The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performance will take place:

Thursday November 14, 2024

12:00PM

6:00PM

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The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performance will take place:

October 23, 2024

The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performance will take place:

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 10:30am

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The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performance will take place:

Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:00am

A story that remains disturbingly poignant sixty years after it was first published, James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk is about abiding love in the face of injustice. Told from the perspective of its young heroine, this is the story of one family’s fight for justice in a society where institutional discrimination has the power to destroy lives, a theme that resonates today with audiences from all walks of life.

Literature to Life adapts Erika L. Sánchez’s YA novel as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. This title will be co-produced in partnership with Freedom Reads, the only organization in the nation transforming the experience of incarceration by opening libraries in prison housing facilities. Freedom Reads was founded by Reginald Dwayne Betts in 2020. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter takes place in modern day Chicago. The novel focuses on the idea of finding one’s own identity, and breaking free from societal, cultural, and familial expectations.

If Beale Street Could Talk performed by Channie Waites

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter performed by Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez

Performance will take place:

October 19, 2024

The Latehomecomer follows Kao Kalia Yang's journey from a quiet, reticent student to a self-empowered young woman claiming her voice to tell the untold story of her people.

Performed by Jasmine Vang.

Performance time/details to follow.

A story that remains disturbingly poignant sixty years after it was first published, James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk is about abiding love in the face of injustice. Told from the perspective of its young heroine, this is the story of one family’s fight for justice in a society where institutional discrimination has the power to destroy lives, a theme that resonates today with audiences from all walks of life.

Performed by Channie Waites

Followed by a conversation with the audience led by a Lit to Life Teaching Artist

Performance will take place:

October 5, 2024 at 2:00pm

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This program is co-presented by Literary Freedom Project. 

The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performance will take place:

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 10:00am

Black Boy is a powerful account of one young man's journey from innocence to experience as a black youth living in the Jim Crow South.

Performed by Tarantino Smith

Performance will take place:

September 18, 2024 at 10:45am

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Join us for this free event that will include selections from The Great Gatsby, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and The Latehomecomer. The evening will include a community conversation around the American Dream and what it means to the people of New York City. 

Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00PM: United Palace (4140 Broadway)

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This project is made possible in part with administered by LMCC.

Join us for this free event that will include selections from The Great Gatsby, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and The Latehomecomer. The evening will include a community conversation around the American Dream and what it means to the people of New York City. 

Monday, September 16 at 7:00PM: The Flea (20 Thomas St)

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This project is made possible in part with administered by LMCC.

Debut mini-performance of Literature to Life’s newest title, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

Saturday, August 24, 2024

5:30pm - 6:15pm EST

Room 209 (Level 2, South Building)

The 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 a.m.). The event is free and open to the public.

Black Boy is a powerful account of one young man's journey from innocence to experience as a black youth living in the Jim Crow South.

Performed by Tarantino Smith

Performance will take place:

May 7th at 10:00am

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Save the Date for our Spring Gala! This year, we are once again holding two fundraiser events to connect with our supporters in both New York City and Washington D.C. This years' events will feature our newest adaptation of The Great Gatsby. More information and formal invitation to follow!

The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

Performed by Bryce Foley.

Performances will take place:

Thursday, April 25 at 10:00am (Private)

Thursday, April 25 at 7:00pm (Public)

Save the Date for our Spring Gala! This year, we are once again holding two fundraiser events to connect with our supporters in both New York City and Washington D.C. This years' events will feature our newest adaptation of The Great Gatsby. More information and formal invitation to follow!

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life. In the process, Jonas is forced to question everything in his ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce, injustice, or inequality.

Performed by Aurea Tomeski

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Performances will take place:

Wednesday, April 10 at 9:30am

Wednesday, April 10 at 11:30am

The Latehomecomer follows Kao Kalia Yang's journey from a quiet, reticent student to a self-empowered young woman claiming her voice to tell the untold story of her people.

Performed by Gaosong Heu

Performances will take place:

Monday, March 25 at 9:30am

Monday, March 25 at 12:15pm

The Latehomecomer follows Kao Kalia Yang's journey from a quiet, reticent student to a self-empowered young woman claiming her voice to tell the untold story of her people.

Performed by Gaosong Heu

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Literature to Life brings Ray Bradbury's terrifyingly recognizable vision of the future to the stage for audiences of all ages.

Performed by Rich Orlow.

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Literature to Life brings Ray Bradbury's terrifyingly recognizable vision of the future to the stage for audiences of all ages.

Performed by Rich Orlow.

For more information, click here

Adapted and directed by Elise Thoron and performed by Aurea Tomeski. At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life. In the process, Jonas is forced to question everything in his ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce, injustice, or inequality. The Newbery-Award winning best-selling book has become the gold standard for the young adult genre. Told with deceptive simplicity, it’s a provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible.

United Palace of Cultural Arts presents the Literature to Life stage presentation of
The Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Literature to Life adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic work as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. The Great Gatsby takes place on Long Island and New York City in the early twentieth century, at the height of the Jazz Age and the Prohibition Era. The novel touches on the treatment of different social classes, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

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Performed by Bryce Foley

Adapted and Directed by Kelvin Grullon

Based on the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, © 1925

Adapted and directed by Elise Thoron and performed by Aurea Tomeski. At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life. In the process, Jonas is forced to question everything in his ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce, injustice, or inequality. The Newbery-Award winning best-selling book has become the gold standard for the young adult genre. Told with deceptive simplicity, it’s a provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible.

Adapted and directed by Elise Thoron and performed by Aurea Tomeski. At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life. In the process, Jonas is forced to question everything in his ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce, injustice, or inequality. The Newbery-Award winning best-selling book has become the gold standard for the young adult genre. Told with deceptive simplicity, it’s a provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible.