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Rachael rachaelhayes@mail.deseretmail.com
Sisters -- Our class presidencies just finished planning New
Beginnings and I am really excited about what they have created so I thought I would share
it here in the hopes that it is a resource for someone else.
We will be inviting all of their parents to an evening's performance of "A Personal
Progress Carol". This skit details the afternoon of a young woman named Carol (or
Crabby Carol as she is known by some), a 15-yr-old Mia Maid who has lost interest in
Personal Progress. Throughout the course of her lazy, sleep-all-day Saturday, she is
visited by three ghosts who, of course, show her three important pieces of her life: the
ghost of Personal Progress Present (shows Sister Reminds-a- lot, one of her YW leaders,
talking on the phone to the YW Pres, Sister Trys-hard, about her sincere caring and concern
for Carol), the ghost of PP Past (shows Carol as a new Beehive being welcomed by her new
YW leaders, Sister Hugs-and-kisses and Sister Love), and the ghost of PP Future (shows Carol
as a YW leader 20 in the future who feels she has missed out on great richness and
opportunities in her life by only now beginning to gain a testimony of the PP program).
Through these experiences, Carol thinks about the meaning of the 7 PP values, finally digs
out her old PP book (under her bed buried beneath an old gym sock, last week's snack, and
2 inches of dust) and ends on her knees asking her Heavenly Father to help her gain a
testimony of the PP Program.
The class presidencies did a great job writing the script. They have come up with such an
entertaining way to teach their parents the importance of the Personal Progress program as
well as the meaning of the 7 values! Now on to the practice . . . :-) Rachael in Michigan
Just a little background info: This was written so that the narrator would have her script
in front of her and not have to memorize her part. All of the other characters were told
to understand their parts enough to be able to adlib but still get their cues from each
other (I don't know if that makes sense but it worked when we ran through it last
Wednesday). This way, anyone with a large part does not have to learn it by heart so the
play can be presented without as much practice or pressure on the YW.
We are holding it in our gym with the bed set up in the middle and the other scenes (past,
present, and future) taking place on the two sides (where the doors are). We started with
two chalkboards shielding the left side from view so that the people in the present scene
can be setting up and ready. When it is time for their scene, two YW dressed in a solid
color pull the chalkboards to the right side (then to the other side for the past scene
and back to the right for the future scene), in front of Carol's bedroom scene but behind
Carol and her ghost as they "journey" to the present, past, and future. On the
front of the chalkboards (facing the audience) are the seven values with their
explanations enlarged and copied onto appropriately colored poster board.
The narrator was given leave to wander around as she is delivering her lines and even
interact with the characters somewhat (our narr is a Laurel with quite a bit of acting
experience and had a ball!). There is also a place where a character was asked to
completely come up with her own speech based on the ideas presented in the script.
Hopefully, you'll see. ANYWAY, on with the script . . .
A PERSONAL PROGRESS CAROL Script
Personal Progress
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