82 Questions
 | Drama
by Dave Marsh
March 26, 2008
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A drama about dealing with anxiety
Director's Notes:
Anxiety and worry can incapacitate us. If we don't trust that the Father will provide
and care for us, we can literally worry ourselves to a spiritual death. I don't know
about you, but sometimes when I go to bed, even though I'm physically exhausted, I
won't be able to fall asleep because a million anxious thoughts are bouncing around
inside my head. I decided to write this drama based on that where every sentence
was a question.
Like many dramas I've written, the dialogue takes place inside the person's head.
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Cast:
Dave: A man who worries way too much
Props:
Remote control
Mail
Setting:
The family room
(LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE where Dave comes walking up.)
Dave: What’s up with this grass? Didn’t I just cut it like last week? And what about
that paint under the porch? Is that water damage? How do you fix water damage?
Do you have to put on a new roof? Is that thunder? Is it going to rain? How am I
going to cut the grass if it rains again? And what about the leak? Who’s going to fix
that? Do I need a new roof? How much is that going to cost? How can I afford that?
(takes a deep breath) Where’s Sandy? Where’s the kids? Where could they be?
Isn’t it 6 o’clock? How come there’s no note? Doesn’t she always leave a note? Is
she ok? Is her car here? Has she been in an accident? Should I call the police? Or
the hospitals? What if they’re hurt on some road somewhere? Wouldn’t they talk
about accidents on the news?
Dave: (turns on the TV) Why is the news always so depressing? Why can’t they just
stop killing each other in the MidEast? Why are we getting involved? Don’t we have
enough problems of our own? I mean, what’s happening to kids these days? Why
do they have to put metal detectors in schools? Does Logan’s school have a metal
detector? Is he safe there? What about the bus? What happens if the bus goes off
the road? Do kids where seat belts on the bus? Should I drive him to school?
Wouldn’t that be safer?
Dave: (lifts his arm on that last line and feels numbness in his arm) What was that?
Why is my arm a little numb? Did I pinch a nerve or is it something more? Isn’t it my
left arm? Doesn’t that have to do with a stroke or something? Is it just circulation
problems? Are my arteries getting clogged? Am I going to have a heart attack?
When is the last time I visited the doctor? When did I get my last physical? Shouldn’t
I get xrays like once a year? What if there is something inside me and I don’t know
about it? Could I have something like cancer? Is that it? Could I have cancer and not
know it? How would Sandy and the kids get by? How would she survive?
Dave: (looks down and sees the mail) And what about these bills? How can we
have so many bills? How much is this VISA for? How much??? How can I pay this?
Where’s the money going to come from? Aren’t they talking about layoffs at work?
Could I be one of those? Could it happen this week? Where else would I work? How
are we going to get by? Are we going to have to move? Where would we go? And
where’s Sandy anyway? Why isn’t she home by now? Shouldn’t she have left a
note? Are they ok? Are the kids in an accident? Why isn’t God doing something
about all this? Isn’t He supposed to help me? Why isn’t He blessing me? Why is all
this happening to me? WHERE'S GOD WHEN I NEED HIM?
(LIGHTS SLOWLY FADE as the pastor comes up to speak )
END
(c) 2001 Dave Marsh
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