2008 Woodie Awards
T.E.A.M. ministers through skits
Inga Locke
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: Gallery
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The acronym T.E.A.M. stands for Theatrical Evangelism And Ministries. The group is made of SBU students who travel to local churches to minister through theater.
The skit began with a young lady in bed, Hannah, played by freshman Jessica Foley and a man in a chair played by sophomore Jacob Fox who was Hannah's father. It was instantly visible that the girl was sick. In the background were two men, one who represented darkness played by junior Chris Maples, and one representing light played by freshman Curtis Murphy.
Hannah described her sickness and how she felt trapped by her hospital bed. Her overbearing mother played by freshman Amanda Whitehead was constantly nagging about every detail of her sick daughter. The nurse played by freshman Shayna Seaman could hardly do an exam without being quizzed on Hannah's condition.
When the nurse could, she would get Hannah's parents to leave, allowing Hannah time to think and rest. Hannah also had a very close friend come to see her, Rose played by junior Sarah Minott. Rose came to be encouraging and add a hint of life to the dismal situation, talking Hannah to sleep with stories of the outside world.
When Hannah was alone, she would suffer from spiritual warfare during which the man representing darkness would remind her how she was being punished by her sickness, telling her she was worthless to God and alone in her suffering.
As she begins to believe him he puts a red box with a word on it on her bed.
During the first musical scene representing the spiritual battle, the two men have a sword fight in which the light prevails. This scene was met by a loud cheer from the audience as well as clapping when the man representing darkness was slain, although he did not die.
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