MY ITALY STORY Returns For Hoboken's St. Ann's Feast At Monroe Theatrespace 7/22-7/26

Coming off a successful two-week run, Mile Square Theatre's production of My Italy Story returns by popular demand, in conjunction with St. Ann's Feast, Hoboken'sannual Italian-American festival, presented by St. Ann's Parish.

Sold out audiences were responding to the initial run of My Italy Story with standing ovations, and here's another chance to see this wonderful play by Hoboken playwright Joseph Gallo. Peter Filichia of The Star-Ledger wrote of the show, "No excuses now. It's time to get to Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken to see My Italy Story."Performed by two-time Emmy® Award-winning actor and The Guiding Light star TomPelphrey, My Italy Story is a story of a young man from Hoboken, New Jersey who sets out toheal the rift that divides his family, and in the process traces his roots to a remote village in Italy, returning to America to face a surprising family secret. Mile Square Theatre, Hudson County's leading professional theatre, now in residence at MonroeCenter for the Arts, brings together a creative team of seasoned Broadway and Film/Television artists that are strongly attached to Hoboken.

Written by Hoboken playwrightJoseph Gallo, My Italy Story stars former Hobokenite Tom Pelphrey, and is directed by Hobokenresident Matthew Lawler.

Spurred by visits from his grandmother's ghost and by pleas from his cousin Louie to help get thefamily back together, Thomas DaGato quits his job as a New York account executive and travelsto the tiny Italian village of his ancestors-Vallata.

It's not until he comes home, however, that hediscovers a secret that unlocks his past.

JOSEPH GALLO (Playwright) His play My Italy Story had its New York debut Off-Broadway atthe 47th Street Theatre and was nominated for the Gay Talese Literary Prize. His most recentplay Warning: Adult Content opened last season at Theatre 54 in New York. He co-created, andwrote the text for two dance/theater pieces Tannhauser: The Play and 80% of Love, both of whichdebuted in New York at the Obie award-winning Ice Factory Festival at the Ohio Theatre; thelatter done in collaboration with company Rindfleisch, and subsequently transferred to theJacob's Pillow Dance Festival. His work has additionally been seen on the stages of HERE,Circle Rep Lab, Mile Square Theatre, Pearl Theater, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, 78th Street Theatre, Waterfront Ensemble, Atlantic Theatre Company, CincinnatiPlayhouse, Delaware Stage Company, Seven Angels Theatre, Orlando Fringe Festival, and atboth the Hudson Guild Theatre and Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. He holds an MFA inplaywriting from Ohio University.

Tom Pelphrey (performer) Regional work includes: Griffin in Wonders of the InvisibleWorld (Apothecary Theatre Co.), Murderer in Fair Rosamund and Her Murderer (ApothecaryTheatre Co.), Bash (Amphibian Productions), The Subject of Roses (Penguin Rep), Crazy Eights(EST) and A New Television Arrives, Finally (Shetler Studios). Film/Television: Jonathan in TheGuiding Light, Numbers, The Last Note, Seven Hours, The Laws of Motion, CSI Miami, andGhost Whisperer. Awards: 4 Daytime Emmy Nominations and 2-time Daytime Emmy AwardWinner for The Guiding Light (2006 & 2008). Education: BFA, Rutgers University, Mason GrossSchool of the Arts; Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, England.

Matthew Lawler (director) is a co-founder and current producing artistic director for theaward-winning rUDE mECHANICALS Theater company of NYC. The company's productionsinclude NYC premieres of works by Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Caryl Churchill, as well as worldpremieres by Will Eno and Charles Mee Jr. As an actor for The company, Matt has performed inseveral shows including Endgame, Largo DeSoloto (winner of Backstage`s Harold ClurmanAward), The Flu Season (winner of Newsday`s Oppy Award), and DeLillo`s Valparaiso (NewYork Times Best of Off-Broadway for 2002). Matt has worked with several NYC theaters including: The Roundabout, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The New Group and in October, he will appear at 59 E 59 in Rough Sketch, a play by Shawn Nacol which he helped develop. TV and film credits include Filmic Achievement (Jackson Hole Festival Award for Best ComedicPerformance), The Sopranos, and several appearances on Law & Order. MFA from ACT.

Event Date/Time: LIMITED ENGAGEMENT July 22 through July 26, Wednesdays through Sundays @ 8pm, 3pm matinee on July 26

Event Cost: Pay-What-You-Will, $25 suggested donation • Reservations Strongly Suggested •201.208.7809

Mile Square Theatre's ticket policy for this show encourages people on fixed incomes to determine what they can afford, or to "pay what you will." We do not want the $25 ticket price to be an impediment to seeing the production.

Event Place: Monroe Theatrespace, 720 Monroe Street, 2 nd floor

Event Title: My Italy Story, by Joseph GalloWebsite: www.milesquaretheatre.org

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