Can't open, create docs or close app

Pages 5.5.2, Mac OS X 10.10.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
Really frustrating issue I'm having here. I was editing a document in Pages, and when I went to drag and drop a picture into the document the whole thing crapped out.
Here are the main issues:
• Main window refuses to display contents. Editing window is entirely transparent (though still closable by clicking where the X button is normally located). New document window is an empty black box. Again, this window remains 'functional'. I can choose a template blind to create a new document, but I can't see or edit the doc.
• Opened the 'About Pages' window to get the version number, and oddly even this window is bugging out for me and is not closable.
• Force quitting the app works. It's the only way I can restart or shutdown my computer as quitting the app normally just results in an endless hang.
Stuff I've tried:
• Force quitting and restarting/Force quitting and shutting down
• Repairing disk permissions.
• Deleting the Pages plist file in Library
• Deleting and re-downloading and reinstalling the app
Here are some screenshots. In the first you can see the blacked out 'New Document' window. In the second, you can see the completely transparent and non-editable document window.

Thanks for the speedy assistance. I tried this and unfortunately nothing changed.
Numbers opens, creates docs and closes without issue.

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