Joseph Gallo
Plays: My Italy Story (Penguin Rep, TheatreWorks, Seton Hall University) had its New York debut Off-Broadway at the 47th Street Theatre and was nominated for the Gay Talese Literary Prize; others include Tannhauser: The Play (Ohio Theatre), Boggs (Pelican Theatre), Staten Island (Circle Rep Lab, Samuel Beckett Theater), Whizzy (Ohio Theatre), and The Jealousy Piece (HERE). His one-act play, The World's Worst Coffee, has been produced by theaters across the United States. He wrote, produced, and directed the short films M*O*N*E*Y and No Parking and did the screenplay adaptation of Raymond Carver's Careful for Bob Todd Productions in Los Angeles. He has worked extensively in development on both film and television projects, most notably on a film chronicling the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and on the screenplay adaptation of the memoir Woody, Cisco & Me. His original screenplays include My Italy Story and the pilot episode for the television series Gotham House. His journalism has appeared in the New York Press, Good Times and the Aquarian Weekly. He is an original member of the Waterfront Ensemble theater company and is the recipient of the Rowan University Alumni Award in creative writing.
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