“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 14, 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).

GATZ will be presented as a marathon theatrical event, with two intermissions and a dinner break, four times per week.