More than seventy years after its first publication, Ray Bradbury’s seminal novel is being adapted for the stage by playwright Martyna Majok. Since its release in 1953, the novel has sold over 12 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 58 languages and continues to captivate readers with its powerful and thought-provoking themes. Bradbury’s exploration of technology and censorship has proven timeless, resonating with new generations of readers around the world.
The Bradbury Estate have said “We are delighted to bring Fahrenheit 451 to a new audience, with the impact and intimacy that only theater can offer, to be working with producers who care so deeply for the work and with Martyna Majok, a truly great dramatist of enormous intelligence, sensitivity, and skill.”
Speaking about the adaptation, Majok said, “”The relevancy of mind domination and the end of the world in our current age needs no words; what struck me most in Fahrenheit 451 was its lens on our loneliness. How our yearning for connection and fear of its absence can be feasted upon. How we long to devote ourselves to something true and lasting in a fracturing society. And the ways we blow up our lives to unearth the truth we’ve buried – which will shatter us into our most honest selves. As Bradbury writes ‘We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in awhile.'”
Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland, and raised in New Jersey and Chicago. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2018 for her Broadway debut play, Cost of Living, which was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Her works, including Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound, have graced stages worldwide. Her accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, and an Obie Award for Playwriting, among many others. Majok studied at Yale School of Drama, Juilliard, and the University of Chicago and has developed television projects for HBO as well as feature films with studios including Plan B, Pastel, and Killer Films.
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