Katie Leug (left), Ron Nakahara (center), and Orion Lee (right), rehearse 'Wild Swans' in the ART in preparation for its premier

Narrator Scott Shepherd, who plays Nick Carraway, concentrates on reading “The Great Gatsby” aloud as the characters in the book come to life with a roaring party around him. “Gatz,” an Elevator Repair Service production running at the American Repertory Theater, sets the popular Fitzgerald novel in a mundane office that gradually morphs into the tragic world of “Gatsby.” Poignant and arresting, “Gatz” will show at the A.R.T. through February 7.

Narrator Scott Shepherd, who plays Nick Carraway, concentrates on reading “The Great Gatsby” aloud as the characters in the book come to life with a roaring party around him. “Gatz,” an Elevator Repair Service production running at the American Repertory Theater, sets the popular Fitzgerald novel in a mundane office that gradually morphs into the tragic world of “Gatsby.” Poignant and arresting, “Gatz” will show at the A.R.T. through February 7.