AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories
"AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories" is a five-year project in which we offer a variety of community engagement activities in which ATC’s audience members can participate and learn more about an American classic play. All events are free and open to the public.
This season, Arizona Theatre Company is happy to partner with The West Valley Arts Council’s THE BIG READ to celebrate F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Please see their website by clicking here to learn more about ways in which you can participate in these exciting events.
To learn how you can donate a copy of The Great Gatsby to local youth and libraries, click here! [PDF]
Events:
Gatsby Aloud
Listen to a local actor in period costume read aloud short excerpts from The Great Gatsby. Move back in time as the world of the roaring 1920s is vividly painted by Fitzgerald’s words as ATC prepares to put on a full production of Simon Levy’s adaptation of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.
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Tucson:
La Encantada (for the Four Corners Festival)
Park Place Mall (Center Court)
Tucson Mall (JC Penny Court lower floor)
La Encantada (Main courtyard in front of Teavana/Coldwater Creek)
Festival of Books (In front of the Mainstage) |
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Phoenix:
Tempe Marketplace (on each of the following Saturdays):
January 14th |
Library Discussions
Join Stephen Wrentmore (director) and Jennifer Bazzell (dramaturg) for an illuminating discussion about bringing The Great Gatsby to Arizona Theatre Company’s stages. The talk will focus on the research, preparation and planning that go into bringing a literary classic to audiences. Featured will be both historical information about the play as well as behind-the-scenes information about design and directorial decisions that give insight into the creative process as well as a thematic look at the story.
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Tucson:
Joel D. Valdez Main Library (Lower Level Meeting Room)
January 19. 2012
Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library
February 15, 2012 |
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Phoenix:
The State Library (Main Floor Rotunda)
January 10, 2012
Boulder Creek High School (Small Auditorium)
January 11, 2012 |
Readers Theatre
Join Arizona Theatre Company as we bring scenes from The Great Gatsby to life. A member of the Arizona Theatre Company staff will lead reader’s theatre events that ask members of the community to take on the exciting challenge of portraying some of America’s greatest literary characters with the guidance of trained acting professionals.
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Tucson:
Woods Memorial Branch Library
February 18, 2012
Martha Cooper Branch Library
March 13, 2012 |
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Phoenix: TBD |
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Events are subject to change |
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For More Information
Jennifer Bazzell, Literary Manager
jbazzell@arizonatheatre.org
