A Drink Of Water
Drama
Lectionary Scenes
57 Vignettes For Cycle A
Theme
No one ever knows when he will be confronted with Jesus. It will change his life.
Summary
A kind gentleman, dressed casually, enters a small restaurant and meets the waitress. He wants a drink of water and she is wondering if it is a good idea to serve him. This is a modernization of the "woman at the well" encounter.
Playing Time: 3 minutes
Place: A small restaurant
Props: A towel, a glass of water
Costumes: Contemporary, casual
Time: Today
Cast: STRANGER -- Jesus
WOMAN -- a waitress that the world has abused
WOMAN: (CLEANING THE COUNTER. THE STRANGER ENTERS AND STANDS, WAITING TO BE SERVED) What are you doing in here?
STRANGER: I would like a drink.
WOMAN: You're Jewish. I can tell.
STRANGER: And you're very perceptive. Yes, I am a Jew. Now, how about that drink?
WOMAN: You've got your own places. What are you coming in here for?
STRANGER: I was nearby and I was thirsty.
WOMAN: If Max were here he'd throw you out.
STRANGER: Are you going to throw me out?
WOMAN: No, but you'd better leave. Max is due back anytime.
STRANGER: Well, you'd better hurry and give me that drink, then.
WOMAN: Listen ... oh, all right, but don't sit down.
STRANGER: I wouldn't think of it.
WOMAN: (BRINGING WATER) There.
STRANGER: (DRINKING) Whew. Thanks.
WOMAN: Well?
STRANGER: I said, thanks.
WOMAN: You'd better go.
STRANGER: Max?
WOMAN: Yeah.
STRANGER: What if I told you I could provide you with water that brought life with it?
WOMAN: You're a salesman, right?
STRANGER: I said you were perceptive.
WOMAN: I've known a few salesmen. Do you sell water?
STRANGER: No. I give it away.
WOMAN: No one gives water away.
STRANGER: You just did. I was thirsty. You gave me some water.
WOMAN: (PAUSE) Right!
STRANGER: No, really.
WOMAN: (PAUSE) Right!
STRANGER: And you could live forever.
WOMAN: Well, I'm game. I could use some of that kind of water. Sounds pretty good to me.
STRANGER: Well?
WOMAN: Well, what? Hey, what are you talking about? Are you going to show me the brochure on the water softener or what?
STRANGER: May I come over to your house tonight and talk to you and your husband about it?
WOMAN: (PAUSE) I don't have a husband.
STRANGER: But you've had five, haven't you.
WOMAN: Yes, I've had five, but how ...
STRANGER: And the man you're living with now is not your husband.
WOMAN: Whoa, wait a minute. Oh, I get it; you're religious, aren't you? You know what? People say you have to go to church to be a Christian, but I always thought it was all right just to stay at home and watch the services on TV.
STRANGER: I want to tell you something. Some day church and the TV won't make a bit of difference. What's going to be important is if you know God. To truly know him and worship him. Those are the people that God is looking for.
WOMAN: I know that Jesus will come someday and explain everything to us, all the things we don't understand.
STRANGER: I am the Savior.
WOMAN: You! But you're Jewish.
STRANGER: You are very perceptive.
WOMAN: Oh, I get it. You are Jewish. Oh, I must tell everyone. Wait until the night shift gets a load of this. Here is a man who tells me everything I ever did. You have to be Jesus, right? (THEY SHAKE HANDS)
No one ever knows when he will be confronted with Jesus. It will change his life.
Summary
A kind gentleman, dressed casually, enters a small restaurant and meets the waitress. He wants a drink of water and she is wondering if it is a good idea to serve him. This is a modernization of the "woman at the well" encounter.
Playing Time: 3 minutes
Place: A small restaurant
Props: A towel, a glass of water
Costumes: Contemporary, casual
Time: Today
Cast: STRANGER -- Jesus
WOMAN -- a waitress that the world has abused
WOMAN: (CLEANING THE COUNTER. THE STRANGER ENTERS AND STANDS, WAITING TO BE SERVED) What are you doing in here?
STRANGER: I would like a drink.
WOMAN: You're Jewish. I can tell.
STRANGER: And you're very perceptive. Yes, I am a Jew. Now, how about that drink?
WOMAN: You've got your own places. What are you coming in here for?
STRANGER: I was nearby and I was thirsty.
WOMAN: If Max were here he'd throw you out.
STRANGER: Are you going to throw me out?
WOMAN: No, but you'd better leave. Max is due back anytime.
STRANGER: Well, you'd better hurry and give me that drink, then.
WOMAN: Listen ... oh, all right, but don't sit down.
STRANGER: I wouldn't think of it.
WOMAN: (BRINGING WATER) There.
STRANGER: (DRINKING) Whew. Thanks.
WOMAN: Well?
STRANGER: I said, thanks.
WOMAN: You'd better go.
STRANGER: Max?
WOMAN: Yeah.
STRANGER: What if I told you I could provide you with water that brought life with it?
WOMAN: You're a salesman, right?
STRANGER: I said you were perceptive.
WOMAN: I've known a few salesmen. Do you sell water?
STRANGER: No. I give it away.
WOMAN: No one gives water away.
STRANGER: You just did. I was thirsty. You gave me some water.
WOMAN: (PAUSE) Right!
STRANGER: No, really.
WOMAN: (PAUSE) Right!
STRANGER: And you could live forever.
WOMAN: Well, I'm game. I could use some of that kind of water. Sounds pretty good to me.
STRANGER: Well?
WOMAN: Well, what? Hey, what are you talking about? Are you going to show me the brochure on the water softener or what?
STRANGER: May I come over to your house tonight and talk to you and your husband about it?
WOMAN: (PAUSE) I don't have a husband.
STRANGER: But you've had five, haven't you.
WOMAN: Yes, I've had five, but how ...
STRANGER: And the man you're living with now is not your husband.
WOMAN: Whoa, wait a minute. Oh, I get it; you're religious, aren't you? You know what? People say you have to go to church to be a Christian, but I always thought it was all right just to stay at home and watch the services on TV.
STRANGER: I want to tell you something. Some day church and the TV won't make a bit of difference. What's going to be important is if you know God. To truly know him and worship him. Those are the people that God is looking for.
WOMAN: I know that Jesus will come someday and explain everything to us, all the things we don't understand.
STRANGER: I am the Savior.
WOMAN: You! But you're Jewish.
STRANGER: You are very perceptive.
WOMAN: Oh, I get it. You are Jewish. Oh, I must tell everyone. Wait until the night shift gets a load of this. Here is a man who tells me everything I ever did. You have to be Jesus, right? (THEY SHAKE HANDS)
