DescriptionWall plaque: Louis LaRusso II, Honorary Member GIAA. Guild Italian American Actors. No place (probably New York), December 10, 1988. Engraved brass plate mounted on fiberboard with walnut wood finish, 12" x 14-7/8" wide. LaRusso was lifelong Hoboken resident. Citation text as following the title above: Founded in 1937 as the Italian Actors Union, a branch of the Associated Actors & Artistes of America, AFL-CIO affiliated. Honored for Outstanding Achievement as and Italian American playwright. Director and screenplay writer who has often created work which has provoked heart and soul while portraying Italian American characters as people with a deep sense of humanity and dignity and with strong family and social values. Among many other credits: Off Broadway Hello, Thank You and Goodbye (1973) Honeymoon (1974) Momma's Little Angels (1978) Marlon Brando Sat Right Here (1980) Sanctimonious Monday (1997) The Black Marble Shoe Shine Stand (1998) Sweat Shop (1998) Broadway: Lampost Renunion (1975) Tony Nomination Wheelbarrow Closers (1976) Knockout (1979) Films: Beyond the Reef (Universal) Hell Hunters (MGM) The Closer (ION) December 10, 1998 Paul Borghese National President