My Italy Story

By: Joseph Gallo

Oct. 24-27, 2024

Hamilton Stage, Rahway, NJ

Nov. 1-3rd, 2024

Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge, NJ

My Italy Story is a nostalgic exploration of family, heritage and the ties that bind us. Spurred by pleas from his cousin to help reunite his fractured family, a young man quits his job and travels to Vallata -- the tiny Italian town of his ancestors. Not until he comes home, however, does he discover a secret that unlocks his past. Directed by Charlotte Cohn.

PURLIE

By: Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell
Lyrics by: Peter Udell
Music by: Gary Geld
Based on the Play “Purlie Victorious”
by Ossie davis

March 6-23rd, 2025

Hamilton Stage, Rahway, NJ

Purlie is the rousing 1970 musical adaptation of Ossie Davis's comedic play Purlie Victorious about a traveling preacher who returns to his hometown in Georgia and concocts a scheme to reclaim his church and ring the bell of freedom for plantation workers.  Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Direction and Best Choreography, the original Broadway production launched the careers of Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley and Cleavon Little as Purlie). The production will be directed by Broadway’s Kenny Ingram, with Musical Direction by Gary Mitchell, Jr..

Purlie is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals (www.concordtheatricals.com) and sponsored in part by Merck.