Tom Pelphrey Stars In Mile Square Theatre's Production Of MY ITALY STORY, Runs 6/17-6/28

Performed by two-time Emmy® Award-winning actor and The Guiding Light star Tom Pelphrey, Joseph Gallo’s My Italy Story is a story of a young man from Hoboken, NJ who sets out to heal 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 Monroe Center for the Arts, brings together a creative team of seasoned Broadway and Film/Television artists that are strongly attached to Hoboken. Written by Hoboken playwright Joseph Gallo, My Italy Story stars former Hobokenite Tom Pelphrey, and is directed by Hoboken resident Matthew Lawler.

The show will be performed from June 17 through June 28, Wednesdays through Sundays at 8pm, 3pm matinees on June 27 and June 28, featuring Richie Call in the role.

This is a  Pay-What-You-Will event. However, there is a $25 suggested donation. Reservations strongly suggested.

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.” They do not want the $25 ticket price to be an impediment to seeing the production.

Monroe Theatrespace is located at 720 Monroe Street, 2nd floor. There is free parking.

For more information, visit www.milesquaretheatre.org.

Spurred by visits from his grandmother's ghost and by pleas from his cousin Louie to help get the
family back together, Thomas DaGato quits his job as a New York account executive and travels
to the tiny Italian village of his ancestors—Vallata. It's not until he comes home, however, that he
discovers a secret that unlocks his past.

Joseph Gallo (Playwright) His play My Italy Story had its New York debut Off-Broadway at the 47th Street Theatre and was nominated for the Gay Talese Literary Prize. His most recent play Warning: Adult Content opened last season at Theatre 54 in New York. He co-created, and wrote the text for two dance/theater pieces Tannhauser: The Play and 80% of Love, both of which debuted in New York at the Obie award-winning Ice Factory Festival at the Ohio Theatre; the latter done in collaboration with company Rindfleisch, and subsequently transferred to the Jacob’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, Cincinnati Playhouse, Delaware Stage Company, Seven Angels Theatre, Orlando Fringe Festival, and at both the Hudson Guild Theatre and Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. He holds an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University.

Tom Pelphrey (performer) Regional work includes: Griffin in Wonders of the Invisible World (Apothecary Theatre Co.), Murderer in Fair Rosamund and Her Murderer (Apothecary Theatre 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 The Guiding Light, Numbers, The Last Note, Seven Hours, The Laws of Motion, CSI Miami, and Ghost Whisperer. Awards: 4 Daytime Emmy Nominations and 2-time Daytime Emmy Award Winner for The Guiding Light (2006 & 2008). Education: BFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts; Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, England.

Matthew Lawler (director) is a co-founder and current producing artistic director for the award-winning rUDE mECHANICALS Theater company of NYC. The company’s productions include NYC premieres of works by Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Caryl Churchill, as well as world premieres by Will Eno and Charles Mee Jr. As an actor for the company, Matt has performed in several shows including Endgame, Largo DeSoloto (winner of Backstage`s Harold Clurman Award), The Flu Season (winner of Newsday`s Oppy Award), and DeLillo`s Valparaiso (New York 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 Comedic Performance), The Sopranos, and several appearances on Law & Order. MFA from ACT.

The Mission of Mile Square Theatre is to promote the theatre arts in the community of Hoboken and Hudson County, New Jersey by bringing together theatre artists and presenting works of quality that speak to a diverse audience and reflect the beauty and complexity of today's world.

They aim to achieve our goals through the production of new works and the classics, through community-based projects, school residencies, and classes.

My Italy Story is sponsored by Monroe Center for the Arts and Bijou Properties.