CAMP COUNSELOR
I thought our musical would be about the more obscure parts of the Bible —CHILDREN
Yippee!CAMP COUNSELOR
How about I Samuel, Chapter 18?CHILDREN
Yippee!CAMP COUNSELOR
In this story, King Saul won’t let his daughter get married until he receives the foreskins of a hundred Philistines. What do you think, kids?BOYS
Yippee!GIRL
What’s a foreskin?BOY 1
I’ll be King Saul!BOY 2
I’ll be Jesus!CAMP COUNSELOR
Jesus isn't in this — BOY 1
He can be a Philistine!GIRL
And I’ll be a girl!CAMP COUNSELOR
There were no girls —GIRL
Then I’ll just sit and sing pretty.(CAMP COUNSELOR distributes props and costumes.)
CAMP COUNSELOR
Everyone all set?(Pitch pipe.)
BOY 1
I AM KING SAUL, IN NEED OF SOME FORESKINS.I AM KING SAUL, IN THE MARKET FOR SOME FORESKINS.
WHO WILL GET THESE FORESKINS FOR ME?
WHO WILL GO AND GET THESE FORESKINS FOR ME?
I AM KING SAUL, AND I THINK I SEE A PHILISTINE.
I AM KING SAUL; IN A SEC, HIS FORESKIN WILL BE MINE.GIRL
WITH HIS STEELY GRIP, THE PHILISTINE HE SEIZES.BOY 2
HOLD ON A SECOND! I THOUGHT I’M PLAYING JESUS!(BOY 1 chases BOY 2 with a knife until he gets him on the ground.)
GIRL
HE IS KING SAUL, IN NEED OF SOME FORESKINS.HE IS KING SAUL, AND HE’S GONNA GET HIS FORESKINS.
LA LA LA, LA LA,
LA LA LA, LA LA,
(BOY 1 holds up a bloody foreskin.)
BOY 2
Ow! Holy --- ! GIRL (Continued)
WHAT DID HE DO WITH THE FORESKINS MANY?WHAT DID HE DO WITH THE FORESKINS PLENTY?
BOY 1
(As King Saul)I MADE A PURSE THAT EXPANDED WHEN I RUBBED IT.
I MADE A DUFFLE BAG THAT SHRUNK WHEN IT WAS TOUCHED WITH ICE.
THE END
