Jeremy Gable | |
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 Gable at Philadelphia Theatre Company, 2013 | |
| Born | May 10, 1982 Lakenheath, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Playwright, game designer, game writer |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Notable works | D-Pad American Way Flying Spaghetti Monster plays 140: A Twitter Performance Watch Me Jump |
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Jeremy Joseph Gable (born May 10, 1982) [1] is a British-born American playwright and game designer living in Philadelphia. [2]
Gable was born in Lakenheath, Suffolk, England. [1] He grew up in Post Falls, Idaho, [3] then moved to Barstow, California after graduation. [4]
In July 2006, Gable wrote and produced Giant Green Lizard! The Musical, a musical parody of the Japanese monster movies from the 1950s, for the Maverick Theater Company in Fullerton, California. The show received a positive notice in the entertainment trade BackStage West, particularly noting its "inventive score" and "off-kilter sensibility". [5]
Gable served as Artistic Director of the Hunger Artists Theatre Company from December 2006 to April 2009 [1] where he directed the Orange County premieres of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis [6] and Bryony Lavery's Frozen , [7] as well as writing the Flying Spaghetti Monster plays, which were covered by the official Flying Spaghetti Monster website. [8] [9] He also wrote American Way , [10] which made its premiere at Los Angeles' Blank Theatre, [11] - and 140: A Twitter Performance, the first documented full-length fully original Twitter play. [12] He was named "one of Orange County's most genuinely innovative theatrical minds" by OC Weekly and called "one of O.C.'s more fertile theatrical minds" by the Orange County Register . [12] [13]
After moving to Philadelphia, Gable wrote another Twitter play, The 15th Line, [14] as well as the stage plays D-Pad, which was a finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, [15] and Go Ahead, which was presented at the National New Play Network's National Showcase of New Plays. [16]
In 2018, Gable adapted his play Watch Me Jump into a video game, which was made available for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. [17] [18] [19] The game was nominated for an Independent Games Festival Award for Excellence in Narrative. [20]
Gable is a co-founder of the feminist performance platform Ninth Planet. [21]
In 2015, Gable submitted paperwork declaring an Independent presidential run in 2020. [22] He terminated his candidacy in 2017. [23]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Bench | Presented at the Spokane Civic Theatre's Playwrights Forum Festival [24] |
| 2002 | Algor Mortis | Presented at the Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival [25] |
| 2004 | American Way | Produced by the Blank Theatre. [11] Published by Original Works Publishing [10] |
| 2006 | Giant Green Lizard! The Musical | Produced by the Maverick Theater. [26] |
| 2006 | The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant | Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company. [8] |
| 2007 | Re: Woyzeck | Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company. [13] |
| 2008 | Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug of Grog | Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company. [9] |
| 2009 | 140: A Twitter Performance | Premiered on Twitter. [12] |
| 2010 | The 15th Line | Premiered on Twitter. [27] |
| 2011 | Revolution and a Sandwich | Produced by the Shakedown Project. [28] |
| 2012 | Star Wars: A New Musical Hope | Book of a musical. Produced by Bootless Stageworks. [29] |
| 2013 | Bad Monster | Presented at Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition Series. [30] |
| 2014 | Dream House: A Rainy Day Play | Produced by Plays and Players Theatre. [31] Published by YouthPLAYS. [32] |
| 2015 | 901 Nowhere Street | Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble. [33] |
| 2016 | Nowhere Fast | Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble and BRAT Productions. [34] |
| 2017 | Watch Me Jump | Presented at Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition Series. [35] |
| 2017 | Particular Risk | Produced by Bryn Mawr College. [36] |
| 2017 | Go Ahead | Presented at the Great Plains Theatre Conference [37] and the National New Play Network's National Showcase of New Plays. [16] |
| 2017 | Hero School | Produced by Theatre Horizon. [38] |
| 2017 | Strange Tenants | Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble. [39] |
| 2018 | The Idaho Shuffle | Produced by Simpatico Theatre. [40] |
| 2018 | Homeworld | Story Editor. Produced by Ninth Planet. [41] |
| 2020 | D-Pad | Produced by Theatre Exile [42] and presented at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. [43] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Watch Me Jump | Released for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. [17] [18] [19] |
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