Click here for information about the current run of GATZ in 2012.
This page is about the past run in 2010.
GATZ
Directed by John CollinsClick here for information about the current run of GATZ in 2012.
This page is about the past run in 2010.
“ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND IMPROBABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN THEATER IN RECENT YEARS.” — Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“A STRANGELY SEDUCTIVE, OFTEN REVELATORY, AND ALTOGETHER INGENIOUS PRODUCTION.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
GATZ
New York Premiere
By Elevator Repair Service
Text: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Directed by John Collins
September 26 – November 28, 2010
One morning in the low-rent office of a mysterious small business, an
employee finds a copy of The Great Gatsby in the clutter of his desk.
He starts to read it out loud, and doesn’t stop. At first his coworkers
hardly notice. But after a series of strange coincidences, it’s no
longer clear whether he’s reading the book or the book is transforming
him.
“One of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in
theater in recent years” (The New York Times), GATZ is a theatrical and
literary tour de force, not a retelling of the Gatsby story but an
enactment of the novel itself. Over the course of 6 1/2 hours,
Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece is delivered word for word,
startlingly brought to life by a low-rent office staff in the midst of
their inscrutable business operations. The cast of 13 actors includes
Scott Shepherd (The Wooster Group’s Hamlet).