TOP: Tyler Peterson '18 (left) as Tom Buchanan
and George Morgan '18 as Jay Gatsby
have a heated confrontation
LEFT: Riley Buchanan '20 as Nick Carroway
(left) with Morgan's Gatsby
JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2018 15
The Great Gatsby
The Jesuit Masque
performs the
American classic to
sold-out audiences
The Jesuit Masque brought an
American classic to life with its
spring production of “The Great
Gatsby” from April 12-14 in the Multi-Purpose
Room on campus.
The acclaimed shows played before
sold-out audiences each night to rave
reviews. “Gatsby” featured veteran Jesuit
stage performers George Morgan ’18 as
Jay Gatsby, Riley Buchanan ’20 as Nick
Carraway, Tyler Peterson ’18 as Tom
Buchanan, Harrison Redd ’18 as Meyer
Wolfsheim, and Jack Mahoney ’18 as
George Wilson.
A host of other Jesuit and Academy of
the Holy Names students were part of
the ensemble cast, which was the largest
for a Jesuit production in years, said
Jesuit's theatre director, Richard Miller.
The renowned novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
set among the wealthy elite on
Long Island in the Roaring Twenties, has
been adapted many times onto the big
screen and stage, most recently in the
2013 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Masque performed the 2006 stage
version by Simon Levy.
Thespians at State
Jesuit thespians earned the school’s
best-ever marks at the Florida State
Thespian Festival in downtown Tampa
in March. Riley Buchanan '20 made
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monologues for his performances from
"Hamlet" and "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"
by William Shakespeare and Steve Mar-
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Buchanan received an Excellent rating
for their duet scene from Sam Shepard's
play "True West." Jesuit also received
Excellent ratings for monologues by
Morgan, Jack Mahoney, and Jimmy
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Jesuit freshman to qualify for State in
a solo event. "I couldn't be prouder of
our guys," said Jesuit's theatre director,
Richard Miller. "The judges at State
hold the kids to very high standards.
To come home with four Excellents
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es tells you how hard these young
men worked."
Scan to access a photo slideshow
from Jesuit’s production of The Great
Gatsby