Auditions

All ages are approximate and will have more to do with how the cast looks together as a whole, rather than how old you look! The play will be performed with American accents.

Jay Gatsby – (late 20s/early 30s) : Gatsby is a newly wealthy Midwesterner-turned-Easterner who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier.

Nick Carraway – (29) : Gatsby’s neighbour and Daisy’s cousin. Nick’s Midwestern sensibility finds the East an unsettling place, and he becomes disillusioned with how wealthy socialites like the Buchanans lead their lives.

Daisy Buchanan – (early/mid 20s) : Beautiful and mesmerizing, she enraptures men. She is the object of Gatsby’s desire, for good or ill, and represents women of an elite social class.

Tom Buchanan – (30) : Daisy’s hulking brute of a husband. Tom comes from an old, wealthy Chicago family and takes pride in his rough ways.

Jordan Baker – (25-35) : Professional golfer of questionable integrity. Friend of Daisy’s who, like Daisy, represents women of a particular class.

Myrtle Wilson – (30+) : Married lover of Tom Buchanan. She conducts a secret life with Tom, wherein she exhibits all the power and dominance she finds lacking in her everyday life.

George Wilson – (30+) : Myrtle’s unassuming husband. He runs a garage and gas station in the valley of ashes and seems trapped by his position in life.

Lucille McKee – (30+) : Drunk friend of Myrtle’s. An artist, striving to make it big and enjoying Myrtle’s relationship giving her a glimpse of the upper class life she longs for.

Wolfsheim – (30/40+) : Gatsby’s business associate and link to organized crime. Wolfsheim helped build Gatsby’s fortune, although the wealth came through questionable means.

Neighbour/House staff to the Buchanans/Bar tender (any age) – Can be played by members of the above cast, however I’d love to offer these roles to others that would like to be involved but would prefer a smaller role – can be with or without spoken lines.