TRAVIS: Lord? (no answer..) Lord? (a beat, then) Lord, you there?
GOD: Right here. Sorry. I was still thinking about (name a previous performance).. Wasn’t that something?
TRAVIS: Yea. Sort of…sort of got to me. That happens to you, too?
GOD: Oh Travis..if you only knew. I’ve had tears in my eyes so many times this weekend (names a few.. ends with “Yea, it gets to me, too.”)
TRAVIS: So how come..I’ve been meaning to ask you this…How come Performing Arts? I mean, we can praise God in lots of things…I’ve seen basketball teams that dedicate their lives to you… uh…. Truck drivers…anything. What’s so special about performing? I mean…I don't know how to put it, I guess.
GOD: That’s why.
TRAVIS: What?
GOD: You don't know how to put it. It’s a gift I’ve given you Travis..I gave it to everyone in this room… the arts.. the drama, the puppets, the videos…. It’s a way to put things when…well, when you don't know how to put things.
TRAVIS: I’m uh…I’m lost…
GOD: Good. Let me demonstrate… (Hannah gets up and begins to dance. She dances each stage of what God is describing…We’ll allow a little time for each.) Sometimes…sometimes, Travis, you just don't have the right words…you don't have enough words.
TRAVIS: Wow…that’s cool.
GOD: You ever just feel….lost?
TRAVIS: Yeah…lots of times. (Hannah dances, a bit then) And sometimes it seems like all I’ve got is questions… (Hannah dances) ……
GOD: How about lonely? (Hannah dances) … and you just wish you could crawl up into a little ball and make everything go away? (Hannah dances) Or sometimes…sometimes you just want to be free..you want to run and jump and act crazy and make noise and…you just don't have the words to express how wonderful you feel. (Hannah dances)
TRAVIS: That’s uh…that’s beautiful. I could never say that with words.
GOD: And when you want to praise me, Travis..when your heart is so filled with joy and thanks that you just can’t find the words….(Hannah dances…ends in a praise posture, then kneels down…Travis walks over to her)
TRAVIS: That’s…..
GOD: That’s why I’ve given you the performing arts…in the dance, in the theatre, the music and mime and puppets and videos….and things that you haven’t even seen yet.
TRAVIS: I…uh…I don't know how to thank you, Lord.
GOD: Easy. Use them….for me. (Travis lifts Hannah and the two walk off together)
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