The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play

The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play

Adapted for the Stage by JOE LANDRY

From the Novel by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD featuring Original Music by KEVIN CONNORS

Director: Beatriz Esteban-Messina

Musical Director: Scott Burzynski

Production Dates: May 19, 20, 26, 27 at 7:30 pm and May 21 at 2:00 pm

Location: 15 Frank E. Rogers Blvd. South, Harrison, NJ (the former Holy Cross High School)

Tickets: $20 Adults, $15 Students/Seniors

SUMMARY

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved classic comes to life as a 1940s radio broadcast in this spirited adaptation of The Great Gatsby. An ensemble brings more than two dozen characters from the novel to the stage of the WHAT radio station for a live broadcast, punctuated by 40s-era commercials. A story of triumph and tragedy that reflects the decadence of the Jazz Age and the perils of the American Dream. Still, ain’t we got fun?

CAST

Christopher Tully as Nick Carraway

Jason Simmons as Jay Gatsby (5/19-21)

Byron Hagan as Jay Gatsby (5/26-27)

Janna Epstein as Daisy Buchanan

Tara Spinelli as Jordan Baker

Nelson DePasquale as Tom Buchanan

with

Richard Dwyer as the Announcer and Owl Eyes

George Rex as Meyer Wolfsheim

Joseph Jones as George Wilson

Matt Masiello as Michaelis and Klipspringer

Carlos Caban DeJesus as Policeman, Gatsby’s butler, Train conductor

Jack Pignatello as Nick’s father, Partygoer 2, Henry C. Gatz

Miranda Madrazo as Lana Sherwood and Buchanan’s maid

Jessica Jones as Myrtle, Partygoer #1, Well-dressed lady, Gatsby’s gardener

Cynthia Ross as Catherine and Sally Applewhite

Roman Koster as the Foley artist

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)

This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a division of the Department of State, and administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive & the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners.