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Dramatic

Ministry

Basics

HowareYougoingtoreachagenerationtha

thearswiththeireyesandthinkswiththeirhearts?RaviZ

acharias

By:RayDeckIII


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GettingStarted

Drama,asanart-form,ispracticedinmanypublican

dprivateschoolsacrossthecountry

.Inthoseplaces,thereasonfordoingdrama

isnothingnobler

thanentertainmentorculturalenric

hment.Thosearetwoperfectlylegitimatemotivationsforgettingintotheatre.In

fact,thatshowIgotstarted,butIwouldassumethat

ifyouarereadingthiseBook,youaremotivatedbyahighercalling.

AsabelieverinJe

susChrist,mywholelifeisencompa

ssedwithagreatsenseofthankfulnessforwhathehasdoneforme.Hetookmy

placeonthecrossofCalvary,andsetmefreefrombo

ndagetosin.Mybodyisthetemple

oftheHolyGhost.(ICorinthians6:19)

Ihadawatershedmomentinmyspirituallife,whenI

realizedthatGodmademeexactly

howhewantedme.Mypersonality,

myskills,

myabilities,myp

hysicalcharacteristicswereallapartofmeforareason.Godwantsme

tobethisway!Hecreatedmetobe

adrama

coach.Pleaseun

derstand,Iamn

ottalkingaboutmycharacter.Heisstillrefiningmeto

bemorelikeHimself,buttheabilitiesthatI

have(andtheina

bilities)aremineforareason.Itwas

anincrediblyfreeingrealization,bu

titalsobeggedaninterestingquestion:What

doesGodwantwithadramacoach?

TheanswerthatIhavefoundisthattheartformsIknowbestareexcellentmethodsofcommunication.AsaChristian,mymessageis

theGospelando

therprinciplesclearlycontainedinscripture.Dramaissimplyavoiceth

atallowsmetoshoutthatmessageinmore

placesandwithm

oreeffectivenessthanIwouldbeabletowithoutit.Godmademethis

way,sothatIcouldbeaninstrumentinHis

handstoproclaim

Hismessageofsalvation.

Ifdramahasbecomemoretoyouthanjustacelebrationofbeauty,cultureandhumanna

ture,thenyouareintherightplace.

Ihopeto

walkyouthrough

thestartupprocessforaministryin

thedramaticarts,sothatyoutooc

anusetheabilitiesGodhasgivenyoutopro-

claimH

isgoodne

ws.


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GettingStarted

Beforewegetsta

rted,letsgetonethingstraight:

Dramawillnever,EVERreplacepreachingandteachingoftheWordof

God.


God.


God.


God.


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GettingStarted

Inhisbook,

CanM

anLiveWithoutGod,RaviZacharia

steachesthattherearethreestagesofanyphilosophy.

Thefirst,and

mostobvious,istheInstructionSta

ge

InstructionSta

ge

InstructionSta

ge

InstructionSta

geTheclassroom,wherecollegep

rofessorsandscholarsarguethefin

erpoints

ofthought.

ThesecondistheIllustrationStage

IllustrationStage

IllustrationStage

IllustrationStage--Theartistdemonstratingwhathebelieves,orwh

athethinkshisculturevalues.

Finally,theApplicationStage

ApplicationStage

ApplicationStage

ApplicationStageAroundthedinningroomt

able,howaphilosophyisactuallyputintopractice.

PreachingandteachingconstitutetheInstructionStageofChristianphilosophy.Weformulateourbeliefsinstudy,andthen

commu-

nicatethemi

nitia

llyfromt

hepulpit.Thatwillnever(a

ndshouldnever)bereplacedbyan

yvariationofthedramaticarts.How

ever,we

oftentrytogodirectlyfromt

heinstructionofpreachingintotheapplication.Observe>Interpret>Applyisaneffectivemethod

forinflu-

encingspiritualchange,butifitstrueweshouldbeillustrationsofitinart-workaswell.A

mericanyouthpiecetogethertheirw

orldview

fromY

ellowcard,

CarrieUnderwood,MelGibsonandt

heWachowskiBrothersbecausethe

yidentifymorereadilywiththatthatmodeof

communication.W

ecelebrateintheartswhatwevalu

einouthearts.Thisiswherewe,as

artists,comeintoplay.

Illustration:ADramaaboutPurity

InstructionStage:PreachingaboutPurity

ApplicationStage:LivingPure

ly


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stima

gine

Okay,now

thatw

eknow

the

whatand

the

why,lets

talkaboutthewhereand

thehow.

Most

drama

ministries

spring

up

because

ofa

needforillustrat

edtruth,

notbecause

a

group

a

talented

people

band

together.

Sometimesadramaministryisbornbecausethe,

Eastercantatathisyearhasareadinginit,

andIw

ouldjustloveityoucouldhelpme

bytakingiton.soundfamiliar?

Yourdramaminis

trycanbemuchbiggerthanthecan

tata.

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...ju

stima

gine

Lookaroundyou.

Doyouseeanyministriesthatcould

benefitfromt

hedramaticarts?

ChildrensCh

urch

ChildrensCh

urch

ChildrensCh

urch

ChildrensCh

urchItsmucheasierforchildren

tounderstandiftheyareshownas

opposedtojusttold.Whydoyouthinkyour

SundayS

choolteacherusedflannelgraph?

YouthGroup

YouthGroup

YouthGroup

YouthGroup

Tomanystudents,theWordofGodhasbecomedullandboring.Show

themh

owaliveitreallyis.

TheScripture

Reading

TheScripture

Reading

TheScripture

Reading

TheScripture

ReadingDoesyourchurchdoaresponsivereading?Doessomeone

readthepassageonSundaymorningbefore

thePastorspeaks?Whycantthatreadingbe

deliveredwithskillandcreativity?M

akethescripturejumpoffthepage

andinto

peoples

hearts.

Evangelisticrally

Evangelisticrally

Evangelisticrally

EvangelisticrallyDramaisanextremelypowerfultoolwhenitcomestocommunicatingthegospel.Youcansay,Jesusdiedfor

yoursins

.oryoucanshowthemw

hatthatm

eans.

Prison/NursingHomeMinistry



Prison/NursingHomeMinistryInaplacenearly

devoidofartandculture,dramacan

beextremelypowerful.

Preaching

Preaching

Preaching

Preaching

Dramawillneverreplacepreaching,true,butitcansurelyintroducea

message,orprovideanillustration.

Askyour

Pastorwhathewouldthinkofhavingadramateama

ctoutoneofhisillustrations

.

Theskyisthelim

itwhenitcomestoopportunities.A

llittakesisoneproactiveperson.U

nderstandthatnotmanypeopleare

goingto

comeaskingyou,especiallyifyouarestartingfromsc

ratch.Offeryourservicesregularly.Veryfewpeoplewillturndownadramateam,

theyjustdontkn

owtoaskforone.IwouldlovetohearhowGodisusingyouandyourtea

m:[email protected].


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Actors

Actorsareaprettymajorcomponentof

anydramateamt

osaytheleast.

Letsbehonest,noactors

=nodramateam.

Mostlikely,youh

aveoneortwohightalentpeoplein

mind.Dontmakethemistakeofju

dgingon

facevalue.Some

ofthebestactorsthatIhaveeverc

oachedwereactuallyverysoftspok

en.Dont

countanyoneou

t.Withalittlecoachingandencou

ragement,almostanyonecanact.

Itwould

probablybeprudent,however,toholdsomeformo

fa

udition.

Idontlikeauditions.Mostly,Ijustdonotlikebeing

forcedtomakecuts.Howeveryouc

hooseselectyouractors.Itrusttha

tyouwill

neverbeguiltyof

communicatingthatdrama=minist

ry.Itdoesnot.

Dramacanbeaministry,butwhenapersondoesnotmakeyourdramateami

tdoesno

tmeanthat

theyareincapab

leofservingtheLord.Takeextrem

ecarenottocommunicatethat,eveninadver-

tently.

WordofL

ifeBibleInstitute

Drama

Team

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Actors

Inthesecularthe

atreworld,theenvironmentisextrem

elycut-throat.Itsgetahead,atan

ycost.Themannerinwhichyouha

ndleyour

teamf

romauditio

ndaywilldeterminewhetherornot

thisun-Godlymindsetleaksintoyourdramaprogram.Somesteps:

Earlypublicity,andexposureasaperformancem

inistry(emphasisontheministry

emphasisontheministry

emphasisontheministry

emphasisontheministry)w

illhelptopreventthepopularitycon

testthat

couldres

ult,especiallyifyourteami

smadeu

pofstudents.

Whenyoustarttogetwindofsuchattitudes,sq

uashthemquickly


uashthemquickly


uashthemquickly


uashthemquickly.Notallowingwro

ngattitudestogrowwillmakeyour

expecta-

tionsclear.MyteamshavecometoknowwhattoexpectwhenIsaytooneofthem,Letsgoforawalk.Awalkar

oundthe

theatrew

ithcoach,meansamotivecheck.

Valuepeople

overproductions

Valuepeople

overproductions

Valuepeople

overproductions

Valuepeople

overproductions.Itcanreallyhurttopracticesuchaphilosophywhent

hetwohaveconflictingneeds.Ifyou

sacrifice

yourdram

aticproductionforthebenefitofth

epeopleinvolved,Godwillbeglorified.

Formulateapolicy

Formulateapolicy

Formulateapolicy

Formulateapolicythatanyactor,regardlessofta

lentorage,willberemovedfromth

estageassoonasitbecomesclear

thatthey

areactin

gforpersonalgloryratherthantom

inistertotheheartsofpeople.Suchaperspectivechangeissurprisinglyeasyto

identify.

Makeyourop

inionandpolicyknown

Makeyourop

inionandpolicyknown

Makeyourop

inionandpolicyknown

Makeyourop

inionandpolicyknownupfront.i.e.

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Au

ditions

Thenutsandbolt

softheauditionsshouldbesimple.

Beginbyhavingtheactorintroducethem

selves.Thiswillgiveyouagauge

ofthepersonspotentialforacting.

Theywill

neverbe

coachedalevelofnaturalizationbeyondwhattheycanattainbythemse

lvesoutofcharacter.

Improvisationisextremelyhelpful.Dosom

ethingfun(andmostlypointless)tohelpthemr

elax.Letthems

eetha

tyouare

havingfu

n.Itwillrelievesomeofthetension

thatisnaturallyassociatedwithaud

itioning,andtheywillhaveabettera

uditionif

theycan

relax.TherearedozensofImprovg

amesthatworkgreatinauditions.T

hinkthroughWhosLineisitAnyway?Props,

soundef

fects,scenesfroma

hatallgood.

Usesomekindofcoldreadinganexcerp

tofdialoguewithnobackgroundor

chancetoprepare.Placingapoten

tialteam

member

onthestagenexttoanexperienced

actorwillhelpyougaugehowwellth

atpersoncandevelopastagechem

istry.

Finally,

runa

teachabilitydrill.Givetheactor

adifferentpiecetointerpretashortmonologueworksbest.Havethem

deliverit

withnopreparation.Aftertheyhavefumbledthroughitonce,givethema

little

bitofcritiqueandhavethemr

ead

itagain.

Judgeho

wreadilytheyrespondtoyourinstru

ctions.

Whenmakingselections,Iama

lwaysmoreconcerne

dwithteachabilitythantalent.Ifanactor(orpotentialactor)takescritiquewell

andlearnsfromwhatItellhim,hewillprobablysurpassthetalentedactorwhoisunwillingtolearnanythingnew.Remem

berthat,

Godopposesthe

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Material

Onceyouhaveactors,youaregoingtoneedmaterial.Thereareliterallythousandsofs

criptsavailableontheinternetand

manyof

themf

orfree.Wh

enyouaresearchingfordramamaterialjustremembertheoldadage:yougetwhatyoupayfor.Probably,ifitsfree

thereisaverygo

odreasonwhy.Thatsnottosaytha

tyouaregoingtohavetopayforanyqualitymaterialthatyoumayget,well

almost.

Youaregoingto

havetoidentifywhatkindof

styleyouareinterestedindoing.Somewritersofministrydramahavesp

ecialized

incomedy,butif

youarenotinterested

insuchanapproachthenthosesourcesaregoingtobeworthlessto

you.The

materialthatwillfityourgroup

thebestwillbethematerialthatyouwriteyourself.

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for

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Material

AgreatplacetostartisthescripturereadingsegmentofyourchurchsSundaymorningser-

vice.

Getintouchwithyourpastor.Askhim

ifyoucanhandlethe

scripturereading.

Startbyreadingwithappr

opriateinflection.(likeanaudioBible)

Branchoutbyaugmenting

thereadingwithinstrumentalmusicinthebackground.

Trydoingareadingincos

tumeorhavesomeactorsmimeth

esectionasitisread.

Thinkaboutusingsoundeffectsthunder,acrowd,ironsh

arpensiron,etc

expandyourcreativity.Whatcanyoucomeupwith?

BesuretokeepyourPastoruptospeedwithwhatyouintendtodo.Dontsurprise

him

withsomethingmore

elaboratethanhewasexpecting.(

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Material

Fromt

hatpoint,starttryingtoapplythosescripturepassagestoreallifesituations.Eventually,plotlinesandstoryideaswillstartto

springoutoftheprinciplesofscripture.Dontbetemptedtogotheotherway(fromp

lotto

scripture).Biblealwayscomesfirst.Working

froms

torytoscripturecanhavedisastrouseffects.Thefirststeptowritingatraditional,plot-basedscriptistoidentifywha

tspecific

principleyouarebuildingfrom.Thisprinciple,yoursta

rtingpoint,iscalledthepremise.

Thepremisewillthennaturallycreateapurposestat

ementforyou.Purposeiswhatyou

desiretocommunicate.Plotissimp

lyoneof

manymethodsth

atweusetodoso.Startingatplotfirstandthenworkingbackwardstob

eliefsystemc

anresultinthewriter

imposing

theirownwillontheWordofGod.Thatisaverydangerousgametoplay.Writingdrama,justlikepreachingorteachingshould

beginat

theWordofGodandthenworkoutintoanintendedm

essage,plot,charactersandeventu

allyspecificlines.

Keepinmindtha

teveryelementisacommunication

device.Anexperiencedplaywrightd

oesnotwasteanything.Lines,costume,set,

lights,audio,vide

o,andmakeupareallatyourdispos

al.Thinkthroughhowspecificeleme

ntscanbecommunicative.

Coloredlighting:bluecanindicateasorrowfulscenewhileredusuallymeansanger,hatredorp

assion

Usemakeuptoageorscaracharacterwithadarkand

sortedpast.

Costumesgoa

longwayincommunicatingage.Howdoesathirtyyear-olddressdifferentlythan

athirteenyearold?

Achattycharactershouldhavetwiceasmanylinesasthemorereservedones.Letthemd

rivethescene,eveniftheyarentthelead.

Video(ifyouhavethatluxury)cantakeyouraudiencea

worldaway.Takeatrip,visualizeadrea

m,orcreateatime-lapse.Itsallpossiblewiththe

helpofvideo.

Ire

gu

larly

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out

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Material

Igotintowriting

becauseofthegreatvoidofqualityinChristiandrama.Themajority

ofscriptsthatIencounteredwere

painfully

straightforward,u

nrealisticallyblack&white.Thegoodguyquotedscripture,andthebadguydidntbelieveintheBible.Inalm

ostevery

case,thecharacterswerearchetypicalandstatic;thedialoguewasblandandfake.Iset

outtowritedramaticmaterialthat

wasboth

realisticandimpactful.Itisimportanttostrikeabala

ncebetweenrealisma

ndblatancy.Weneedtobeblatantwithourmess

age,and

yetmaintainarealisticfeelwiththecharactersandp

lot.Whenyousetouttowritedrama,youmustbeawarethatthereisa

learning

curve.Dontlose

heartafteryourfirstfewattempts.

Learnfromyourmistakes.Whatelementsdidntlookorsoundquiteright?Why?

Judgeaudien

cereactions.Whatsectionsandlineswereimpactful?Didtheylaughat

yourjokes?Didtheylaughatsomethingthat

didnotin

tendtobefunny?

Listentoyouractors.

Theywillfeeluncomfortabl

edeliveringunrealisticlines.Dontb

eafraidtomakechangeswhenthe

ytellyou

thataninterchangeisawkward.

Ofcourse,thema

terialthatIhavewrittenisavailable

toyou.Iamh

appytolendyoumyexperienceandabilities.Themeasure

towhich

youwouldlikeme

involvedinyourstart-uporwritingp

rocessisuptoyou.Remember,this

ishowImakealiving.

Ifyouareinterestedinobtaininganyofmyscriptsorcontractingmeormyteamt

owrites

omethingnewforyou,Icanbecont

actedvia

email:raydeck@w

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Rehearsal

Afteryouhaveac

tors,scriptsandagigortwo,allth

atremainsispractice.Pleasedont

makethemistakeofassumingthatyoucanstepontothestageanddoaneffectivejob

withoutrehearsal.Thatisnotwise.Whileyoumightgetluckyandsneakbyonce,theroad

toexcellencethe

dramaticartsispavedwithhourso

frehearsal.Theexactamountofre-

hearsaltimethat

youwillneedforeachpiecevariesbasedonyouramountofexperience

asadirector,the

ageandskilllevelofyouractorsan

dthedifficultyofthepiece.Icoach

twodramateams

atthecollegelevelandwespenda

boutfourhoursofrehearsaltimefor

everytenminutesofstandardstagedialogue.Ifyou

havehighschoolageactorsitwill

takelonger.Wea

lsotakequiteabitlongeronmime

orchoreography.Ifoneofthosetwo

elementsisincluded,thetimegoesuptosomething

likeanhourforeveryminuteofper-

formancetime.

DontconfuseIm

provisationwithNoPractice.Im

provisaskillwhichrequireseven

moretimeanden

ergythantraditionaltheatre.Tobeabletocreateascriptwhilestanding

onthestagerequ

iresmanyhoursofpreparationand

drillwork.Somepeoplearenaturally

talentedatImprov,butevenprofessionalImprovisers

rehearse.

Somepeopleinourfieldhavesaidthatcreativitysprin

gsfroms

pontaneity.Theymakethis

statement,inmostcases,toarguethatthelessyou

practice,themorecreativeyourac-

torswillbeonsta

ge.Icouldnotdisagreemorestrongly.Whilemanytimescreativitydoes

comeinthehea

tofthemoment,italsocomesin

theplanning/preparing/rehearsing

phase.Spontaneitycanspringoutofplanningmorereadilythanoutofalackofprepara-

tion.Awellorgan

izedplanandahealthyamountof

rehearsaltimelendsitselftoconfi-

denceintheacto

r.Whilethereissuchathingasover-rehearsing,rarelydoesitbecome

afactor.

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Rehearsal

Themajorprincip

lethatItrytofollowwhenrehearsingistoaddelementsslowly.Startwithasimplestage,comfortableattire&sur-

roundings.Slowly

workuptoaperformanceenvironm

ent.Forexample:

Startwithasimple

Startwithasimple

Startwithasimple

Startwithasimpleset,scriptsallowed,nomakeup,costumes,microphonesorau

dience.

Graduallyaddelements



Graduallyaddelementstothesetastheacto

rsgetcomfortable.

Getthea

ctorsoffbook

Getthea

ctorsoffbook

Getthea

ctorsoffbook

Getthea

ctorsoffbookasquicklyaspossible.Thesoonertheyputtheirscript

down,themorenaturalthescenew

illlookin

theend.

Onceallofthesetisinplace,startworkingw

iththemicrophones

microphones

microphones

microphones.

Makeup

&costumes

Makeup

&costumes

Makeup

&costumes

Makeup

&costumescomenext.

Addanylightingeffectslast



Addanylightingeffectslast.Actingunderstagelightscanbehardtogetusedto.

Finally,w

henalltheotherpiecesareinplace,haveyourteamp

erformf

orasmalleraudience

performf

orasmalleraudience

performf

orasmalleraudience

performf

orasmalleraudiencetobreaksomeofthe

nervous-

nessbeforeputtingthemo

nabigstage.

Naturally,someo

fthesestepscanbeskippedorcondensedifyouarepressedfortimeorareworkingonapiecethatdoesnotinvolve

someoftheseele

ments.

Finally,keeppray

eraregularpartofyourrehearsaltime.Teachyouractorstorelyonthe

strengthoftheLord,ratherthanontheirown

talentsandabilities.Prayerispowerful.Ifyoubelieve

that,thenteachitthroughyouprac

ticetime.Iunderstandthatrehears

altimeis

valuable;butund

erstand,evenifeveryotherelement

isinitsproperplaceandproportion,ifGodisnotinit

Rehearsaltechniqueisacommontopicon:ThePreac

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FinalWo

rds

Iwouldliketolea

veyouwithafewwordsofcaution.Inaministrysuchasthedramatic

arts,itcanbeextremelyeasytolosesightof

twothings:

1.

Whywedodramaticministry.

2.

Theneedsoftheindividual.

Whendeadlinesarelooming,andrehearsalsarefastandharditcanbeveryeasytoget

caughtupintherushofitallandf

orgetthe

Godwhohasplacedushere.Itcanbeeasytomaketheswitchfromm

inistrytoperforma

nce.Thedifferenceisonlyinmotivation.Min-

istryisaboutGod

Performanceisaboutme.Itisvery

possibletostartoutonaprojectwiththegoalofglorifyingGodandgetderailed

whentheaccoladesandpraisefromo

thersstartsh

oweringdownaroundyou.Dramaisaverypublicministry,whichbringswithit

plentyofopportunityforswellingegosandsinfulhearts.Please,dontfallintothattrap.

Itcanalsobeeas

ytoforgetthatthepeopleworkingf

oryouareinneedofspiritualgrowth

too.Westeponthestagesothatthehearts

ofthepeoplewill

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