L.A. Theatre Works will bring the roaring twenties to vivid life with a state-of-the-art, in-studio recording of an original, commissioned audio theater adaptation of The Great Gatsby, adapted by LATW senior producer Anna Lyse Erikson from the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and directed by Rosalind Ayres.

Set in New York during the Jazz Age (a term popularized by Fitzgerald himself, and for which he is often credited with coining), this new take on what has become an American classic tells the tragic tale of self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby. Consumed with desire for his former lover, Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby draws new neighbor Nick Carraway into his desperate pursuit to win her back — and into their world of lavish wealth, wild parties and free-flowing liquor.

L.A. Theatre Works stands apart in its approach to making great theater widely accessible and affordable, bringing plays into homes and classrooms of millions of theater lovers, teachers and students each year. The company’s syndicated audio theater series broadcasts weekly on public radio stations across the U.S. (locally, in Southern California, on KPFK 90.7 FM); can be downloaded as a podcast via iTunes, NPR One, or wherever you get your podcasts; and can be streamed on demand at latw.org. The L.A. Theatre Works catalog of over 600 recorded plays is the largest archive of its kind in the world. Audiofile magazine calls L.A. Theatre Works productions “the gold standard for fine audio theater recordings.”

For more information about L.A. Theatre Works, call (310) 827-0889 or go to latw.org.