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A dramatic and often humourous look at six black Canadians of diverse backgrounds who share a Toronto house. Their lives unfold against the backdrop of civil unrest which erupted when the Lost Angeles police officers on trial for the beating of Rodney King are acquitted. The fracas outside keeps intruding as characters clash, collide, and swap jokes about everything from racism to the status of Quebec as a distinct society, from Malcolm X to The Road to Avonlea.
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Andrew Moodie
Andrew Moodie is an Ottawa-born and raised actor, writer, educator, and director with extensive stage, film, and television credits. His plays include: Riot (which won the 1996 Chalmers Canadian Play Award), Oui, Wilbur County Blues, A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women, The Lady Smith, The Real McCoy, and Toronto the Good (which was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play). Andrew also wrote for the acclaimed CBC Radio series Afghanada.
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Riot - Andrew Moodie
Act I
(Lights come up on stage to reveal GRACE at the dining table studying. EFFIE is on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, watching TV, eating Doritos. EFFIE slowly stands, points the remote control at the TV. The lights and music fade.)
WENDLE: Fuck Quebec!
(Lights up. The table is cluttered with their text and note books. EFFIE is lying on the couch. The TV is off.)
GRACE: Quebec is a distinct society!
WENDLE: What the fuck makes Quebec a distinct society?!
GRACE: The French language and culture.
WENDLE: Being a black man from Nova Scotia, does that not make me distinct?
GRACE: Yes you are distinct, but that doesn’t stop them from being distinct.
WENDLE: Look, you know me, I voted for Brian Mulroney, he’s from Quebec. It’s not that I don’t like people from Quebec, it’s just that when they try to tell me that they are better than me, I get pissed off.
GRACE: They’re not saying they’re better than you, they are looking for the tools to protect their
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