The Net
Cast: 3 men or 3
boys.
Set & Wardrobe:
Any stage as there is minimal movement.
Robes and sandals and other attire to make a first century setting for 3
disciples.
Peter begins center stage.
The two brothers, James and John, enter stage right and Peter addresses
them.
Peter: Hey James,
John, whazzzzzz up?
James: Good parable
today don’t you think Pete?
Peter: Finally, one
we didn’t have to ask him to explain.
James: That’s always
so embarrassing.
John: Finally, a
parable about fish and fishermen.
James: Yeah, when we
first signed on to this gig, Jesus was telling us that he would make us fishers
of men.
Peter: There hadn’t
been too many fishing stories until today.
James: Hey! Did you hear the one about the one-armed man
who went fishing and the big one got away?
[Holding up just one arm and hand.]
It was this long!
Peter and John: [Not
laughing at James’s joke grit their teeth in disapproval.] Grrrrr
Peter: Most of his
stories take more thinking that I am used to.
John: That’s for
sure.
Peter: But today
Jesus got down to the nitty gritty.
James: When this age
is over it will be like God sends out his angels as fishermen.
John: They will cast
out their nets and pull in all of the fish.
Peter: And then the
sorting begins.
James: Yeah, one
fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
John: What?
James: Sorry, good
fish, bad fish, happy fish, sad fish.
Peter: That’s closer,
except when Jesus was talking about fish, he meant people.
James: At the end of
the age there will be a separation of the good and the wicked.
John: Good in the
basket. Bad in the fire.
James: I thought we
were going to heaven and not into a basket.
Peter: Guys, it’s a
parable. We will all give an account of
how we lived our lives.
James: What do I need
to do to end up in the basket instead of getting thrown away?
Peter: Let’s just
keep following Jesus. If he wants
fishermen on his team, I am sure that he will make a way for us to get to
heaven.
John: Or at least in
the basket.
Peter: Or in the
basket.
All 3: I know that
Jesus will make a way for us to get in the basket even if he has to die for us.
Exit.
The end.
