Worth the Cost?

GCSE Religious Studies (Philosophy & Ethics)

Worth the Cost?

The Summary: We view 3 friends out for a girls night out. All three women travel different paths in life and have different opinions about what the others do. This is especially clear when you see the conversation turn to work. Denise, who is already struggling with the difficulties of having a job that is also a calling, begins to wonder why she does what she does. Why work in a church? Why lead worship? Why worship?

The Setting: A casual restaurant. Relatively nice place settings and table cloth. All the accruements of a girl’s night out are visible. Make sure all three women are in some way viewable by the audience.

The Cast:

Casey – Woman in her early 30’s – late 40’s. Well dressed. Put together. Polished. A career woman. She’s an up and coming ad exec.

Molly – Young mom, in the thick of raising her family. She gave up her career life to raise her family. Truth be told, she’s starting to wonder if she’s ever going to get back to it. Loves her kids, loves being a mommy…but… Physically, she’s not quite as put together. But definitely making an attempt.

Denise – Woman in her early 30’s – late 40’s. She’s the worship director at her church, or at least she was until yesterday…

Waitress – Could be male or female, almost any age. Asks a pivotal question without knowing it.

The Scene Opens With: Casey and Molly are sitting at a table in a restaurant. Laughing and sharing chips and salsa. Denise joins them, obviously running late.

Casey:

Hey there! We got you a diet coke.

Denise:

Thanks!

Molly:

What took you so long?

Denise:

Oh, small crisis at work. I got it taken care of, but, you know…

Casey:

Oh yeah, I know how that goes.

Molly:

Well, I don’t know about work, but ...