Literature to Life®’s production of 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 9:30 am

Grades 7-12

This stage adaptation features verbatim portions of what is widely considered one of the great American novels, The Great Gatsby. In this one-man-show, we follow midwestern WWI veteran Nick Carraway, who moves to New York City in search of employment after the war. In the height of the Jazz Age and Prohibition Era, Nick is soon pulled into the world of the rich and powerful by way of his cousin, Daisy; her husband, Tom; and a mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Relish in the privilege and face the pitfalls each character encounters as they each reach for their own “green light.” Explore themes of social class, “old money” versus “new money” ideology, gender, race, environmentalism, and the price of the American Dream.

RUBBERBAND Dance Company

Thursday March 6, 2025 at 11:30 am

Grades 7-12

Join us for this special performance designed for student audiences. Artistic Director and founder Victor Quijada was born to Mexican parents and raised in Los Angeles, thriving in the b-boying circles and hip-hop clubs. Quijada founded RUBBERBAND in 2002, after working in New York and Montreal in classical ballet, winning praise for combining the choreographic principals of ballet with the raw ideology of urban dance. The company’s creations are imbued with a strong theatricality, the energy of improvisation, and the codes of cinematic language. They are sculpted by an incomparable precision of gesture. RUBBERBAND Dance Company has redefined the codes of break, classical ballet, and dance theatre.

The Mayhem Poets

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

11:30 am show added!

Grades 6-12

The Mayhem Poets are among the nation’s best spoken word performers, and they are on a mission to change what society thinks about poetry with a unique, rhythmic style of spoken-word poetry. These theatrically trained, comedic, lyrical virtuosos seamlessly blend raw elements of poetry with hip-hop, theater, and comedy to reveal truths on contemporary issues. Don’t miss their return to LBC!