Every Day She Rose, livre ebook

• Nick is the creator of the Social Distancing Festival, an early adopter of virtual events during the pandemic, which showcased work from around the world.
• Andrea is a story editor on CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries, and was recently awarded an opportunity to pitch a series to Netflix.
• The script was originally only about the friends, but when the playwrights joined Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip program, they realized adding themselves would frame the play in an even more relatable way.
• First produced by Nightwood Theatre at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, in November 2019

MARK: I’m still losing it. I’m screaming JUSTIN! JUSTIN! But he doesn’t hear me.

CATHY-ANN: A man walking behind him gives us a look. It feels like a warning.

MARK: JUSTIN!

CATHY-ANN: I put my hand on Mark to calm him down.

MARK: I’m like... what?

CATHY-ANN: I don’t like the look that man is giving us.

MARK: Cathy-Ann’s making a stink face about something.

CATHY-ANN: He finally calms down.

MARK: Like I was just excited. Like everyone is screaming. But whatever.

CATHY-ANN: The guy moves on with the rest of the parade.

MARK: And Justin is gone. Just like my chances of being first lady of Canada. Thanks a lot, Cathy-Ann.

CATHY-ANN: I really didn’t like the look on that guy’s face.

MARK: I’m starting to feel like dancing. It’s probably because I’ve switched to vodka Fresca.

CATHY-ANN: I just want to stick it out until PFLAG.

MARK: I have to pee.

CATHY-ANN: This blister is screaming at me.

MARK: Suddenly the parade just kind of... stops.

CATHY-ANN: Everyone’s looking up the street.

MARK: There’s something happening a couple blocks up.

CATHY-ANN: People start heading up the block to see what’s going on.

MARK: I’m like... uh I don’t like this.

CATHY-ANN: I start going with the crowd, dragging Mark behind me.

MARK: I’m thinking maybe we should just go.

CATHY-ANN: We arrive at Yonge and College and see a bunch of people dressed in black.

MARK: What the fuck?

CATHY-ANN: A bunch of black people dressed in black.

MARK: Some black woman with a bullhorn.

CATHY-ANN: It’s Black Lives Matter.

MARK: Other people in black start sitting down.

CATHY-ANN: They’ve stopped the parade.

MARK: She’s stopped our parade.

CATHY-ANN: Black Lives Matter has stopped the parade.