Toronto the Good

By Andrew Moodie

When top Crown attorney Thomas Matthews, a victim of racial profiling himself, is assigned to prosecute the accused against a Left-leaning white attorney, tensions mount and personal politics bubble to the surface. Cutting deep into the lawyers' private lives, their families and foibles are portrayed as an integral part of Toronto's shifting mosaic. From an ostensibly routine traffic stop, each character must come to terms with the city's racial politics and how they have shaped their own beliefs and prejudices. Written in response to the rise of gun crime in the streets of Canada's largest city, Toronto the Good probes the problems that perpetuate the changing metropolis and explores how they have been allowed to flourish.

About Playwright(s)

Self-identity

Country of publication

Cast Information

Total number of characters

Minimum number of actors

Female roles

Male roles

Transgender roles

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Non-Binary Gender Non-Conforming roles

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Gender unespecified roles

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Actor-Friendly Parts

Monologue level

Monologue details

contains monologues

Scene details

Act 1, scene between 2 men, one of whom is black

Production and Publication

First produced

2009, Factory Theatre, Toronto

Publication year

2010

Published by

Playwrights Canada Press

ISBN

9780887549137

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