Allston Residents to Star in The Great Gatsby

MOONSTRUCK THEATER COMPANY, in association with Amazing Things Art Center of Framingham, is pleased to present the regional premiere of the American classic THE GREAT GATSBY, opening Friday, October 24, and running for seven performances through Sunday, November 2.

THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age fable of doomed love and careless wealth, will be presented live on stage as you have never seen it before. This exciting new version, reinterpreted for the stage by Simon Levy, brings the American classic to life through the music of the era. Song and dance from the 1920s will accompany Levy’s exhilarating script to create an immersive theatrical experience.

THE GREAT GATSBY features 15 performers from the Boston and Metro West regions, including Allston residents, Jared Walsh and Cara Guappone.

Walsh stars as the mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby.

“THE GREAT GATSBY is my favorite American Novel and I’ve been lucky enough to study it for the past few years in my job,” says Walsh, who works Wayland High School, “I’ve never even heard of someone making Gatsby into a play before. It has been a wonderful experience.”

Walsh has been involved with the Boston theater scene for the past 8 years and was recently seen as Melchoir in Spring Awakening and The Balladeer in Assassins, both with FUDGE Theater Company.

Guappone plays opposite Walsh as leading lady, Daisy Buchanan.

Guappone has been dancing since she could walk and acting for the past twelve years. Her favorite part about the show? “It’s a SURPRISICAL!” Guappone exclaims, “It’s a play that, SURPRISE, has musical numbers! The music and dance help bring to live the roaring twenties, the glitter and illusion that encompass the characters, it’s really an exciting addition to the original script.”

Guappone seems to have a penchant for challenging roles, “I recently wrapped up a production of Romeo Juliet in which I was entrusted the role of Juliet. The show was a passion project for myself and a couple of friends, so not only did we have the chance to act in the show, but we shaped its entire vision,” Guappone says, “ There were plenty of bumps along the way, well more like camel sized humps along the way, but it is one of my greatest theatrical accomplishments to date. Huzzah!”

Walsh and Guappone can’t seem to get enough of performing, Walsh is in a band called Barricades, which was recently in the WZLX Rock and Roll Rumble this past Spring. They released their full length album last Summer called “With Perfect Aim” that can be found on iTunes and Spotify. Guappone runs a new theater company called The Opposite of People.

Outside the theater, Walsh coaches the baseball team at Wayland High and Guappone works at a design studio in Cambridge.

The show is directed by Matthew Sherman, music directed by Samantha Prindiville, and choreographed by Caroline Fonseca. The production will be presented at Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St, Framingham, MA.

Tickets are $25 for general admission, $24 for senior citizens and students, $21 for Amazing Things Members, and $13 for children 12 and under. For tickets, reservations, and more information, visit www.moonstrucktheater.org or call 508-405-ARTS (2787).

Student Rush tickets for $10 are available at matinee performances for all students and educators with a valid student/educator ID; group tickets of 10 or more Student Rush tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the box office and individual Student Rush tickets may be purchased at the door.