Vandergrift! published in Great Britain

New Theatre Publications is proud to announce the release of an exciting new play, Vandergrift!, a two-act historically based dramedy by American playwright, Anthony E. Gallo.

The play is about the actual town the playwright grew up in, but is the story of any town that sees the rise and fall of the industrial revolution. The play about an especially created workers paradise has been staged at twelve distinguished venues in the United States including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The National Press Club, the Cosmos Theatre, the New Kensington Civic Theatre, the Seventh Street Playhouse, the St. John’s Stage, and the Playwrights Forum.In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania. But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift. The Vandergrift plant becomes the largest steel mill in the world Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and her subconscious biases. She revisits the town four times over the next half a century, each time reexamining her own and McMurtry’s ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry. McMurtry’s dream and Olmsted’s design live on despite the collapse of both the steel industry and almost all large American corporations existing at the time of Vandergrift’s inception.

Washington theatre critic Rosalind Lacey praised the play as “the passionate writing in Anthony E. Gallo’s Vandergrift” and “ this balanced slice of overlooked American history .” She continues “ Perhaps the most riveting scenes occur in the dialectic duels which show the mutual respect between Tarbell and McMurtry. As decades pass and Tarbell continues her crusades, McMurtry dies but his ghost whispers in her ear. Peaceful assembly for labor protest and profit making for incentive are American ideals, both argue. Once powerful mills decline and close, Vandergrift changes and exemplifies how America adapts.” Virginia critic, Carolyn Wells, says “If you’re not given to traveling to U. S. cities to check out their history, offerings and atmosphere, one that might attract you is Vandergrift in southwestern Pennsylvania if you had the good fortune to see Vandergrift, a play written by Anthony E. Gallo…. Vandergrift is a lively, fast-moving account of the origin of the city as complement to a profitable steel mill operation. …. Of especial interest is the way, without benefit of seeing any representation of the city beginning with its concept, construction and development over a 50-year period, the audience has a sense of even the intangibles of Vandergrift. … The playwright has a talent for finding the frequently subtly amusing notes in works of historical significance. One leaves the theatre—in the case of this performance

Charelston Revisited opens at Corner Store Stage in DC on August 19

This two-act mystery-comedy takes place on Logan Street in the heart of the renowned Charleston Historic district. Indomitable Charleston matron Charlotte Butler, raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny(Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now a Logan Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of their dates because of an emergency in Savannah, Mark slips in and visits Charlotte. We then learn that the visit is more than a mere curiosity, as we find out that these two bizarre people have much in common. She makes him accompany her to St Phillips' Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.

Charleston Revisited

Charleston Revisited, my newest play, goes into rehearsal.

Lincoln and God at Capital Fringe 09

THE CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL AND THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT
LINCOLN AND GOD
A Radio Show

At Warehouse Theatre Main Stage

Written by
ANTHONY ERNEST GALLO
Directed by
ROLAND BRANFORD GOMEZ

This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Does he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was this relationship with God all about?

Performance Times:
Friday July 17 @ 7:30pmSunday July 19 @ 9pm

Order Tickets ($15): 1.866.811.4111. Tickets will also be sold at the door and at the Capital Fringe Festival & the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, 607 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001- capitalfringe.org

WHERE: Convenient location: Warehouse – Mainstage 1021 7th ST, NW 20001: Across the DC Convention Center. One block from Mt. Vernon Square /7th Street Metro Stop

CAST
CAST
Mark Adams, Rebecca Lenahan. Eddie Page, Mary Ayala Bush, John Shackelford, Jeffrey Clarke, James Clarke



More Information: 202 544 6973 or agallo2368@verizon.net
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/aegallores/linc.html

Lincoln and God, The Radio Show at Warehouse Theatre

LINCOLN AND GOD, A RADIO SHOW by Anthony Ernest Gallo and directed by Roland Branford Gomez opens this at the Warehouse Theatre/Capital Fringe 09 in downtown Washington. This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Does he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was this relationship with God all about?
Performance Times: Saturday July 11 @ 6pm, Sunday July 12 @ 9:15pm, Friday July 17 @ 7:30pmSunday July 19 @ 9pm Order Tickets ($15): 1.866.811.4111. Tickets will also be sold at the door and at the Capital Fringe Festival & the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar 607 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001- capitalfringe.org Where : Warehouse – Mainstage 1021 7th ST, NW 20001: Next to DC Convention Center. One block from Mt. Vernon Square /7th Street Metro Stop More Information: 202 544 6973 or agallo2368@verizon.net or Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/aegallores/linc.html

Lincoln and God at Capital Fringe 09

LINCOLN AND GOD by Anthony Ernest Gallo and directed by Roland Branford Gomez opens this at the Warehouse Theatre/Capital Fringe 09 in downtown Washington. This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Does he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was this relationship with God all about? The play premièred at our Church in June 2007
Performance Times: Saturday July 11 @ 6pm, Sunday July 12 @ 9:15pm, Friday July 17 @ 7:30pmSunday July 19 @ 9pm Order Tickets ($15): 1.866.811.4111. Tickets will also be sold at the door and at the Capital Fringe Festival & the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar 607 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001- capitalfringe.org Where : Warehouse – Mainstage 1021 7th ST, NW 20001: Next to DC Convention Center. One block from Mt. Vernon Square /7th Street Metro Stop More Information: 202 544 6973 or agallo2368@verizon.net or Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/aegallores/linc.html