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Gatz

GATZ

GATZ IS BACK | The Public Theater
Newman Theater November 1 - December 1, 2024 8 hours, including two 15-minute intermissions and one 90 minute dinner break

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.  

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ONLY SHOW AVAILABLE DATES

SUN 12/01 2:00 PM

Pricing

Tickets are $210*
Public Supporter and Partner tickets are $160

*The listed ticket price includes a $10 per ticket service fee. When purchasing at the Taub Box Office, the service fee is waived. Fee is waived for Public Theater Supporters & Partners tickets.

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Accessible Performances
  • November 23, 3:00PM: Open Captioned Performance

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PRODUCTION DETAILS.

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.

Cast.

Image of Laurena Allan

Laurena Allan

Image of Frank Boyd

Frank Boyd

Image of Jim Fletcher

Jim Fletcher

Image of Ross Fletcher

Ross Fletcher

Image of Maggie Hoffman

Maggie Hoffman

Image of Mike Iveson

Mike Iveson

Image of Vin Knight

Vin Knight

Image of Annie McNamara

Annie McNamara

Image of Scott Shepherd

Scott Shepherd

Image of Pete Simpson

Pete Simpson

Image of Susie Sokol

Susie Sokol

Image of Tory Vazquez

Tory Vazquez

Image of Ben Jalosa Williams

Ben Jalosa Williams

Creative.

John Collins
Director
Louisa Thompson
Original Scenic Design
Colleen Werthmann
Costume Design
Mark Barton
Lighting Design
Ben Williams
Sound Design
Maurina Lioce
Production Stage Manager
Jack Ganguly
Stage Manager

Press.

The most remarkable achievement in theater not only of this year but also of this decade.

- Ben Brantley, The New York Times
A strangely seductive, often revelatory, and altogether ingenious production…

- Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
…One of the few ovations for which I have unreservedly stood.

- Larry Ryan, The Independent
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into ‘The Great Gatsby’

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PRODUCTION CREDITS AND SPONSORS.

Gatz was commissioned in part by the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis MN).