Anthony E. Gallo

American playwright (born 1939)

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Anthony E. Gallo

Born	(1939-02-03) February 3, 1939 (age 85) Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, US
Known for	Playwright, economist & film and stage producer
Children	1

Anthony Ernest (Tony) Gallo (born February 3, 1939) is an American playwright.

Early life

Anthony Gallo received an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and a master's degree from the Wharton School.^[1]

Writing career

Gallo's plays have been staged in numerous venues, including, in Washington D.C.: The Kennedy Center,^[2] The National Press Club,^[3]^[4] Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cosmos Theatre,^[5] and the Capital Fringe Festival; and in New York City: New York University, The Dramatists Guild of America,^[6] Casa Italiana, and Abingdon.

In 2016, Gallo's absurdist play Heathcliff in America premiered on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.^[7]

Stage plays

"Margherita" on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Margherita Sarfatti, based on the Book of Judith.^[8]^[9]
"Eugenio" on the conversion of Israel Zolli, Rome's Chief Rabbi, in 1944.^[10]^[11]
"The Last Days of King Solomon" on doubt and faith during the rule of King Solomon.^[8]
"The Agony of David” on the life of King David.^[12]
"Vandergrift" on a businessman trying to reconcile capitalism with his Presbyterian religion to create a workers' paradise.^[13]^[14]
"Lincoln and God" on Abraham Lincoln and God during the American Civil War^[15]^[2]
"Charleston Revisited" set on Logan Street in Charleston, South Carolina.^[16]^[17]
"The Botticelli Cruise" on a cruise along the east coast of Africa.
"Paul" on the Apostle Paul.^[5]
"Heathcliff in America" an absurdist play set in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
"The Tragedy of King Saul" on King Saul
"The Eaton Woman" on Peggy Eaton and the Petticoat Affair during the Andrew Jackson Administration
Teresa on St. Teresa of Avila.
*Better than the Best on nineteenth century capitalism
"Luther" on the theologian Martin Luther.
"Mr. Morris! Mr. Morris!" on the financier of the American Revolution, Robert Morris
"Madame Caillaux" on the 1914 murder trial of Henriette Caillaux.
"Robert" a surrealistic drama on Robert Todd Lincoln
"Jonathan" on Jonathan, the son of King Saul.
"Shakespeare and Lincoln" a surrealistic play on William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln .
"Cabala"^{[permanent dead link]} about Rome during the 1920s.
"The Springfield Boys"^{[permanent dead link]} on the relationship between Abraham Lincoln, Joshua Speed, and William Herndon

Publications

Margherita: ISBN 978-1-4563-8030-4; Eugenio: ISBN 978-1-4563-8670-2; The Last Days of King Solomon: ISBN 978-1-4609-8420-8; The Agony of David: ISBN 978-1-4609-1598-1. Available From Browns Court Publishing Company: February 2010: Seven Religious Dramas By Anthony E. Gallo, Edited By Lenny Levy; August 2009: Eight Dramas By Anthony E. Gallo, June 2008: Seven Dramas By Anthony E. Gallo, July 2006: Five Dramas By Anthony E. Gallo, November 2005: The Complete Plays Of Anthony E. Gallo. Single Plays: The Last Days Of King Solomon, November 2008; The Agony Of David: July 2007; Lincoln And God: August 2007; Margherita: July 2006; Eugenio: July 2006; Better Than The Best: July 2006; Vandergrift!: December 2006; Charleston Revisited: July 2006. British Publications: Margherita: New Theatre Publications, January 2009; Vandergrift!: New Theatre Publications, June 2009.

References

^ Gallo, Anthony. "Member Anthony E. Gallo to give keynote address to the Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society". National Press Club. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
^ ^a ^b Kennedy Center 2011: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS
^ National Press Club, The Wire, Selected Issues, 2009–Present
^ National Press Club, The Record, "Vandergrift Staging," August 13, August 20, August 27, 2007, selected other issues, Washington, DC
^ ^a ^b Cosmos Club Bulletin, Selected Issue, 2002–2011
^ Dramatists Diary, Dramatists Guild of American, Member Productions, All Issues, 2007–2011, New York
^ report, Wire staff. "Club member Gallo's "Heathcliff in America" premieres, Oct. 22". National Press Club. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
^ ^a ^b Blair, Jackson, Margherita at Harvard, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, November 2009
^ Potomac Stages, Selected Issues, 2007–2010
^ Lieble, Aaron (July 2009). "Jewish Themed plays at Capital Fringe Festival". Jewish Times.
^ New York Catholic Standard, Eugenio, July 2008
^ Kennedy Center 2010: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS
^ Link, James (July 9, 2011). "Review". Greenbelt News. Greenbelt, Maryland.
^ Winding Streets, Victorian Vandergrift Museum, "Vandergrift, the Play", September 2007, Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
^ Kennedy Center 2011: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS
^ Moravec, Nathan (June 2, 2011). "About Charleston Revisited". Prince Georges Gazette.
^ Griffith, Carol (2010). "Review of Charleston Revisited". Greenbelt News. Greenbelt, Maryland.

Additional references

Arguello, Julio, Voice of the Hill, Cap Hill Playwright. page 20 July 2008
Colarco, Renee, Dramatist Diary, May–June 2010 selected Issues 2002-2011
Jackson, Wanda, Prince Georges Sentinel, August 18, Vandergrift: Vandergrift! at The Greenbelt Arts, June 5, 2011
McCall, Celeste, More Hill Theatrics, April 2009.
Ryan Reilly, The Gazette, Playwright Debuts play about Life in Greenbelt. Thursday, August 5, 2010.
Vandergrift News, "National Press Club Presents Vandergrift," Vandergrift, PA, September 1, 2007
Wells, Carolyn, Review, Vandergrift, Community News. September 2007
Washington Post, Selected issues 2007–present