Sea Glass Stage to present ‘The Great Gatsby’
Sea Glass Stage at Coligny will stage Simon Levy’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” from Sept. 19th through Oct. 5th, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel.
The production will run weekends at the Sea Glass Stage, located in the former Coligny Theater at Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Unit I-5, between The Frozen Moo and Life Is Good. Performances nare scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at sgstage.org.
Director Bryce Cofield said the Jazz Age story continues to resonate a century after its publication.
“It speaks to the timeless human tendency to chase dreams and idealize the past, often blurring the line between reality and illusion,” Cofield said in the release. “Today, that shows up in social media culture – carefully curated images, the pressure to appear successful, and the belief that status or wealth will fulfill us.”
The play follows narrator Nick Carraway’s arrival on Long Island in the summer of 1922, when he reconnects with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and becomes entangled in the world of his enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby. The stage adaptation, authorized by the Fitzgerald family, captures the novel’s themes of romance, ambition and disillusionment.
The cast features nine local actors: Meagan Berger, Darren Broman, Alex Clark, Mark Erickson, Dan Franke, Ashley Casstevens Gonzalez, Shea Hiscock, Lynne Hummell and Michael Murray. nChloe Fry serves as stage manager.
Published in 1925, Fitzgerald’s novel originally sold fewer than 25,000 copies before his death in 1940. Today, “The Great Gatsby” is considered one of the most widely read works of 20th-century American literature and has inspired multiple film adaptations, including the 1974 and 2013 versions.
Sea Glass Stage’s production is part of a nationwide celebration of the novel’s centennial. Audiences can expect a setting rich with 1920s atmosphere while exploring what happens when personal illusions collide with reality.
