Gianfranco Lentini

Gianfranco Lentini

Gianfranco Lentini (he/him) is a NYC-based queer playwright, teacher, journalist, and First Generation Italian American. His produced and published plays include Glory Hole (Burlington County Footlighters), Goodnight (The Coachella Review), happier (A Night of Play), I’m really glad you’re here (The Magnetic Theatre), Katherine & Peter (Torrent Theatre, inspiraTO Festival), Self-Published (Molecule Literary...
Gianfranco Lentini (he/him) is a NYC-based queer playwright, teacher, journalist, and First Generation Italian American. His produced and published plays include Glory Hole (Burlington County Footlighters), Goodnight (The Coachella Review), happier (A Night of Play), I’m really glad you’re here (The Magnetic Theatre), Katherine & Peter (Torrent Theatre, inspiraTO Festival), Self-Published (Molecule Literary Magazine), You Tell Me (Theatrical Response Team), Okay Walt Whitman (The Coachella Review), and Open (Mini Plays Review: An International Journal of Short Plays). Gianfranco is currently an Adjunct Professor at New York University for Tisch Drama’s New Studio on Broadway’s Summer Program and a Wendy Wasserstein Project Representative for TDF (Theatre Development Fund). He is also a proud Member of the Dramatists Guild of America. You can learn more about Gianfranco's work at heygianfranco.com and on Instagram at @HeyGianfranco.

Plays

  • it's fine by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, holiday
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    Keyword: first generation, Italian American + 8 more
    Genre: drama, holiday
    Keyword: first generation, Italian American, family, mother and son, 3 generations, intergenerational trauma, single mom, gay, Thanksgiving, holiday
    (FULL LENGTH) On the eve of Thanksgiving 2018, Salvatore (Sal) returns to his family home in suburban Pennsylvania. His life and work have been confined to the safety of New York City, intentionally so, but this trip home is different, necessary.

    Three generations of an Italian/Italian-American family who all speak a different tongue: an immigrant grandfather, a WWII Veteran who fought on the...
    (FULL LENGTH) On the eve of Thanksgiving 2018, Salvatore (Sal) returns to his family home in suburban Pennsylvania. His life and work have been confined to the safety of New York City, intentionally so, but this trip home is different, necessary.

    Three generations of an Italian/Italian-American family who all speak a different tongue: an immigrant grandfather, a WWII Veteran who fought on the wrong side; an immigrant mother, a conservative Italian Catholic widow; and a First Generation Italian American queer man.
  • afters by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Fire Island, Fire Island Pines + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: Fire Island, Fire Island Pines, gay, open relationships
    (Short Play) Sunrise on Fire Island Pines. When the party is over, what (or who) comes next?
  • Glory Hole by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: confession, confessional + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, faith-based
    Keyword: confession, confessional, faith, karma, forgiveness, redemption, church, Therapy
    (Short Play) Avi's run out of options. Their friends are "bleh." Their family is unwell. And therapy has been—well, nevermind. But it's nothing that a trip to confession can't fix...maybe.
  • happier by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: New York City, Central Park + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: New York City, Central Park, Bethesda fountain, houseless, houselessness
    (Short Play)
    Midnight. Bethesda Fountain.
    Central Park. New York City.
    Big Gulp & Soup Cup.
  • I'm really glad you're here. by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: friendship, college + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: friendship, college, post-college, first apartment
    (Short Play) Joe and Kyla have just graduated college. Joe and Kyla have just rented their first apartment together. Joe and Kyla have just realized they have no idea what to do next. But Joe and Kyla are really glad they're here.
  • Katherine & Peter by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Relationships, love + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Relationships, love, mistakes
    (Short Play) Katherine and Peter have been running away for so long, it was only a matter of time before they came full circle.
  • Okay, Walt Whitman. by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: gay, family + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: gay, family, chosen family, Walt Whitman, Fire Island
    (Short Play) Fire Island Pines: a haven. The end of summer has just begun rolling in. The seismic aftershocks of Pride, the Fourth of July, and the infamous Pines Party have stopped rumbling. And for now, here, on the beach, all is still...for a moment.
  • OPEN by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gay, love + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gay, love, relationship, monogamy, non-monogamy, polyamory, open relationship
    (Short Play) The nature of an open relationship comes down to one question--only one question.
  • Self-Published by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: writing, writer + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: writing, writer, publishing, self-publishing, comedy
    (Short Play) Who needs an ISBN number anyway? ... Right?
  • you tell me by Gianfranco Lentini
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Therapy, zoom + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Therapy, zoom, 2020, Quarantine, lockdown
    (Short Play) Brian has cracked. It’s 2020. He’s alone, in the middle of lockdown, and counting the strawberry-to-flake ratio in his box of Special K. So, naturally, he’s called an emergency therapy session with Anne. The only thing is...she may have gone a little mad, too.