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Anthony E. Gallo
Born	(1939-02-03) February 3, 1939 (age 85) Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, US
Known for	Playwright, economist & film and stage producer
Children	1

Anthony Ernest (Tony) Gallo (born February 3, 1939) is an American playwright.

Anthony Gallo received an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and a master's degree from the Wharton School.^[1]

Gallo's plays have been staged in numerous venues, including, in Washington D.C.: The Kennedy Center,^[2] The National Press Club,^[3][4] Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cosmos Theatre,^[5] and the Capital Fringe Festival; and in New York City: New York University, The Dramatists Guild of America,^[6] 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.^[7]

• "Margherita" on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Margherita Sarfatti, based on the Book of Judith.^[8][9]
• "Eugenio" on the conversion of Israel Zolli, Rome's Chief Rabbi, in 1944.^[10][11]
• "The Last Days of King Solomon" on doubt and faith during the rule of King Solomon.^[8]
• "The Agony of David” on the life of King David.^[12]
• "Vandergrift" on a businessman trying to reconcile capitalism with his Presbyterian religion to create a workers' paradise.^[13][14]
• "Lincoln and God" on Abraham Lincoln and God during the American Civil War^[15][2]
• "Charleston Revisited" set on Logan Street in Charleston, South Carolina.^[16][17]
• "The Botticelli Cruise" on a cruise along the east coast of Africa.
• "Paul" on the Apostle Paul.^[5]
• "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"^{[permanent dead link‍]} about Rome during the 1920s.
• "The Springfield Boys"^{[permanent dead link‍]} on the relationship between Abraham Lincoln, Joshua Speed, and William Herndon

• Margherita: ISBN 978-1-4563-8030-4; Eugenio: ISBN 978-1-4563-8670-2; The Last Days of King Solomon: ISBN 978-1-4609-8420-8; The Agony of David: ISBN 978-1-4609-1598-1. 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.

• 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

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• Dramatists Guild of America
• Stageplays
• Play Data Base