When Pages Breathe: The Greatness of Gatsby
Chesney Snow, Lewis Center for the Arts; Martyna Majok, Princeton Hodder Fellow; Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., American Repertory Theater
Mon, 3/31 · 6:30 pm—7:30 pm · Chancellor Green Rotunda
Princeton University Library; Lewis Center for the Arts
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and former Princeton Hodder Fellow Martyna Majok and Executive Director of American Repertory Theater Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. (Princeton Class of 2009) discuss Majok’s book for the new musical Gatsby, An American Myth, with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett that had its world premiere in May 2024. Moderated by Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf, one of America’s foremost scholars on American musical theater. Also includes a performance by Tony Award-nominated writer and actress Sharon Washington. Pre-panel reception at 6 p.m.
This event is presented in collaboration with the Library’s celebration of The Great Gatsby at 100, a suite of on- and off-campus programming inspired by the library’s significant Fitzgerald and Gatsby-related holdings.
The panel is free and open to the public. Registration required through the Library.
