Performance: The Great Gatsby

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Date/Time:Thursday, 26 Apr 2018 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location:Stephens Auditorium
Cost:$4 advance, $5 door
URL:www.center.iastate.edu
Contact:Sara Compton,
Phone:515-294-7389
Channel:Iowa State Center
Categories:Arts, performances
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A National Players production, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic book. Part of the Iowa State Center's Martha-Ellen Tye Youth Matinee Series.

In a time where success is expected and excess celebrated, Jay Gatsby is a god among men, yet without the love of Mrs. Daisy Buchanan, he is unfulfilled. This fast-paced adaptation brings the Jazz Age of New York to life as Daisy's cousin Nick guides us through a world where love, opportunity, deception, and tragedy are always just round the corner. The play explores themes of decadence and excess, idealism, resistance to change and social upheaval, creating a portrait that had been described a a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.