iartlibraries: Great Works Prompting Meaningful Conversations

IArtLibraries: Laura Damon-Moore, librarian, writer, consultant, and art experimenter spoke with Elise Thoron (Co-Founding Artistic Director), Kelvin Grullon (Actor, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Company Manager), and Lisa Beth Vettoso (Executive Director) about Literature to Life.

“In an example of a recent LTL / library collaboration, an excerpt of an in-development LTL adaptation of The Great Gatsby was performed in conjunction with an exhibition at the Princeton Library of materials from their archive. In addition to the performance, Kelvin, Elise, and Bryce Foley (Great Gatsby performer) were able to spend time exploring the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers at Princeton University Library. 

Kelvin Grullon: There's something profound about spending time with the original materials like drafts, notes, correspondence letters. You're getting to see Fitzgerald's thoughts, perspective, development, and you get to experience the different print editions. Even the arguments and discussions he was having with his publisher adds richness to our stage work, myself as Director and Bryce as performer. “

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