A bilingual (French – English) play about a white baby boomer couple who raised their children with the 1950s values they grew up in. Life for this upper-middle class family of four was grand. Good parents raising good kids who become good people. Life was perfect and in order until the son brings home the love of his life, an older Filipina. Welcome to the decline of their family’s construct.
Inspired by Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream is an awakening to white fragility at an age when parents should not have to question the life they’ve lived. The tormenting pain of a later-in-life awakening, confirming a life lived blindly from a white perspective.
Keywords: Nice Racism, Racism, Baby Boomer, Old, Prejudice, Fragility, Appropriation, Appreciation, Acceptance, Inclusivity, Filipino, French, English
Genre: Drama
Acts: 1
Run time: 90 minutes
Content notes: Contains swearing
Cast size: 6 actors
Male roles: 3
Female roles: 3
Casting note: All characters speak English and French.
Casting Breakdown:
Moe: 75 yrs old. Caucasian. Father. Must be able to speak fluent English and French, ideally with a Franco-Ontarian accent.
Marie: 65 yrs old. Caucasian. Mother. Must be able to speak fluent English and French, ideally with a Quebec accent.
Christophe: 40 yrs old. Caucasian. Son. Must be able to speak fluent English and French.
Joanne: 30 yrs old. Caucasian. Daughter. Must be able to speak fluent English and French, ideally with a Quebec accent.
Mike: 35 yrs old. Caucasian. Joanne’s husband. Must be able to speak English and French with and Anglo accent.
Reyna: 45 yrs old. Filipina. Christophe’s partner. Must be able to speak English and French.