Anthony E. Gallo
Early life
Anthony Gallo received an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and a master's degree from the Wharton School.Writing career
Gallo's plays have been staged in numerous venues, including, in Washington D.C.: The Kennedy Center, The National Press Club, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cosmos Theatre, and the Capital Fringe Festival; and in New York City: New York University, The Dramatists Guild of America, 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.
Stage plays
- on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Margherita Sarfatti, based on the Book of Judith.
- on the conversion of Israel Zolli, Rome's Chief Rabbi, in 1944.
- on doubt and faith during the rule of King Solomon.
- on the life of King David.
- on a businessman trying to reconcile capitalism with his Presbyterian religion to create a workers' paradise.
- on Abraham Lincoln and God during the American Civil War
- set on Logan Street in Charleston, South Carolina.
- on a cruise along the east coast of Africa.
- on the Apostle Paul.
- an absurdist play set in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
- on King Saul
- on Peggy Eaton and the Petticoat Affair during the Andrew Jackson Administration
- on St. Teresa of Avila.
- on nineteenth century capitalism
- on the theologian Martin Luther.
- on the financier of the American Revolution, Robert Morris
- "Madame Caillaux" on the 1914 murder trial of Henriette Caillaux.
- a surrealistic drama on Robert Todd Lincoln
- on Jonathan, the son of King Saul.
- a surrealistic play on William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln.
- about Rome during the 1920s.
- on the relationship between Abraham Lincoln, Joshua Speed, and William Herndon
Publications
- Margherita: ; Eugenio: ; The Last Days of King Solomon: ; The Agony of David:. 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.
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 2007Washington Post, Selected issues 2007–present