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10 things you might want to know about Genevra Gallo:
1. Addictions: action movies, Thai food, children’s books, iced tea, dime stores.
2. She’s been a professional writer for more than five years, focusing on theatre, content development, marketing/PR and journalism.
3. Favorite novels: "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; "My Year of Meats" by Ruth L. Ozeki; "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd; everything by Amy Tan and Barbara Kingsolver.
4. She was born in Galesburg, IL on December 18, 1972.
5. She’s a writer/performer with The Neo-Futurists (www.neofuturists.org) and has been an ensemble member since January of 2001.
6. Other places to find her work: "This Day: Diaries from American Women" (Beyond Words Publishing, Inc.); "43 Plays For 43 Presidents" (Playscripts, Inc.); "Neo-Solo: 131 Neo-Futurist Solo Plays" and "200 More Neo-Futurist Plays" (Hope and Nonthings Publishing).
7. She believes Wes Anderson is a genius.
8. Her "Imaginastics" class at the Actors’ Gymnasium was voted "Best of Chicago" in Chicago Magazine’s August, 2003 issue.
9. Things she cooks really well: fried rice, banana bread, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, massaman curry, homemade macaroni and cheese, any pasta dish.
10. Resides in: Lincoln Square...with her husband and colleague, Andy Bayiates, and their Boston Terrier, Simon.
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