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. Writing career Gallo's plays have been staged in numerous venues, including, in Washington D.C.: The Kennedy Center,Kennedy Center 2011: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS The National Press Club,National Press Club, The Wire, Selected Issues, 2009–PresentNational Press Club, The Record, "Vandergrift Staging," August 13, August 20, August 27, 2007, selected other issues, Washington, DC Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cosmos Theatre,Cosmos Club Bulletin, Selected Issue, 2002–2011 and the Capital Fringe Festival; and in New York City: New York University, The Dramatists Guild of America,Dramatists Diary, Dramatists Guild of American, Member Productions, All Issues, 2007–2011, New York 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 "Margherita" on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Margherita Sarfatti, based on the Book of Judith.Blair, Jackson, Margherita at Harvard, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, November 2009Potomac Stages, Selected Issues, 2007–2010 "Eugenio" on the conversion of Israel Zolli, Rome's Chief Rabbi, in 1944.New York Catholic Standard, Eugenio, July 2008 "The Last Days of King Solomon" on doubt and faith during the rule of King Solomon. "The Agony of David” on the life of King David.Kennedy Center 2010: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS "Vandergrift" on a businessman trying to reconcile capitalism with his Presbyterian religion to create a workers' paradise.Winding Streets, Victorian Vandergrift Museum, "Vandergrift, the Play", September 2007, Vandergrift, Pennsylvania "Lincoln and God" on Abraham Lincoln and God during the American Civil WarKennedy Center 2011: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XLPTS "Charleston Revisited" set on Logan Street in Charleston, South Carolina. "The Botticelli Cruise" on a cruise along the east coast of Africa. "Paul" on the Apostle Paul. "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" about Rome during the 1920s. "The Springfield Boys" 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.
References
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
External links Dollee Dramatists Guild of America Stageplays Play Data Base