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This was written with cameras in mind (for Urbana12) but I think it looks even better in live performance where you can see all three scenes simultaneously. When performing it live, it’s crucial that all the players stay attentive while they’re on stage, remaining in their own scene but relatively still and focused shifting as the scenes change. Actors should play it naturally – understatement is better than over.
At Urbana12, we ended the sketch with a song by Michael Kim-Eubanks. If you want to play his recording of “Come Home” you can find it through the link to his website on this page. You could also end it with a freeze on the father and two sons in place and a lights-out cue. I left the end open – that is, I don’t reunite the father and son(s) on stage – because it’s almost impossible to pull that off without making it cheezy. Since Jesus leaves the parable open-ended (we know exactly what happens between the younger son and father; we don’t know what the older son does in the end) I think it’s a reasonable and fruitful choice to leave it open-ended on stage.
