**Before he was The Great Gatsby…there was Gatsby's Rival:**A culture clash ignites a rivalry in the Roaring Twenties between Jay Gatsby and fisherman-turned-rum-runner Joseph (“Foggy Joe”) Bucolo as the two men vie to win control over both the illicit liquor trade on Rhode Island’s waters and for Joe, the love of a spirited Swamp Yankee’s daughter. As Gatsby plots to hijack Bucolo’s rum-running enterprise, he underestimates Bucolo’s mettle and the loyalty of his gang. Fierce in battle and bed, the Swamp Yankees’ primal lifestyle is tempered by an old-fashioned, openly expressed love for camaraderie and belonging. Comically spiced with a bawdy, superstitious, and wanton lust for life, the complex relationships of these life-long friends lure Gatsby and Foggy Joe into treacherous territory, where each is visited with a baptism of their souls.