stare off “into the distance” as if deep in thought.  Each girl should be dressed to appropriately represent their character.  After a moment, Little Red Riding Hood (Red) runs on stage, breathing heavy and scared.  She carries a small basket. The others are not affected and barely notice her.

Red:

(enters, afraid) Please, I need your help!

Cinderella:

(non-phased, speak non-chalantly) Join the club, honey.  We all need help.

Red:

But you don’t understand, I was on my way to my grandmother’s house when a big, bad wolf appeared.

Belle:

(not impressed) A wolf?

Red:

 Yeah, I think he’s stalking me. He’s a large, beastly creature…

Belle:

(interrupting, sarcastic) Oh yeah?  Try living with one.  

Red:

But I think he wants to kill me.

Snow White:

My step-mother, the wicked Queen, wants to kill me too.  But you don’t see me getting all hysterical, do you?  

Belle:

Not unless someone whistles.  Right, Snow?

Snow White:

Hey, that’s all those 7 dwarfs do.  Day and night they whistle while they work. It would make you crazy after awhile too!

Red:

Look, this wolf is after me, and I think he may try to kill me and maybe even my grandma.  I don’t know what to do!

Rapunzel:

(non-chalant) Sit down.  Take a load off.

Red:

Didn’t you hear what I just said? That wolf could be here to eat me any minute!

Jasmine:

Good.  Then maybe he’ll shut your trap! In the meantime, sit down and chill!

Red hesitantly sits down. She continues to stare in disbelief at the others, while looking over her shoulder to make sure no one is coming. 

Red:

I don’t mean to be rude but none of you seem to be taking my problem very seriously. 

Ariel:

(gives Red a “you’ve got to be kidding look”) Oh no she d’int!  ( looks at the others) Did you hear that girls? We’re not taking her problem seriously?  (sarcastic) Don’t you feel sorry for her?

Alice:

Yeah, she’s got it soooo bad!

They all laugh except for Red

 

 

Red:

(quickly gets up) It’s not funny! This has been a very traumatic experience for me! (stamps her foot in anger)

Cinderella:

Traumatic?  You want hear traumatic?  I’ve been made a slave in my own home to an evil step-mother and the ugliest step-sisters you’ve ever seen! I’m covered with soot and ashes every single day.  You think that’s good for my complexion?  Or my hair?

Rapunzel:

At least you’ve got long, beautiful hair, Cinderella. I used to, before my mother cut it all off. 

Cinderella:

At least you’re free now Rapunzel. You’re not a prisoner in your own home.  I never get to go anywhere.

Rapunzel:

I’ve been banished from my home, and I don’t know what happened to my prince. I can’t find him anywhere.  I’ll never find true love again!  (wails dramatically) And my beautiful hair is gone!

Jasmine:

Your hair will grow back, and at least you found someone to love.  My father is forcing me to get married and I don’t want to.  I don’t want to marry someone I don’t love. It’s not fair! 

Alice:

What about that Aladdin guy, Jasmine?  Don’t you love him?

Jasmine:

He’s a peasant, and I’ve got to marry a prince, remember?  My life is a shambles!

Belle:

Yeah, you’re life is terrible.  You’re beautiful and rich, and have to marry a handsome prince.  Unlike some of us who are held hostage by a horrible beast!

Ariel:

Stop being so dramatic, Belle.  At least he’s human.

Belle:

That’s easy for you to say, Ariel. You get to go frolicking around in the ocean without a care in the world.  Meanwhile, I live with a beast who could rip me to shreds at any minute!

Ariel:

Mermaids do not frolic! Okay, maybe we do but I hate living in the ocean.  All I’ve ever really wanted was to be human.

Sleeping Beauty snores loudly

Alice:

(yells) Sleeping Beauty, wake up!

Beauty:

(jerking herself awake) What?  Guess I fell asleep again.  Sorry, I’m just so tired. (stretches and yawns, then noticing Red is immediately frightened and angry at the same time—she speak to Red) Stay away from me!

Rapunzel:

Relax, Beauty.  I don’t think she’s hiding a spinning wheel in her basket. 

Beauty:

(accusingly to Red) Are you?

Red:

No! (opens the basket to prove it)

Beauty:

Sorry.  It’s just that I’m a little jumpy ever since an evil sorceress put a curse on me. 

 

 

Alice:

At least you weren’t almost beheaded by the Queen of Hearts! Or shrunk down to the size of a bug.

Beauty:

No Alice, I’m afraid I don’t live in Wonderland.  I just live in fear that I’ll prick my finger on a spinning wheel someday, fall asleep and never wake up.  (sarcastic) But that’s not nearly as traumatizing as what you went through!

Red:

Wow! No wonder you all are so grumpy. 

Cinderella:

Hey, you’d be grumpy too if you had to live our lives.

Red:

I’ve got a big, bad wolf stalking  me, remember?  

Jasmine:

Then you might as well stay awhile. 

Snow White:

Just no whistling!

Rapunzel:

What’s your name?

Red:

Red Riding Hood. 

Belle:

Well Red, welcome to the village of losers: the unloved, the unwanted, and the cursed.

Red:

No offense but this seems like a miserable existence.

Cinderella:

Yeah, but we’re still glad you’re here. 

Red:

Why is that?

Cinderella:

Because Misery loves company. 

Godmother:

(her voice is heard from off stage) Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Snow White:

Who said that?

Godfather:

(his voice is heard from off stage—he speaks like Marlon Brando in the movie, The Godfather)  The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Alice:

Who said that?

Fairy Godmother and Godfather enter.  Godmother has a magic wand in her hands. Godfather should be dressed in a dark suit and tie, like an old-fashioned gangster. He should have something inside his cheeks, like cotton, to make his cheeks look round and puffy.

Godmother & Godfather:

(enter and speak in unison) We did.