
Get To Know Me
1st Gen
(5 people in a line. From stage right to stage left is Apostle Paul, Woman At The Well, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Thief On The Cross)
JESUS: (steps out) My name is Jesus Christ!
EVERYONE: Jesus!
JESUS: I can change your life!
EVERYONE: Your life!
JESUS: Just like I changed their lives! (pointing at the 4 behind him)
EVERYONE: Our lives!
JESUS: All you've gotta do is -
EVERYONE: Get to know him!
JESUS: Can I make the blind see?
EVERYONE: My eyes! (motion towards your eyes)
JESUS: The deaf hear?
EVERYONE: Say what? (motion towards your ears)
JESUS: And the lame walk?
EVERYONE: (jump as you make a wooping sound)
JESUS: Find out after these testimonies. (step back and watch people move)
WOMAN AT THE WELL: (steps forward) Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.
EVERYONE: Nowhere!
WOMAN AT THE WELL: I had five husbands! And the man I was living with wasn't even my husband.
EVERYONE: If you like it then you should've put a ring on it.
WOMAN AT THE WELL: You don't even want to know how many kids I had.
THIEF ON THE CROSS: 10?
MARY MAGDALENE: 20?
APOSTLE PAUL: 30?
WOMAN AT THE WELL: Okay! They get it! One day I was walking to the well to get some water and that's when I -
EVERYONE: Go to know him!
WOMAN AT THE WELL: He gave me a drink of that living water.
EVERYONE: Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
WOMAN AT THE WELL: And I've never been thirsty since.
EVERYONE: Nope!
WOMAN AT THE WELL: You may know me better as (dance motion) the woman at the well.
EVERYONE: (copy dance motion) The woman at the well.
JESUS: Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!
EVERYONE: Hah!
JESUS: Do I draw close to the brokenhearted?
EVERYONE: Yeah, you do!
JESUS: Do I still mend families?
EVERYONE: Hallelujah!
JESUS: Can I still uplift the broken?
EVERYONE: Amen!
JESUS: Find out after these testimonies!
THIEF ON THE CROSS: (steps out) Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.
EVERYONE: Nowhere!
THIEF ON THE CROSS: I was a thief.
EVERYONE: (gasp)
THIEF ON THE CROSS: I was a bad thief.
EVERYONE: How bad were you?
THIEF ON THE CROSS: I was so bad, I got caught.
EVERYONE: (slap hand to forehead) Dope!
THIEF ON THE CROSS: One day, I found myself on a cross. I looked to my left and that's when I -
EVERYONE: Got to know him!
THIEF ON THE CROSS: Now I'm walking in paradise. I even got my own mansion. I didn't even have to break in.
EVERYONE: He used the key!
THIEF ON THE CROSS: You know me better as (dance motion) the thief on the cross!
EVERYONE: (copy dance motion) The thief on the cross!
(at this point they do a quick jazz square. The thief and the woman at the well move around each other and the apostle paul and mary magdalene move around each other)
EVERYONE: Get to know me! Get get to know me! Get to know me! Get get to know me!
MARY MAGDALENE: Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.
EVERYONE: Nowhere!
MARY MAGDALENE: I knew everybody! And everybody knew me! If you know what I mean.
EVERYONE: No she didn't!
MARY MAGDALENE: I had seven demons living in me! One day I heard a knock at my door!
EVERYONE: Knock! Knock! Knock!
MARY MAGDALENE: I opened it up and that's when I -
JESUS: Got to know him!
MARY MAGDALENE: He cast those demons right out of me! He set me free! You know me better as (dance motion) Mary Magdalene!
EVERYONE: (copy dance motion) Mary Magdalene!
JESUS: Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!
EVERYONE: Hah!
JESUS: Can I still do miracles?
EVERYONE: Yeah, you can!
JESUS: Do I still set the captives free?
EVERYONE: Amen!
JESUS: Can I still feed the five thousand?
EVERYONE: Hallelujah!
JESUS: Find out after these testimonies!
APOSTLE PAUL: Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.
EVERYONE: Nowhere!
APOSTLE PAUL: I hated christians!
EVERYONE: What?
APOSTLE PAUL: I persecuted christians!
EVERYONE: (gasp)
APOSTLE PAUL: I even killed christians!
EVERYONE: No!
APOSTLE PAUL: One day I was riding my horse to Damascus!
EVERYONE: Da da dun! Da da dun! Da da dun dun dun!
APOSTLE PAUL: And a bright light knocked me off my horse!
EVERYONE: Haaaaah!
APOSTLE PAUL: I looked up and that's when I -
EVERYONE: Got to know him!
APOSTLE PAUL: He changed my life!
EVERYONE: Yeah, he did!
APOSTLE PAUL: He changed my name!
EVERYONE: What's in a name?
APOSTLE PAUL: I went on to write two thirds of the new testament.
EVERYONE: Two thirds!
APOSTLE PAUL: You know me better as (macho man motion) the apostle Paul!
EVERYONE: (copy macho man motion) The apostle Paul!
JESUS: Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!
EVERYONE: Hah!
JESUS: I am Jesus Christ!
EVERYONE: Jesus!
JESUS: I can change your life!
EVERYONE: Your life!
JESUS: Just like I changed their lives!
EVERYONE: Our lives!
JESUS: All you gotta do is -
EVERYONE: Get to know him!
THE END