from Amy Lin
Name of sketch: Why wait?
Name of sketch collection/book: The Comfort Zone: 11 sketches to challenge
Publisher: Chuck Neighbors
Copywrite Date:

On the scale of 1-10, I rate this sketch 9

No modification is needed in this sketch, can be used anywhere and any place.

STYLE: Realistic Drama, Comedy

TARGET AUDIENCE: Youth, Parents, Church, Unchurch

STRUCTURE: It grabs my interest as this topic is seldom touched in church (my church at least). We know from the beginning of the sketch that Jason is talking to his dad about him and his girlfriend, although this EXPOSITION is pretty straight forward. The first conflict was introduced when Jason told his dad that he is serious in his relationship with Amy, however, his dad thinks that they are still young and are still in high school (INCITING ACTION). Further conflicts were introduced in the sketch as Jason tried to ask whether his dad and mom “waited” till marriage. On the other hand, hid dad was not keen on answering that question (he’s GUILTY!!). This dragged on for a little while, like a tug of war (RISING ACTION). CLIMAX was reached when his dad finally answered Jason’s question, which they did not waited till marriage. However, his dad explained to Jason why it is good for him to wait, he sounded regretful. His dad also made Jason promise that he would wait (DENOUMENT).

The theme of this sketch is sexual responsibility/morality, parenting, dating

I like this sketch as it is very true to what’s happening in young people today and it is also very true to parents. They don’t feel comfortable when talking to their kids about sexual issues, especially when they themselves did not “wait till marriage” (no example set). This sketch is definitely believable, it gives me a feeling that “that’s so true”.

Conflicts are clear and there are adequate conflicts throughout the whole sketch, again, very true!!

A lot of Christian value in this sketch but no God was mentioned. Neither the bible was mentioned. Definitely not preachy!

Definitely easy to produce as well

I like this sketch! =P