Twin City Stage Announces the Cast of The Great Gatsby

"Twin City Stage is pleased to announce the cast of The Great Gatsby, its fifth show of the 2013-14 theatre season.  Auditions were held on Monday, February 10, and well over 40 people tried out for the various roles.

The cast is as follows:

            Jim French – Jay Gatsby

            Miranda Lowder – Daisy Buchanan

            Stephen Howard – Nick Carraway

            Patrick Meehan – Tom Buchanan

            Rene Lynn Walek – Jordan Baker

            Sephora Machlus – Myrtle Wilson

            Jordan Googe – George Wilson

            Ray Stewart – Meyer Wolfsheim

            Mark Graves – Mr. McKee

            Kenny Shore – Policeman

            Becky Proie – Mrs. McKee

            Alice Sanders – Mrs. Michaelis

            Christine Gorelick – Jazz Singer

            Ashley Hauser, Rae Noel Sargent, Elizabeth Shepherd - Ensemble

Rehearsals will begin Monday, February 24, and the show will open Friday, April 4, running for two weekends.

The Great Gatsby, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel by Simon Levy, is set in 1920s East Coast America during the Jazz Age.  Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan.  Nick Carroway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger.  The only play adaptation authorized by the Fitzgerald Estate since 1926, Simon Levy’s The Great Gatsby has been hailed as, “…a combination of narration, dialogue and action (that) delivers most of what is best in the novel... beautiful…stunning…amazing…a brilliant distillation."  (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)  Twin City Stage is the first community or professional theatre in North Carolina to produce this play.  Wells Fargo will sponsor the run of the show.

For further information, please visit the Twin City Stage website: www.twincitystage.org."
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