At 14 Ron Palillo born Ronald Gabriel Paolillo started his own summer theater in Cheshire Connecticut His parents Gabriel and Carmel Paolillo were surprised when the summer theater actually made money After graduating from high school Ron went to the University of Connecticut at Storrs where he majored in drama He appeared in many school plays in college After graduation Ron got a job with a touring company which performed in Shakespearean plays He claimed to have received invaluable drama training during that tour acting in Shakespearean masterpieces like Macbeth The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Nights Dream After his Shakespearean tour Ron became a member of a repertory company in Miami Florida Shortly after arriving in New York Ron got a role in the offBroadway success Hot l Baltimore He stayed with the show for over a year Because of his work in Hot L Baltimore Ron was given a lead role in a musical special The Last Sweet Days of Isaac on television After Isaac he once again went on tour and appeared with Mickey Rooney in A Midsummer Nights Dream and with Jan Sterling in a serious play Summer Brave He has two brothers and a sister His elder brother Richard Paolillo is an eye surgeon his brother Robert Paolillo is a salesman and his sister Ann became a teacher