The St. Leonard Chronicles

From the award-winning author of stage hits Mambo Italiano and In Piazza San Domenico comes a delicious, saucy new comedy about Terry and Robert, a young couple with roots in the Italian neighbourhood of St. Leonard in Montreal. The couple’s newly renovated duplex has barely a hint of gilded rococo - not just a cultural infraction, but also an ominous sign that all is not as it should be. Eager to break free of family ties that are bound too tight, Terry and Robert announce they’re moving to the affluent anglophone suburb of Beaconsfield - tantamount to committing a mortal sin in the eyes of their more traditional Italian relatives. When they confess their plans to their parents over dinner one night, floodgates open to other unspoken desires and revelations, turning conservative St. Leonard values upside down.

The St. Leonard Chronicles opened the 2013-14 season at Montreal’s venerable Centaur Theatre and sold out before its run. The play was extended and went on to sell more than twenty thousand tickets. The French version of the Chronicles, translated by Galluccio himself, premieres at Theâtre Jean Duceppe in Montreal in December 2014 and then in 2015 embarks on a twenty-four-city tour.

Cast of 4 women and 3 men.

Steve Galluccio began his career in the Montreal underground theater scene in 1990. He burst into the mainstream with Mambo Italiano, one of the most successful plays in Canadian theater history. The play was made into a feature film, which became an international hit, sold in more than 53 countries, including the United States. Galluccio followed Mambo Italiano with the Gemini Award-winning series TV series Ciao Bella. Filmed in both French and English, Ciao Bella played on the CBC and Radio Canada. Ciao Bella was also broadcast in Europe and the United States.

Galluccio’s second feature film, Surviving My Mother, won the audience favorite award at the Montreal Film Festival, and was featured in many prestigious film festivals the world over. Galluccio’s third feature, the bilingual Funkytown, opened in January 2011 and grossed over ＄1.5M. In Piazza San Domenico, Galluccio’s ninth play was the number one comedy in Montreal in the fall of 2009, selling out most of its extended run. The play was performed in Germany in 2011. In 2012 Galluccio, released his first book, Montreal a la Galluccio, a whimsical guide to his beloved hometown.

Galluccio’s new play, The St. Leonard Chronicles, opened the 2013-14 season at Montreal’s venerable Centaur Theatre and sold out before its run. The play was extended and went on to sell 23,000 tickets. The French version of the Chronicles, translated by Galluccio, will premiere at the legendary Theatre Jean Duceppe in Montreal in December 2014 and will then embark on a 24-city tour across Quebec in 2015.