GIRL ON A WHITE ELEPHANT
by Ben Jolivet
It’s summer 1938 and the Newport social season draws to a close. At the last possible minute, Mitzi receives an invitation that could change her status and her life. This might be the chance the young, nouveau riche debutante has been waiting for, when the gates of the golden, fairy tale realm of the social elite open wide for her. That’s if she doesn’t make a fool of herself. And if her snarky-but-well-intentioned maid doesn’t ruin her chances. And if those gathering clouds on the horizon don’t foretell one of the greatest natural disasters in New England history. If she can survive all that, surely this is her time to shine. She knows she can do it! … Kinda. Set on the eve of the great hurricane of 1938, in the dying years of the Gilded Age, Girl on a White Elephant is a comedy about hope, class, and wanting a place to belong.
- Cast Size: 2W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Ben’s work includes award-winning scripts The Resurrections (Silver Spring Stage Company judge’s award: best script), Cold (finalist, Woodward/Newman Drama award; semifinalist, Princess Grace award; winner, KCACTC David Shelton Award, best play; productions appeared at Wilbury, the Hollins/Mill Mountain New Play Fest, and Tesseract Theatre Company), Community Garden (Shelton, best play; KCACTF, commendation playwriting; produced by Hollins/Mill Mountain Theatre Fest). As playwright-in-residence at The Wilbury Group, he developed a trio of plays: Communion, Cain + Abel (world premiere), and Cold. Fragile Thing Cracks appeared at Panndora Productions (premier) in Long Beach, CA, and Acadiana Rep in Lafayette, Louisiana. Self-produced work includes Tig, Get Rough with Me, Haunted (also a finalist for Sanguine Theatre’s Project Playwright), and What Went Down. B.A. in Creative Writing from SNHU and an MFA from The Playwrights Lab at Hollins University. www.benjolivet.com
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