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First Five

Authors: Ingrid De Sanctis

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Is there a place for me? At your table? Is there a place for me? These are the questions posed in the scene First Five. A narrator enters and asks, "Who would be the first five people you would invite to a dinner party?" Then she turns that question around. "Who are the first five people you do not want at your table? What if they were the first five to the table?"

The hostess enters and as she sets the table for her party, she speaks to five different personalities in her life. People she knows who make it impossible to invite to the table. How could she invite the criminal? The person who she has wounded and won't forgive her? The person who has broken her? The person who has judged her unfairly? As she speaks another actor poetically interrupts her and challenges her. "Is there a place for me? At your table?" In the end the hostess agrees to invite the uninvitable, to make room at her table. No matter how difficult. The narrator returns and speaks of a world where we love as freely as Jesus loved. As she speaks, we watch the table fill with additional actors.

Paired with Nicole Nordeman's song Please Come, this piece presents the challenges and love that is necessary if we are to expand the table. We are reminded to love as Jesus loved, as senselessly as he loved. The table must be filled.

Bible References: Galatians 5:6-, Micah 6:8-, 1 John 4:-, 2 Corinthians 5:-

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Great for Unity
We used this drama at a gathering of all the churches in our area and it was a perfect way to focus everyone in on what really matters. The drama cuts to the heart of th ...More
Reviewed by jrteason (Seattle, WA) on Friday, June 13, 2008.
Great piece on diversity
This is a very strong piece. It stretched our actors but was, in the end, well received by our audience. I would recommend this piece to any team wanting to emphasize d ...More
Reviewed by CypressArts (Clearwater, FL) on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Hit us where we live
This drama worked so well in our church where the same old "sitcom" drama is a little blah. This script made people talk and not only that but invitations got given, mea ...More
Reviewed by RCC Girl (Edmonton, Canada) on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
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