Author: Ted and Nancie Lowe
Ted and Nancie have traveled all over the country performing at everything from arenas to youth rooms. Their sketches had to be able to speak to many different ages, regions, and personalities. After being on the road full time for five years, Ted and Nancie moved to Atlanta Georgia. Ted served as the director of MarriedLife at North Point Community Church for 9 years until recently starting a non-profit organization called marriedpeople. Many of their sketches have been used at North Point Sunday Services, as well as MarriedLife Live marriage enrichment events. Now Ted and Nancie want to share their sketches with you.
Site: http://www.marriedpeople.org
Scripts by Ted and Nancie Lowe
Trust Me!
Trust Me!
A marriage that is offered to God is taken back piece by pieces.
- Characters: 2-3
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 5-7 minutes Themes:
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle
Todd is the spender. Nan is the one who keeps up with their finances. So when Todd surprises Nan with a brand new over-the-top barbeque grill, things get just a little headed.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
The Flip Side
The Flip Side
A fun look at empathy through the eyes of a pregnant man.
- Characters: 4
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Small Talk
Small Talk
A humorous reminder that oftentimes people are watching us.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Lowered Expectations
Lowered Expectations
A newlywed couple meets their church assigned jaded mentor couple for the first time.
- Characters: 4
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 6-7 minutes Themes:
I Never Told Her
I Never Told Her
A widowed husband runs into a friend who’s concerned about the husband and his two sons being without their mother. The husband realizes a lot of things he never told his wife.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
In The Nick of Time
In The Nick of Time
Distracted by the demands of work and children, Jason and Beth have become more like roommates than lovers. However, their predictable schedules are about to be turned upside down by a very unexpected pregnancy. This script includes title and transition slides.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 16 minutes Themes:
Getting to Know You
Getting to Know You
Over a birthday dinner at a restaurant, a well-meaning wife gives her husband the unexpected gift of a session with communication counselors.
- Characters: 5
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 8-10 minutes Themes:
File Away
File Away
A fun look at an awkward visit to a counselor reveals all the things that the couple has been filing away.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Johnson’s Valentine’s Bowl
Johnson’s Valentine’s Bowl
It’s his way vs. her way in the 11th annual Valentine’s Day gone wrong for the Johnsons.
- Characters: 5
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 6-8 minutes Themes:
Date Your Mate
Date Your Mate
A date night reveals that being connected to the outside world is killing their connection to each other.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-6 minutes Themes:
Glorious Interruption
Glorious Interruption
A story is told of a young couple with romantic notions of marriage when their ideal vision for the future is suddenly interrupted by God.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 6-8 minutes Themes:
I Do! Part 2
I Do! Part 2
An old couple speaks of live, love, and lessons learned over the past 50 years.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
I Do! Part 1
I Do! Part 1
The conflict of mixed up marital expectations.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
From Each Other
From Each Other
Over the course of fifteen years, a woman in America and a man in Equador share their prayers in a diary. Through their writings we discover that God’s plan in the world is much larger than anything we could imagine.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 7-9 minutes Themes:
The Dance
The Dance
The dilemma of a popular young boy to act as Jesus would at “The Dance.”
- Characters: 5
- Genre: Drama Themes:
Cloud Talk
Cloud Talk
The story of the Battle of Jericho… sort of.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 5-7 minutes Themes:
What’s Their Story?
What’s Their Story?
A humorous look at how judging others only avoids the “real story.”
- Characters: 10
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 5-7 minutes Themes:
It Does Matter
It Does Matter
A teenage girl reaches out to an unpopular boy and teaches us a great lesson about love and life.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 6-8 minutes Themes:
How Do I, Uh…Pray?
How Do I, Uh…Pray?
Silly examples of prayer that reflect and all too real image of our own prayer lives.
- Characters: 8
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 5-7 minutes Themes:
Nobody Calls Them Baby
Nobody Calls Them Baby
Meet four people who desperately need Jesus. Who will reach them?
- Characters: 5
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
With You Always Part 1
With You Always Part 1
Anna is waiting until later to trust Christ as is faced with the question: Why?
Also see “With You Always Part 2”.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
With You Always Part 2
With You Always Part 2
Anna has a terrific spiritual experience and is faced with the question: Will you love me now?
- Characters: 4
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
Remote Control
Remote Control
Men and women are different. But what would happen if you could change their “channel?” Would they be better people for it?
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
