On December 10 and 11, the Hawthorne Pride Alliance Foundation performed “My Big Gay Italian Christmas” the last of the “My Big Gay Italian” series written by Anthony J. Wilkinson. The cast included Hope Foley as Josephine, Thomas Bushnauskas as Victorio Buccatini, Krissy Sciarra as Aunt Toniann, Rob Laub as the weatherman and Officer Gardner, Mary Laido as Angela Pinnunziato, Jennifer Ehrentraut as Sister Fonzina, Grace Lyttle as Olivia, Kylie Sciarra as Maria Pinnuniziato, Wendy Marak as Sister Fabiana and Mike Stracco as Anthony Pinunnizato. Stracco also produced and directed the production.

“My Big Gay Italian Christmas” is a lasagna made up of a bisexual love triangle, political conversations gone spoiled, a variety of over the top characters and the snow storm of the century all leading to chaos of a family on Christmas Eve.