As part of the 2024 Winter Read of “The Great Gatsby,” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok joins us from her home in New York to discuss the book in relation to her upcoming Broadway musical, “Gatsby: An American Myth,” debuting in Spring 2024 at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Boston.

Majok wrote the libretto for the new musical based on “The Great Gatsby,” in collaboration with international rock star Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine) and Oscar and Grammy Award nominee Thomas Bartlett. We’ll discuss the joys and challenges of adaptation and why Fitzgerald’s novel continues to dazzle and entertain a hundred years after its creation.

Majok will join us over Zoom, but all are welcome to join us in the Library’s John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall. This program will be available to watch live online, but a recording with not be available. Register to save your in-person seat.

Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland and raised in New Jersey and Chicago. She was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her Broadway debut play, Cost of Living, which was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Other plays include Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound, which have been produced across American and international stages. Majok was also the 2022 Sun Valley Playwrights’ Resident and visited the valley again in 2023 to workshop a new play-in-progess at The Argyros.