Julian Gallo

Rhombus Denied Julian Gallo

The theater had always been a passion for the young Dante Russo. Sometimes things don't work out the way one hopes and now he finds himself married to a successful business woman and teaching drama at a specialized Manhattan high school. One day he receives the news that his friend and mentor is on his death bed. Knowing that he doesn't have much time, Dante travels to Paris to visit his dying friend. Jacques leaves Dante something special - an original manuscript of a play called 'Rhombus Denied', a production that has the distinction of never being performed in its entirety because of the riots it caused. Dante returns to New York with the idea of putting on the play as a tribute to his mentor as well as a means of getting back into what was always his first love - the theater. But times have changed and so have sensibilities and Dante finds that putting on a production of this little known French playwright may not be as easy as it seems, nor find an audience as enthusiastic about the work as he is.