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By MIKE STRACCO
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February 26, 2021 at 9:29 PM
The Hawthorne Pride Alliance is looking for volunteers who wish to be part of the cast of “My Big Gay Italian Wedding.”
Those interested in auditioning need to contact the Alliance (hawthornepridealliance@gmail.com) by Tuesday, March 2 in order to receive the appropriate audition material. Auditions will be held virtually from 7-9pm on Wednesday, March 3.
This play was written by Anthony J. Wilkinson, and is about “Anthony Pinnunziato, a gay Italian-American, wants to marry his boyfriend, Andrew Polinski, in a traditional Italian ceremony. Anthony’s overbearing mother, Angela, won’t give her blessing unless Andrew’s estranged mother also gives her blessing and the ceremony is performed by a priest. Matters are further complicated by Andrew’s ex-boyfriend intent on breaking up the couple.
A champion for young people
Teaneck is like a quilted blanket, according to Scott Pleasants. The town is unique, everyone in it looks different, yet it’s all stitched and tied together.
This is what led Pleasants to move to town in 1997 with his wife, Yolanda, to raise their family of four. And it’s Teaneck’s diverse, idiosyncratic community that drives him to fight for its youth today.
When Pleasants kids were entering middle school in the early 2000s, he noticed that something was off. His children weren’t being awarded appropriately for their academic achievement, he said. Back then, good grades meant ice cream and a sheet of paper to stick on the fridge. It wasn’t bad, but Pleasants wanted better.