THE WHITE PAGES
By Jon Dorf
The White Pages premiered at the Attic Theatre's One-Act Marathon (Los Angeles), where Frontiers called it "a zany farce with a touch of gentle satire." Among its other reviews:
". . . very definitely funny" The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA)
"The high spot of the afternoon . . . was Jon Dorf's manically funny The White Pages . . ." CVI Weekly (Charlottesville, VA)
"Funny and unexpectedly psychotic . . . its premise is undeniably interesting." Suburban and Wayne Times (suburban Philadelphia, PA)
The White Pages runs 25-30 minutes and uses a cast of 4 (that can be expanded to 6), has been produced successfully at the high school level (though it could probably work with middle school students as well).
SYNOPSIS
ROBERT, a thirtysomething insurance adjuster who works nearby, brings three used classics to Book Traders Book Store to exchange. When he gets in return a book with blank pages, he believes it to be an error. NANCY, the store owner and about Robert's age, supplies him with another book, this one also blank. Even as Robert protests, satisfied and willfully oblivious CUSTOMERS come in to trade for more blank books. Finally, Robert fights back: armed with pens and ultimately a typewriter, he occupies the store and recreatesto the best of his recollectionthe classic novels that Nancy and her college-age nephew, TOTO, have been disemboweling and replacing with white pages.
TO ORDER
The White Pages is licensed by Brooklyn Publishers. To order a perusal copy or performance rights, call them toll free at (888)-473-8521 or visit their website.