1. REJOICE FAMILY CHAPEL (RFM) YOUTH
MINISTRATION DRAMA
REJOICE FAMILY CHAPEL (RFM)
BOOK FOUR THE “YOKE OF BONDAGE”
WRITTEN BY
OKWUCHUKWU VICTOR EZE (CWGN)

2. BOOK EOUR:
” THE YOKE OF BONDAGE”
DURATION: 20 MINUTES
LOGLINE: He that walketh with wise men shall be wise but, a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.
CHARACTERS:
MAGA
BOYO
TEACHER
FRENDY
BERTHY.
STUDENTS
SCNEONE:
FRONT OF SCHOOL
TWO GIRLS, BOYO AND FRENDY WHO ARE OF THE SAME AGE ARE IN
THE SCHOOL THEY ARE SEEN CHATING HAPPILLY AT THE FRONT
OF THE SCHOOL.
FRENDY :( POSING AROUND HAPPILLY WITH A SMART PHONE) Hey..
BOYO… how do I look in my smart dress?
BOYO :( SCORNFULLY) Excuse me please? Which smart dress? This... Rag
and almost nakedness, doing free show in the school…? As a born again
Christian, you must live also by Galatians5:1 which says.. “Stand fast therefore
in the liberty.. Wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.”.
FRENDY: (SCORNFULY) Well… well… I know.. Just let me quickly finish my
chatting on face book with my new catch.. What do I write now…?
BOYO (SCORNFULY) Please count me out of that face book nonsense… its
absolute rubbish and total vanity even for a born again child of God..
FRENDY: (COLLECTS THE PHONE SCORNFULLY) Hey… let me watch the
latest blue-films on line…
BOYO: (SNATCHING THE PHONE BACK) Frendy…that’s satanic! Online
chatting and blue films for a born again Christian will never let you…
FRENDY :( ANGRILLY) Please…please. And please… don’t insult my. Unique
sensibility!

3. BOYO :( SHOCK) What? Which uniqueness can you get from sinful things and
worldly dressings like this…? Look, detach yourself totally from worldliness as a
Christian…
FRENDY: ANGRILY) Hey… BOYO.. Keep your mouth shut for goodness sake!
You do not know the latest fashion, music or dance in town…I, Frendy frenzy
the only cute girl that your brother Maga the maga truly loves…
JUST THEN, A GROUP OF HIGHLY EXCITED YOUNG BOYS APROACH
THEM.
BOYO: :( SCORNFULLY) Rubbish…lets get out of here… Proverbs 13, 20 says,
He that walketh width wise men shall be wise but, a companion of fools shall be
destroyed
FRENDY: Hold on BOYO… check out these guys!
BOYO: (ANGRILLY) I don’t have the time…
JUST THEN, JOJO, WILD LOOKING BOY STEPS FORWARD POSSING
WITHA STRONG AMERICAN ACENT.
JOJO :( PROUDLY) Men… check me out on the latest trouser sagging…
OTHERBOYS: Wahoo.. It’s a bum!
JOJO: and I got the latest hit-track… of…
OTHERS :( EXCITEDLY) let’s feel it now…
JOJO :( CONFUSEDLY) But. But... I don’t know the latest dance…
MAGA A MORE ROUGHLY DRESSED BUT FINNER BOY JUMPS
FORWARD.
MAGA :( SCREAMING)I know… the gig…man!
OTHERS :( HAIL LOUDLY) Maga… maga the maga!
FRENDY: GIVING TUMB’S UP) Maga…my main maga!
AS MAGA PROUDLY ACKNOLEDGES HER, HE SNAPS HIS FINGER FOR
THE MUSIC.
HE STEPS WILDLY INTO THE DANCE WHILE OTHERS HAPPILY
FOLOW BEHIND.
SUDDENLLY, BOYO STEPS FORWARD TOWARDS MAGA, THEREBY
STOPPING THE DANCE
BOYO: Hey maga… let this nonsense stop and let them learn the very latest of
all..
JOJO: Oh Yee..I like them new… stuffs. Lets go pretty, pretty babe..
BOYO POSES TO START SOMETHING WHILE OTHERS EAGERLY
ANTICIPATE THE NEXT MOVES BUT SHE STANDS IN HER POSE.
BOYO :( RAISING HER HAND AND SNAPPING FINGER SUDDENLY
BRINGS OUT HER BIBLE AND SINGS) Jesus loves me… this…

4. OTHERS :( SHOCK AND DISAPIONTEDLY) Ooh…shit..
JOJO: That’s such a bore old and dead song men…
MAGA PUSHES BOYO ASIDE AND SNAPS HIS FINGER FOR THE MUSIC
AGAIN.
AS THE BOYS DANCE, FRENDY SUDDENLY JOINS THEM.
BOYO: Hey Frendy…lets get out of this gathering now and read our bibles…
FRENDY :( ANGRILLY) Leave me alone… you bore..!
BOYO: well…The bible tells us… not to be equally yoked with unbelievers..
AS SHE STORMS OUT, OTHERS CONTINUE THEIR DANCING.
SUDDENLY A WELL DRESSED MAN APPROACHES THEM
TEACHER :( ANGRILLY) Hey… (THEY STOP) I have warned you boys time
without number, that you face your studies…
MAGA: Hey… Mr. teacher, we are doing our social studies here..
OTHERS: Yaa men!
MAGA: So… if you don’t mind… leave us alone please…
OTHERS :( SCORNFULLY) Please…
TEACHER :( RELUCTANLY) well.. Charity begins from home…
OTHERS :( MOTIONING SCORNFULLY) Please..
TEACHER: He who…fights…
MAGA: Mr. teacher sir.. This is our time as youths. We have a birthday bash for
my lovely Frendy here… Your time has passed..
OTHERS: Yes.. Old school..
MAGA :( CHANTING) this is our maga time!
OTHERS :( CHANTING) Yes! Maga. Maga our maga time…
AS THEY CARRY MAGA SHOULDER HIGH CHANTING, THE TEACHER
SHAMFACEDLY GOES OUT.
SCENE TWO
PARTY SCENE
FRENDY IS HAPPILLY DRESSING UP AND PUTTING THINGS IN
ORDER. AS SHE SETS A SMALL TABLE, SHE PUTS A SMALL CARTON
AND A TRAY BY THE SIDE.
FRENDY :( HAPPILLY) Okay… all is set for my birthday bash…I hope all my
invitees mostly the guys will come…
JUST THEN, THE BOYS APPEAR CHANTING AS THEY BRING IN MAGA
CARRYING HIM SHOULDER HIGH.
FREANDY :( HAPPILLY) Oh wonderful. Hi guys… you are all welcome…

5. OTHERS: Sure babe..
FRENDY: Thanks… let me quickly introduce my M C. for this August event…
World ever current.. JOJO!
OTHERS: Yaw.. Jojo is the bum!
JOJO SMARTLY STEPS FORWARD
JOJO :( PROUDLY) Alright men.. I feel honored.. We are really going to groove
to stupor..
OTHERS: Yaw..
FRENDY QUICKLY PUTS SOME BUISCITS INTO THE TRAY AND
SMARTLY URSHERS JOJO TO IT.
JOJO :( STEPPING FORWARD) Oh.. Yea.. It’s a world class buffet.. But we
need the holly man Maga to bless it for all.
FRENDY :( SCORNFULLY) well… I have already prayed and blessed it..
MAGA :( NON CHALLANTLY) Oh.. There is no point at all... my Angel..
Frenzy, Frendy has done the righteous thing as always..
OTHERS: Yaw…
FRENDY QUICKLLY BEGINS TO SERVE THEM WITH THE TRAY. WHILE
OTHERS EAT, JOJO BRINGS OUT A POWEDED SUBSTANCE AND GIVES
ALL TO BRISKLLY SNIF IN.
MAGA: Lets have some real cool music men.(MUSIC CHANGES)
AS THE SERVING ENDS, FRENDY GOES OUT WITH THE TRAY WHILE
MAGA STEPPS OUT AGAIN
MAGA :( SNAPPING FINGERS) Come on my dj. Hit me with the latest gig as
usual..
THE MUSIC SUDDENLY HITS VERY HIGH.
AS MAGA BEGINS TO DANCE, OTHERS ALSO JOIN IN THE DANCE.
MOMENTS LATTER, THEY ARE ALL DROWSY, DRUNK OR TOTALLY
WEAK. THEY FALL ABOUT TO VARIOUS PLACES SINGING
DROWSILLY.FRENDY ENTERS
FRENDY :( SMILING) Oh.. This is really good. Every body is high and in a
ready mood… as spoken by Jojo.
SHE SNAPS HER FINGER AND THE MUSIC CHANGES BACK TO THE
COOL ONE. SUDDENLY, SHE BEGINS TO UNDRESS.
FRENDY :( HAPPILLY) Come on my love… we don’t have all day..
SUDDENLLY, JOJO GRABS AND ROCKS FRENDY WHILE OTHER BOYS
PICK PATNERS, THEY SLOWLY BUT, PARTIALLY UNDRESS AS THEY
DANCE AMOROUSLY TO THE MUSIC.
SUDDNELY, MAGA BEGINS TO CHOKE AND PANT FOR BREATHE
MAGA :( GRABING STOMACH PAINFULLY) Jesus.. Jesus… I am
dying…fire…fire is here…

6. FRENDY ENTERS IN SHOCK
FRENDY :( CRYING) Maga…my maga… what is going on?
SUDDENLLY, THERE IS TOTAL CONFUSSION AS THEY ALL SCREAM
AND RUSH ABOUT SCARTERING AS THEY RUSH OUT LEAVING JOJO
AND FRENDY IN TOTAL CONFUSSION
FRENDY: Hey… what’s going on?
JOJO: Shit men... I have no idea..
FRENDY :( CRYING) Maga…my maga… what is going on?
JOJO: Shit.... I have no idea. Men…
FRENDY: But, I left you guys here to…
JOJO :( ANGRILLY) don’t ask me stupid questions men…
FRENDY :( CRYING) Maga…my maga… what is going on?
JOJO :( SCORNFULLY) Take.. the shit to some hospital or rehab- home men..
(JOJO MAKES TO GO OUT) He is not a man.. Men..
FRENDY :( FEARFULLY) So… where are you going to now?
JOJO RUNS OUT AS MAGA CONTINUES TO CHOKE
FRENDY :( SHOCK AND FEAR) Help… somebody help…
FRENDY :( CRYING) Jesus…Jesus… help me…Hospital? Rehabilitation
center? How do I explain this? Maga…maga…lets go to the hospital now.
SHE HELPS MAGA TO HIS FEET AND THEY SLOWLY GO OUT.
SCENE THREE
BOYO’S HOME/SITTING ROOM
BOYO MOVES ABOUT IN TOTAL CONFUSSION AS SHE LOOKS AROUND
VERY WORRIED.
BOYO: (CHECKING WRIST WATCH AND TROUBLED) My… goodness,
where could Maga be at this hour of the night? Look at the time…I have told
this boy that a born again Christian should not be equally yoked with unbelievers
or as them. My God… what do I do now? SHE SITS DOWN FOR A MOMENT
BUT, SUDDENLY GOES OUT TROUBLED.
SCENE FOUR: ROAD JUNCTION
JUST THEN, SOME OF THE BOYS RUSH ABOUT IN TOTAL CONFUSION,
DRUNK AND TRANCELIKE. BOYO APPROACHES THEM
BOYO :( DESPIRATELY)…Excuse me please…Where is Maga?
JOJO: (SCORNFULLY MOTIONS HER TO SEARCH HIS NOSE
BOYO :( ANGRILLY) in… your nose? Rubbish…

7. JOJO MOVES BEHIND HER AS SHE GOES TO ANOTHER BOY.
BOYO: Please where is Maga?
THE SECOND BOY SCORNFULLY POINTS AT HIS ANUS AND SHE
TRIES OTHER BOYS, THEY ALL POINT SCORNFULLY TO ALL KINDS
OF PLACES IN THEIR BODY AND MOVE BEHIND HER INTO A
FEARFUL BUNCH.
BOYO :( CRYING AND SCREAMING ANGRILLY) His friends have all gone
home on time.. Where… is Maga in Jesus name..
OTHERS :( MATCHING AS DEMONS).Amen!
THE BOYS TRANSIT AS THEY ARE SINGING AND MATCHING
DROWSILY. THEY EMIT SOME FIRE AND FEAR MAKING BOYO TO RUN
AWAY SCREAMING WITH DEEP FEAR.
SCENE FIVE
BOYO’S HOME/SITTING ROOM
THE BOYS TRANSIT BACK INTO THE SITTING-ROOM SINGING AND
MATCHING DROWSILYTHEY EMIT SOME FIRE AND FEAR MAKING
BOYO TO SCREAM WITH DEEP FEAR.
BOYO COMES BACK INTO THE HOUSE SWEATING. SHE SWITCHES ON
THE FAN, TELEVISION AND SITS DOWN TO WATCH THE NEWS.
BOYO :( WORRIEDLY) my heart bit is increasing. There must be something
wrong with Maga…Lord Jesus Christ…please help me protect my only
brother...your newborn child who sometimes call on your name...
JUST THEN, FRENDY BRINGS IN MAGA IN TOTAL WRECK AND COULD
HARDLY STAND.
MAGA: (STRUGGLING PAINFULLY) Fire…fire is every where.. This is hell
fire.. Fire…
BOYO :( SHOCK) Oh my God… I knew there was something wrong somewhere
with Maga… What happened? Maga… Maga…Frendy what is going on?
FRENDY :( SCORNFULLY) Like what Boyo? I don’t know..
BOYO: But I learnt he went to your birthday bash with others.
FRENDY: So what? I don’t know what happened…
BOYO: At your place?
SUDDENLLY, MAGA STARGARS, HOLDS HIS STOMACH, SCREAMS AND
FALLS
BOYO :( SHOCK) Jesus! What is it? What did you give him to eat?
FRENDY: The same thing that others ate…
MAGA :( HOLDING STOMACH PAINFULLY AND COUGHING)
Jesus…Jesus…

8. BOYO: Did he pray on the party food?
FRENDY :( ANGRILLY) Boyo…I did the praying for my party buffet… could
you please stop questioning me?
BOYO:(LAYING HANDS ON HIM) Father… in the name of Jesus…I bind all
evil foods with the blood of Jesus… loose your hold now and die…die now in
Jesus name…
JUST THEN, MAGA STOPS COUGHING AND LOOKS AROUND
MAGA: Where…where am I? FRENDY…BOYO…
BOYO: Oh…thank God.. Maga… what happened?
MAGA :( LOOKS AROUND FEARFULLY) JOJO…
BOYO: Maga… there is no Jojo here… you are at home now. What happened to
you?
MAGA :( RECOLLECTING) the…the birthday party…
FRENDY: (IMPATIENTLY) Yes.. What happened?
MAGA: We danced, we rocked, we ate and drank…
BOYO: Did you pray on the party food and drinks? What really…
FRENDY: Stop asking foolish questions about prayers Boyo…
BOYO :( ANGRILLY) Hold your peace you devil!
MAGA: Jojo…Jojo gave us something to sniff in.. And I saw stars, demons and
fell into some fire…maybe hell-fire..
BOYO: Proverbs 13, 20 says, He that walketh with wise men shall be wise but, a
companion of fools shall be destroyed
BOYO: You see.. Now Frendy.. Jojo almost poisoned them to death on your
neck...but..Look.. Maga.. I still blame you the more. .the bible says.. do not be
equally yoked with unbelievers.. Proverbs 13, 20 says, He that walketh width wise
men shall be wise but, a companion of fools shall be destroyed
FRENDY: (ANGRILLY) He is my boyfriend!
BOYO: I told you that As a born again Christian, you must live also by
Galatians5:1 which says..
FRENDY:(BOLDLY)“Stand fast therefore in the liberty.. Wherewith Christ hath
made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”.
BOYO: Which means…? As a young born again Christian… keep away from
worldly things such as raining music, online chatting, blue films, online jokes,
worldly dances, dressings and even bad friends..
MAGA :( GETTING UP SUDDENLY) Evil…company corrupts good manners..
BOYO: Good. If you know you are guilty of this as a Christian… you now need
to rededicate your life to Christ again. And you also that is not yet born again
repeat after me. (OTHERS ENTER SLOWLY)

9. BOYO: Lord Jesus… forgive me my sins and ignorance… save my soul afresh,
be my God and lead me by your holy spirit in Jesus name.. Father lord, let every
worldliness in me be destroyed by your fire in Jesus name..
ALL OTHERS: Amen!
BOYO:(HAPPLLY) Thank you lord! (Sings)Jesus loves me this I know..
OTHERS: for the bible tells me so…
THEY SING AND DANCE OUT.
THE END
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