本文旨在檢視戲劇中義裔加拿大人間代溝與文化衝突之論述。劇作家薩爾瓦多．安東尼奧於<<在加百列的廚房>>一劇中，探討了一個義裔加拿大家庭，在兒子揭露自己的同性戀傾向後而趨於崩解。本文援用文化研究之背景與義大利-加拿大文學作品，意圖分析作者安東尼奧所傳達之雙重衝突：其一為直接論及有關第一代移民和第二代子女間的差異；其次乃探討更具顛覆性的文化衝突問題，即披露出在義裔加拿大人的環境中身為同志之認同爭議。

This paper examines the treatment of the generational and cultural gaps amongn Italian Canadians in a theatrical setting. The article focuses on Salvatore Antonio’s In Gabriel’s Kitchen, a play that focuses on the destruction of an Italian Canadian family upon the announcement of their son’s homosexuality. Using a background of cultural studies and examples of Italian-Canadian literature, the paper analyzes Antonio’s ability to deliver a double set of conflicts: the first dealing directly with the differences between first-generation parents and second-generation children; the second with the much more devastating culture war revelations of the contested identity of being a gay man in an Italian-Canadian setting.