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EYE OF THE NEEDLE
Synopsis: This script illustrates just how small the eye of a needle can be.
MATTHEW 19: 24
MOM – DRESSED IN REGULAR CLOTHES KATIE – WEARING A COSTUME FOR A SCHOOL PLAY (ANY COSTUME… BUT I WILL BE DESCRIBING A DRESS FOR THIS SCRIPT. IF YOU CHOOSE ANOTHER COSTUME, YOU CAN CHANGE THE SCRIPT TO FIT YOUR NEEDS.) KATIE IS ALSO WEARING A WRIST WATCH.
TABLE, CHAIR, STOOL, SEWING BASKET, NEEDLE, THREAD, PAIR OF EYE GLASSES, WRIST WATCH, ROLL OF DUCT TAPE.
SCRIPT Mom – (looks stage left)
Katie! Where are you? Mom turns and puts the sewing kit and her glasses on the
chair. Mom – (looks stage left again) Katie! The school play is tonight. You have to hurry or
you’re going to be late. We still have to
finish your costume. Mom turns and picks up the sewing kit and puts it on the
table next to the chair. She opens the lid of
the sewing kit. Katie – I’m coming, Mom. Enter Katie stage left.
She is wearing a long dress that is a costume for a school play. She is holding up the bottom of the dress since it
is way too long. She stops near her mother. Katie – Sorry it took me so long Mom...I can’t
walk in this thing. I tripped three times! Mom – It will be fine once we fix the hem, Honey. Katie – (looks at her watch) We better work fast, Mom. I have to be at the school in an hour. Mom – Ok, ok.
I’m hurrying. Hop up on that stool
so we can get started. (Mom helps Katie stand on stool and then Mom sits down in the chair
and starts to reach for her sewing kit.) Mom – Oh oh! Katie – What do you mean oh, oh? Mom – Oh nooooo! (stands up and picks up glasses from
where she sat on them.) I just sat on my
glasses! Katie – (Katie looks at glasses) Wow, Mom. You really mangled them. Mom – (looks at glasses carefully) This is bad. This
is very bad. Katie – Put them on, Mom.
Maybe your glasses are ok. Mom puts on glasses.
They are crooked and both lenses are cracked. Katie – (giggles) You
look like you got into a fight and lost! Mom – (takes off glasses and sits down in the chair) Very funny, Katie…at least I don’t have a
black eye. Katie – Oh, Mom – mothers absolutely never, ever
get black eyes. How undignified! Mom – Well, you were the one who said I looked like I
had been in a fight. Katie – (looks at her watch again) – Mom look at
the time. We have to hurry. Mom – (holds up her glasses) Katie, you know I can’t see things up close
without my glasses! Without them, I’m
blind as a bat. Without these glasses I
can’t see the hem of your dress, much less fix it! Katie – Put the glasses back on…maybe you can see
out of one eye. Mom puts glasses back on. Mom – Katie...we have a problem. Both of the lenses are broken…they’re
both cracked. I can’t see a thing through
the cracks. Katie – This never would have happened if you
hadn’t sat on them, Mom! Mom – True… (shakes her head sadly) I knew I
should have gone on that diet. Katie – (looks at her
watch again) Mom, time’s running out. What are we going to do? I’m the star of the show. If I don’t make it to the school on time, they
can’t start the play. This is a disaster
(very dramatic). Mom – (turning her head slightly while trying to look
through the cracks in her glasses) Welllll, maybe this will work. Let’s give it a try. Mom reaches for sewing kit and takes out a needle and
thread. She tries to thread the needle but
can’t. She holds the needle far away from
her and tries again, but still can’t thread the needle. Mom – (sighs and takes off glasses) It’s no use, Katie. I just can’t thread the needle without my
glasses. Katie gets down from the stool (Mom helps her). Katie – Why don’t I try to thread it? How hard can it be? (Mom sits down in chair) Mom – What a great idea…here you go. (hands her the needle and thread). Katie – (turns to face the audience and tries to thread
the needle) Katie – This is harder than it looks! Katie tries to thread the needle again. Katie – Why do they make the hole in the needle sooooo
small? (She keeps trying and failing to thread
the needle) Katie – (sits down on the stool and looks at her
mother) I can’t thread this stupid
thing….Maybe I should have taken Home-Ec instead of Shop class. Mom – Now, dear…don’t be so hard on yourself. After all, you did make that lovely key chain in
Shop Class. Katie – (folds her arms over her chest) But Mom, what
good are keys at a time like this? Katie – The show must go on and I won’t be there
when the curtain goes up! Mom thinks for a minute. Mom – How much time do we have? Katie – (looks at her watch) About 20 minutes…what difference does it make
though? I can’t go on stage like this.
(stands and holds up bottom of dress and tries to take a few steps and stumbles) I will probably trip, fall off the stage, land in
the front row and make a complete fool out of myself. Mom looks up and has an idea. Mom – I’ll be right back! (stands up and rushes off stage) Katie – (She is standing.
She strikes a dramatic pose with her hand on her forehead) What a bummer! Katie – (throws out one arm) I’m supposed to be a star. (she sniffles and sits down on stool) Why does everything have to happen to me! Mom rushes back on stage – (stops near Katie and
strikes a pose like superman with her hands on her hips and her chin in the air) Never
fear…Mom is here! Katie – It’s hopeless, Mom. We’re just going to have to cancel the play. Mom – Quick, Katie.
Get back up on that stool. (she helps
Katie up onto the stool) Katie – (standing on stool) (Katie sighs)
What’s the point, Mom. Are we
going to get the dog to thread the needle for us? Mom – Heck no, Katie.
Who needs a needle and thread when we have (holds up a large roll of duct tape) TA
DAH…DUCT TAPE! Katie – Mom, you’re a genius! (fade to black)
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