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White Room of My Remembering

Short Play, Drama  /  4w, 2m

Jean Lenox Toddie

"A warmly human play. One is left with a sense that although choices made in life are not made without loss, that which is lost can in some ways be recaptured." - Pentagram
"Delightful." - The Review

White Room of My Remembering

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
This poignant play by the author of Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me a Song; A Little Something for the Ducks; A Scent of Honeysuckle and A Bag of Green Apples is the story of two women, Margaret and Jessie, who have come to Jessie's childhood home to put it up for sale. While Margaret goes to find a real estate agent, Jessie has conversations with herself as a girl and with her dead father and her mother.

History
White Room of My Remembering was first produced in Alexandria on December 6, 1991 in a evening of one-act plays, and was directed by Diane Burakow. The opening night was taped by Channel 38, Falls Church, Virginia and aired on educational television.
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JESSIE - An artist in her late thirties to mid-forties who has returned to the Bucks County countryside to sell the family home.
MARGARET - Jessie's friend, co-owner of a small art gallery in New York City.
MAMA - Jessie's mother.
PAPA - Jessie's father.
MICHAEL - The sweetheart of Jessie's youth.
YOUNG JESS - The child and young woman Jessie was.

  • Time Period Present Day, 1990s, 1980s
  • Setting In and around an old fieldstone house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Mime, No intermission
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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REVIEW

"A warmly human play. One is left with a sense that although choices made in life are not made without loss, that which is lost can in some ways be recaptured." - Pentagram

"Delightful." - The Review

Music

  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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