The Great Gatsby show page
Open Auditions: January 8, 9, 2023 - 7:00pm at Zanesville Community Theatre
Eric Blake- Director
Angel Palmer- Asst Director
Janice Blake- Producer
A self-made millionaire, Jay Gatsby’s desire for wealth, popularity, and power in the Jazz Age hides a deeper passion: his love for Daisy, the woman he met and fell for years ago, but who has since married wealthy, hulking browbeater Tom Buchanan. When Daisy’s cousin, Nick Carraway, happens to become Gatsby’s unwitting neighbor, he soon finds himself to be a liaison between Gatsby and Daisy.
With the watchful eyes of Dr. Eckleburg’s deteriorating billboard looming overhead, Nick narrates this tragic story of thwarted love, exposing how wealth, materialism, and decaying moral values corrupted the American dream amidst the opulence and dance parties of the 1920s.
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Please note: Parking is available on the street, please be considerate of our neighbors. ZCT is in a residential area, and as such, please be mindful of peoples’ driveways. Some of our neighbors are quick to have your car towed!
THE GREAT GATSBY
The Great Gatsby is presented by arrangement with www.pioneerdrama.com
Adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
By GARY PETERSON
CAST OF CHARACTERS, # of lines
NICK CARRAWAY .................a writer; deals in bonds on Wall Street 176
JAY GATSBY ........................a mysterious millionaire 120
DAISY BUCHANAN ...............Nick's second cousin; married to Tom Buchanan 76
TOM BUCHANAN .................Daisy's educated, affluent husband; comes from "old money" 88
JORDAN BAKER ...................Daisy's friend; a famous golfer
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62
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GEORGE WILSON ................a garage mechanic
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15
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MYRTLE WILSON .................George's wife and Tom's lover
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9
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CATHERINE* .......................Myrtle's sister
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12
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MEYER WOLFSHEIM* ..........a business partner of Gatsby's
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15
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EWING KLIPSPRINGER* .......a regular at Gatsby's parties;
fancies himself a singer (voice only)
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2
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THEDA BARRA* ...................a movie star
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1
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EYEWITNESS* ....................to a traffic accident
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7
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POLICEMAN* ......................at the scene of the accident
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6
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WILSON'S FRIEND* .............also at the scene
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2
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MINISTER*............................. at the gravesite
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2
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MR. GATZ* .........................Gatsby's father
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7
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EXTRAS* ............................as GUESTS, PARTYGOERS,
BUTLER, WAITERS, DINERS, SOLDIERS, ONLOOKERS, and GRAVEDIGGERS
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