(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2025 continues with My Italy Story written and performed by Joseph Gallo. 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. Performances take place from November 20-23, 2025.
Tickets range from $25.00 – $27.50 for adults with discounts available for Students & Children on select performances. Thursday evening performances also feature "Buy One Get One" ticket night starting at 5:00pm in person at the box office. Performances will take place Thursday, November 20 at 7:00pm; Friday, November 21 at 8:00pm; Saturday, November 22 at 8:00pm; and Sunday, November 23 at 2:00pm. Performances will take place in the Kutz Theatre located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.
For more information, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1:00-5:00 pm and two hours prior to performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, New Jersey.
Playwright Joseph Gallo founded and developed the Hudson County Community College’s Liberal Arts: Theatre Arts - Associate in The Arts Option. He is a NISOD Excellence Award winner, and the recipient of the Kennedy Center Prize for Innovating Teaching in Theatre.
Professionally he is a playwright, producer, actor, filmmaker, and director. His plays include: Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime, The Playbill Gallery (a love story), Long Gone Daddy, My Italy Story, New York City 523, Two-Man Kidnapping Rule, Warning: Adult Content, and Staten Island.
A frequent participant at The Moth in New York City, he has toured with The Moth Mainstage Ensemble, and has been featured on both The Moth Podcast and The Moth Radio Hour.
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The 2025-26 Season of Performing Arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, the John and Margaret Post Foundation, The New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the CSC corporate sponsors, including Heath Village, Visions Federal Credit Union, Explore Warren, and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
