The Detour — Short Christian Playlet (15 min)
A family of four breaks down on the way to a wedding. Phone is dead. Wallet is in the wedding venue. Wedding starts in an hour. Three respectable people pass...
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Length
15 min
Cast Size
9
Style
Skit Script
Format
Downloadable PDF
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A family of four breaks down on the way to a wedding. Phone is dead. Wallet is in the wedding venue. Wedding starts in an hour. Three respectable people pass them on the highway shoulder — a youth pastor late to a leadership meeting, a churchgoer with a fish bumper sticker, a Christian podcaster recording a segment about helping others. Each finds a reason to keep driving. The fourth car is a guy named Sam who works graveyard at a gas station. He has never been to church. He fixes the car. He drives the family. He refuses their money.
Theme — Luke 10:25-37 has not aged. Christian life is measured in inches of asphalt, not Instagram reels.
What you get
- Full PDF script — a modern Good Samaritan playlet with bite (15 min)
- Cast: 9 actors (mixed: family of four, three passing drivers, one tow-truck driver, one ensemble voice)
- Two playing areas — a broken-down minivan and a rotating swivel chair representing each passing car
- Sharp humor and a quiet, devastating final beat
Best for
A short drama on hypocrisy, a missions Sunday, a series on the parables, or any service ready to make its congregation laugh, then squirm, then look in the mirror.
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