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Elevator Repair Service presents
GATZ
Created and performed by Elevator Repair Service
Text: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Directed by John Collins
Presented by The Public Theater
Ahead of the centennial of The Great Gatsby’s publication and more than a decade after its original Obie and Lortel Award-winning engagements, Elevator Repair Service’s GATZ returns to The Public for a thrilling and final New York City encore of the acclaimed production. One morning in the 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. Told over a single 6 1/2-hour production created by Elevator Repair Service and directed by Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director John Collins, GATZ is not a retelling of the Gatsby story but an enactment of the entire novel. Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece is delivered word for word, startlingly brought to life by a low-rent office staff amid their inscrutable business operations. An event not to be missed and a last chance to see this theatrical and literary tour de force by one of the American theater’s most exciting and inventive companies.
Section I: 2 hours
15 minute intermission
Section II: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Dinner break: approximately 90 minutes
Snag a reservation at The Library during the dinner break!
Section III: 1 hour and 25 minutes
15 minute intermission
Section IV: 1 hour and 25 minutes
Access the GATZ Playbill here.
Content and Production Effect Warning
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and we encourage you to contact us ([email protected] or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. This production contains the use of herbal cigarettes and gun shots.
Audience members are invited to explore the Social Narrative Guide. This resource is designed to assist theatre goers in preparing for their visit to our theater and the upcoming performance.
Laurena Allan
Frank Boyd
Jim Fletcher
Ross Fletcher
Maggie Hoffman
Mike Iveson
Vin Knight
Annie McNamara
Scott Shepherd
Kristen Sieh
Pete Simpson
Susie Sokol
Tory Vazquez
Ben Jalosa Williams
Gatz was commissioned in part by the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis MN).