The Great Gatsby

This Acting Edition has been approved by the Fitzgerald Estate

Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan

Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger

The glamour and excess of the Jazz Age come to life in this accomplished stage adaptation

Flexible Set - M5,F4 (doubling, flexible casting)

"Playwright Simon Levy does a beautiful job of distilling Fitzgerald's sometimes fussy prose. Levy's combination of narration, dialogue and action delivers most of what is best in the novel ... a brilliant distillation" ~ Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A clean, imaginative and sometimes surreal work" ~ Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"By the end of the evening, there was a longing to see it again. And then again ... This adaptation by Simon Levy clearly understood that Fitzgerald's words are sacred and can't be improved upon. What was added, deleted or changed to adapt the story to the stage was so faithful to Fitzgerald that it became seamless ... Expectations were far exceeded" ~ Arizona Daily Star

"... a beautifully crafted interpretation of the 1925 novel which defined the Jazz Age" ~ London Free Press