SOUPER BOWL OF CARING
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TITLE: Real TV, Real Hunger!
SUBMITTED BY: John P. Trump, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, SC
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 9 speaking roles:
 Mark, Jan, Announcer 1, Announcer 2, Harry, Alice, Quarterback, Player and
Reporter(s)
COSTUMES: Announcers/reports in suits. Players in jersey.
LENGTH: 8-10 +minutes.
TIME FRAME: Before Souper Bowl Sunday
PLOT: A couple of friends are getting ready to watch the game. They turn on the TV to
watch the pre-game reports and get an unexpected report from youth discussing hunger
issues and what can be done to address those issues.
PROPS AND STAGING: In the front of the church there is a “large split screen TV.”
What this means is that there is a large “frame” of a television, with a center “hole”
about five foot by five foot, with the top of it around six foot tall. This should be made out
of a simple wood frame with cardboard or even paper over top. It is then painted or
drawn upon from the front with such words as “SONY”, “volume”, “channel”, etc. Part of
the screen is cut away. (i.e. hole). This “screen” is large enough that the two television
announcers can appear in it, and it might work well to have it surrounding the lectern or
another speaking position that has a microphone or wired for sound. When people are
“on television” they simply step into the “screen” behind the television. They are now
“live”. The announcers do the same in their screen. This is intentionally silly and simple.
There are two chairs somewhat facing the screens, at an angle. Acting blocks can be
used for this. Snacks for TV viewers, showing lots of goodies to eat during Super Bowl.
The lesson read for this day is Luke 4:16-30. Matthew 25:31-46 can also be used with
some slight alterations in the beginning lines referring to the lesson that was read.
Scene 1
Two people enter. Male and/or female. Names are used here for our performance. There are no parts
that cannot be switched around. Simply change the names and the pronouns.
M ARK: He y, let’s get all ready f or the game… it’s almost time for kickoff
J AN : Are you ready to rumble!
M ARK: Can we sa y:
BOTH: Super bo wl! Yea!
J AN : I was startin g to worry durin g ch urch f or a minute there
M ARK: Yea, the sermon was going on and on. I was thinking… it’s
almost game time!
J AN : But it was in interesting message. Can you belie ve that Gospel
lesson?
M ARK: W hat?
J AN : That those people would actually try to thro w Jesu s over a clif f ,
would reject him like that. Unbelieva ble.
M ARK: You’re tell ing me. W hat did the preacher say about it?
J AN : I don’t know. Something about us rejectin g him in our town. Yada
yada yada… are we ready?
M ARK: Pizza?
J AN : In the oven
M ARK: Chips?
J AN : Check
M ARK: Drinks?
J AN : Check.
M ARK: Pret zels?
J AN : Check
M ARK: Remote control?
J AN : Check.
M ARK: Answerin g machine on?
J AN : Check.
M ARK: Your te le vision is a wesome!
J AN : It ought to be. It cost a bundle. But see it has split screen TV, with
one picture here, and another here. And a picture so live , you woul d
swear it was real. W ait till you see it.
M ARK: W ell, turn it on. It’s game time.
APPEARING IN THE SMALL SCREEN
ANNO UNCE R #1: W elcome to SUPER BOW L Sunday. Today’s game pits
the __________ against the _______. This should be a real battle
today.
ANNO UNCE R #2: Yes, I really see it as a great game between t wo teams
that are evenly matched, and unlike most Super Bowls, we ma y
actually ha ve a ga me today that won’t be decided in the f irst quarter.
ANNO UNCE R #1: W hat do you think it’s going to come dow n to, in the
end?
ANNO UNCE R #2: I think it’s going to come down to points. The team
with the most points, I think, is goin g to win. In f act, statistically, an
amazing 100% of the teams with the most points at the end of
regulation ha ve in f act won the gam es.
ANNO UNCE R #1: An amazing stat. For more insights in to the game, let’s
go down on the f ield to our side lines reporter, ( inse rt re porter’s
name). (Reporter’s name ), what do you have f or us?
THE REPORTER APPEARS IN THE BIG SCREEN.
REPORTER: W ell, I’ve just come f rom the locker rooms of these two
teams, and let me tell you, that was n ot a pleasant experience! I
mean, talk about your basic body odors! Ho w do these guys huddle up,
anywa y?
ANNO UNCE R #1: About their strategies f or the game?
REPORTER: W ell, both teams were planning on trying to win. That and
both said something about killing the other guys. Actually, the y said
some other wo rds too, but I can’t repeat them. Personally, I would
wash their mouths out with soap, right af ter I washed eve rywhere else.
PEW !
ANNO UNCE R #1: Thanks f or those insights.
J AN : I lo ve these reporters
M ARK: They really get you down close to the game.
ANNO UNCE R #1: Let’s see if we can get a word with on e of the team
captains. (Reporter’s na me ), are you there?
REPORTER: Yes, I ’m here with _____, quarterback f or the
____________. __________ are you excited about the game?
QU ARTE RB ACK: No.
REPORTER: Huh?
QU ARTE RB ACK: No. I mean, have you seen the size of those def ensive
linemen?
REPORTER: They are big.
QU ARTE RB ACK: And what is their job? To try and kill me, that’s what!
W ould you look f orwa rd to that?
REPORTER: I guess not. But what about the thrill of victory?
QU ARTE RB ACK: And the agony of de feat, and de legs, and de head…
REPORTER: Back to you.
ANNO UNCE R #1: W ell, we are ready f or kick off , kick off f or the SUPER
BOW L. Deep is _____ to receive the kick.
A YOUTH APPEARS IN THE TELEVISION SCREEN. AS THIS CONTINUES A FOOTBALL IS SHOVED
INTO HIS/HER ARMS. WHEN HE/SHE IS TACKLED ANOTHER YOUTH COMES FROM THE SIDE
AND HITS HER/HIM AND THEY DISAPEAR FROM THE SCREEN.
ANNO UNCE R #2: He looks ready.
ANNO UNCE R #1: Here’s the kick. It ’s high and deep. _____ takes it at
the 10-yard line an d OUUUUUU he is hit immediately. He’s down. It
looks like we ha ve our f irst injury… th at wi ll give us a ch ance to hear
f rom our sponsors.
J AN : Oh, great. An advertisement.
M ARK: Yea. I look f orward to the advertisements as much as the game.
J AN : They are SOOOO good… wa it here comes one….
H ARRY: Hi, I’m Ha rry.
H ARRY: And I’m Alice
H ARRY: And we’re here to talk with you about hunger.
J AN : Oh that’s a good one.
M ARK: Hunge r?!
J AN : I wonder what it’s really about?
H ARRY: It ’s really about hunger
M ARK: Huh?
H ARRY: It ’s really about hunger. On this day when America will spend
billions in recreatio n, and f ood, and pleasure, tens of thousands will
die of starvation and malnutrition.
J AN : Come on… what’s goin g on here.
H ARRY: And all we want you to do is to conf ess.
ALICE: That’s righ t, confess.
H ARRY: Conf ess that we are all part of the problem
ALICE: Because if we can conf ess that, well, maybe we can all be part
of the solution.
M ARK: Enough of this. Let’s get on with the game.
J AN : I don’t want t o hear about hunger, not today,
M ARK: And I certainly don’t want to confess.
H ARRY: W ell, you’re goin g to.
M ARK: It’s talking at us.
J AN : It’s talking ba ck.
H ARRY: You bet we are.
ALICE: And you will conf ess…or… or the game wont’ go on.
M ARK: Huh?
H ARRY: The game won't ’ go on. It’ll stop right here, righ t af ter kickoff .
M ARK: You’re nuts! I’m nuts. I’m talking back at my TV.
H ARRY: In f act. Come on Alice…
M ARK: W hat are you doing?
H ARRY: In f act, why don’t I just come out there, and join you until you
do conf ess. (CLIMBING OUT OF THE TV AND COMI NG TO THEM )
H ARRY: Nice place you have here.
M ARK: Look, you can’t just come out of that TV and join us in our livin g
room.
H ARRY: It does make you uncomf ortable. Havin g the hungry this close.
J AN : W e have a game to watch.
H ARRY: Not until you conf ess.
M ARK: W e confe ssed this morning.
H ARRY: Not so easy. You have to co nf ess that you are part of the
problem of world h unger.
M ARK: I am not going to conf ess that.
H ARRY: then we’ll just have a seat here.
M ARK: That's my seat.
H ARRY: Can I have some chips. I really am starvin g. Lit erally starving.
J AN : You don’t look it.
H ARRY: Yea, that’s the funny thing about hunger, it’s very deceptive.
M ARK: This game is goin g to go on.
FROM SMALL SCREEN
ANNO UNCE R #2: No, I’m af raid it’s not.
M ARK: Huh?
ANNO UNCE R #1: W e’re back here at the super bowl, and it seems that
there is delay. The game cannot go on, until MARK and JAN conf ess
that they are in f act a part of the problem of world hunge r.
M ARK: But I can’t do that.
ANNO UNCE R #1: There has been resistance to this in the past. The f ear
is that admitting this means givin g up your o wn f ood and water.
ANNO UNCE R #2: W hen, in reality, th e answer isn’t that simple at all
ANNO UNCE R #1: No, indeed it is complicated, but the f irst step is
confession.
H ARRY: See, told you,
ALICE: Yea… gott a conf ess
J AN : Look, we just want to watch a game here.
H ARRY: Can I have some chips?
M ARK: These are mine. Oh, all right. No w will you lea ve?
ANNO UNCE R #2: Not until you conf ess. I’m af raid this game is on hold.
ANNO UNCE R #1: A holding call. ( lau ghs) That’s good. You crack me up.
M ARK: I am not going to conf ess. This is the Super Bowl. W e are ready
to simply enjo y ourselves, settle back f or the big game, and eat some
f ood. Is there anything wrong with that?
H ARRY: Not at all. W e want you to enjoy the game. I wa nt to enjoy the
game. Bu t you have to do it honestly.
M ARK: I am.
H ARRY: Not if you aren’t honest about all you ha ve, and all that others
don’t have.
J AN : S witch the channel.
ANNO UNCE R #2: Sorry that’s not going to work. Let’s go down on the
f ield and see what’s goin g on. ( to RE PORTER), are you there?
REPORTER: Yes, I ’m here with some of the players, who are simply
standing around here at the 50 yard line, waitin g f or permission to play
again. (to PLAYER) what do you think of this?
PL AYE R: I agree. W e have to own up to our r esponsibility.
M ARK: OH, that’s easy f or you. You make millions.
PL AYE R: And I give, to hunger programs. And my church.
ANNO UNCE R #2: In fact, that’s one way you can make a diff erence, by
giving.
M ARK: W e all know that doesn’t change a thing.
ANNO UNCE R #2: It might change you .
H ARRY: Yea, e veryone thinks it’s just about us… The starving people.
But it’s also about the giver needing t o give!
PL AYE R: Yea. I like to give. Makes me feel good.
REPORTER: Back to you in the booth.
ANNO UNCE R #1: W e’re stuck here… until JAN and MARK are honest,
and conf ess that they too have a resp onsibilit y regard ing wo rld
hunger, well, the S uper Bowl can’t go on.
M ARK: I won’t conf ess. I didn’t do anythin g to make people hungry.
H ARRY: NO, not directly.
M ARK: No, not at all.
H ARRY: Not at all? It’s the system baby…and you are a have
ALICE: And we are the have -nots.
H ARRY: You are a part of this. Come on, conf ess it.
M ARK: I will not.
J AN : Ma ybe we sh ould conf ess, you know, just to get on with the game.
ANNO UNCE R #2: There’s an idea.
M ARK: Oh that’s like throwing a dolla r to the homeless gu y.
ANNO UNCE R #1: He’s right. W e’re asking more.
ANNO UNCE R #2: W e’re asking f or ownership.
ANNO UNCE R #1: You kno w… W hen did we see thee hungry?
ANNO UNCE R #2: W hen did we see thee naked…
ANNO UNCE R #1: W hen did we reject you.
ANNO UNCE R #2: Sort of like a certain Gospel we heard…
M ARK: But I don’t want to conf ess.
H ARRY: W hy?
M ARK: Because it wont’ make a diff erence. Don’t you understand? I’m
f rustrated.
ANNO UNCE R #1: W e all are.
ANNO UNCE R #2: I know I am… I want to get on with the game.
ANNO UNCE R #1: But we can’t stop being honest. W e can’t stop trying.
W e have to conf ess.
ANNO UNCE R #2: Just because you can’t solve the problem, doesn’t
mean it isn’t yours .
M ARK: I see what you mean.
ANNO UNCE R #1: So, what do you sa y? A little honesty?
H ARRY: A little co nf ession,
ALICE: That hunger is something we ALL need to think about.
H ARRY: And need to do something about!
M ARK: Can we still watch the game?
ANNO UNCE R #1: Sure!
M ARK: (mu mbling ) Ok, I confess…
ANNO UNCE R #1: W hat was that?
M ARK: Say it with me…
M ARK AND J AN : I confess…
ANNO UNCE R #1: W hat?
M ARK: I conf ess that hunger is also MY p roblem.
ANNO UNCE R #2: That wasn’t so hard.
FOOTB ALL PL AY ER ON SCREEN: W ay to go. Now we can get back to
the game!
H ARRY: Yea… Co me on…
M ARK: W ell, wait, as long as you are here, do you want a sandwich or
something?
H ARRY: Sure!
M ARK: Come on, we ’ll make them. Sit down…
MARK AND JAN EXIT TO THE KITCHEN. ALICE AND HARRY SIT
ALICE: This is nice.
ANNO UNCE R #1: W ell, action is about to begin.. First a nd 10 on their
own 20 yard line. He takes the snap.
THE PLAYER APPEARS ON THE SCREEN. HOLDS THE BALL. ANOTHER PLAYER CROSSES THE
SCREEN AND TAKES HIM DOWN
ANNO UNCE R #2: Ouuuu that was ugly. ( THE QUARTE RBACK PERSON
GOT CREAMED )
H ARRY: He y, you know, I heard they we re servin g some mean soup
down at the mission.
ALICE: But we have sandwiches coming.
H ARRY: Ahh, let’s let them enjoy the game. I think we made our point.
H ARRY: Oka y… wait f or me.
THEY EXIT
ANNO UNCE R #1: You kno w, Ho ward Cosell and Dennis Miller ( o r current
commentators ) ne ver had to deal with all this.
ANNO UNCE R #2: I’m tired… Let’s call it a day.
ANNO UNCE R #1: But the game.
ANNO UNCE R #2: Oh, it’ll be be tter with out us… Let’s go…
THEY EXIT
End