A stage performance of the classic science fiction story "Fahrenheit 451" at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor has ignited conversations among local students and others about the decline of reading and dangers of social media.

The production, directed by Sag Harbor resident and Bay Street co-founder Stephen Hamilton, was part of a longtime Bay Street Theater program called Literature Live!, which stages plays adapted from reading material taught in high school classrooms and invites school groups to attend for free.

The theater and local teachers also have used the staging of "The Great Gatsby," "The Scarlet Letter" and "Of Mice and Men" to engage students in conversations about classic literary works.

In the case of "Fahrenheit 451," the story serves to highlight the decline of read

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