Week One: Angel, Mary, Gregor
Props: Broom
Flour/Powder
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Gregor Appears:
I’m singing a Gregor song
If you love Gregor sing along
Then buy some chocolates and give them to me
With perhaps a cup of tea
I’m singing a Gregor song…
Oh. Hello. You are here again… Perhaps you have come to give Gregor some presents? You may form three lines. The people with expensive presents go on this side, the people who have made something special for Gregor with their own two hands go in the middle, the people who have more than two hands go on the other…
Wait. You’re not here to give me presents at all are you? You’re here because you’ve heard the news. Something special is going to happen. Apparently something very important is about to happen. I heard it from a man who was refusing to give me his car. Do you want to see the important thing? Me too. I’m going to hide, just over here and be very quiet. I will only sing a little bit.
“I’m singing a Gregor song
If you love Gregor you’re not wrong…
(Mary Appears, holding a broom)
Mary: I was just…. wait, can you hear something? Gregor stops singing. No. Hmm, I must be going crazy. Ah well, I had some sweeping to do. Begins to sweep, humming to herself.
Angel appears behind Mary, throwing Powder around so that s/he steps out of the haze.
Angel: MARY
Mary: AAAAaaaah!!!! I knew I heard singing. What do you mean by sneaking up on a person from behind and singing at them?
Angel: I wasn’t..
Mary: And who is Gregor?
Angel: I have no idea. What? I wasn’t singing.
Mary: So you were just sneaking up behind me quietly then? That’s kind of creepy.
Angel: I wasn’t sneaking up. I’m an angel. I simply appeared in a mystical haze of remarkably cheap special effects.
Mary: Still Creepy.
Angel: Sorry.
Mary: what do you want?
Angel: I have a message for you from God.
Mary: And God said “sneak up behind mary and scare the willies out of her, did he?
Angel: I said sorry.
Mry: Hmmmmm
Angel: So… you are Mary right?
Mary: Yes.
Angel: The Mary? Living in Nazareth? Engaged to Joseph the carpenter?
Mary: Not getting any less creepy.
Angel: Weird.
Mary: You’re telling me.
Angel: No… Just… Weird that God would chose you.
Mary: What?
Angel: I’ve been trying to tell you since I got here. God has chosen you for something very important.
Mary: Ok. Now you’ve got me interested.
Angel: You’re going to have a baby.
Mary: Hopefully one day I will.
Angel: I’m not making myself clear here. You’re pregnant. Right now.
Mary: I’m really not.
Angel: You reeeaaaallly are. Not only are you pregnant right now, but the baby comes from God. It’s God’s baby.
Mary: Ummmmm
Angel: And when he’s born, you’re to name him Jesus. And the things he’ll do when he grows up are going to change the world forever. Hooray! Hallelujah!
Mary: ummmm…..
Angel: Hooray! Hallelujah!… What’s the matter? You don’t seem very happy about it.
Mary: It’s just that Joseph isn’t going to be all that happy about it.
Angel: Oh.
Mary: “Hi honey, guess what?”. I don’t know that he’ll still be all that keen to marry me.
Angel: I see what you mean. Would you like me to have a word with him?
Mary: If you would.
Angel: I’ll go and tell him now. Don’t worry, I’ll tell him about all the things your child will do in the future. He’ll marry you.
Mary: Thanks. Off you go then . Don’t….
the angel disappears throwing powder around as he exits, making woooo noises.
Mary: make a mess as you leave…. I just cleaned up. Thanks for that. Ok. This will take some getting used to. Mary walks off stage.
Gregor Reappears.
Gregor: Well. That’s quite exciting. An angry woman and a daft angel. I wonder what will happen next? Maybe another daft angel will appear and give Gregor some presents?……….. No. No presents for Gregor. You will have to bring some yourselves next week. I will see you then. Disappears.
Copyright © Gareth Darlow 2008
