Jeremy Gable
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Jeremy Joseph Gable is an American playwright
living in Philadelphia.
Gable was born in Lakenheath
, Suffolk
, England. He grew up in Post Falls, Idaho
. He is best known for plays American Way
, which made its premiere at Los Angeles' Blank Theatre, the Flying Spaghetti Monster
plays - which were covered by the official Flying Spaghetti Monster website - and 140: A Twitter Performance, the first documented full-length fully original Twitter
play. His work has been seen in Los Angeles
, Philadelphia, Orange County
, Washington, D.C.
and Spokane
.
Gable currently serves as the Literary Manager for Luna Theater Company in Philadelphia. He also served as Artistic Director of the Hunger Artists Theatre Company
from December 2006 to April 2009 where he directed the Orange County premieres of Sarah Kane
's 4.48 Psychosis
and Bryony Lavery
's Frozen
. 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
.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
living in Philadelphia.
Gable was born in Lakenheath
Lakenheath
Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England. It has around 8,200 residents, and is situated in the Forest Heath district of Suffolk, close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and at the meeting point of the The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.Lakenheath is host...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England. He grew up in Post Falls, Idaho
Post Falls, Idaho
Post Falls is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States near the Idaho state line between Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The population was 17,247 at the 2000 census, and grew to 27,574 people by the 2010 census, making it Idaho's tenth largest city.-History:Post Falls is...
. He is best known for plays American Way
American Way (play)
"American Way" is a one-act play by Jeremy Gable. The plot centers around three comic book superheroes who, in the midst of a break, are faced with a tragedy that they could not prevent from happening, despite having superpowers. It is notable for its sudden shift in tone and use of metaphor to...
, which made its premiere at Los Angeles' Blank Theatre, the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Flying Spaghetti Monster
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism...
plays - which were covered by the official Flying Spaghetti Monster website - and 140: A Twitter Performance, the first documented full-length fully original Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
play. His work has been seen in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Philadelphia, Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and Spokane
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
.
Gable currently serves as the Literary Manager for Luna Theater Company in Philadelphia. He also served as Artistic Director of the Hunger Artists Theatre Company
Hunger Artists Theatre Company
The Hunger Artists Theatre Company is an alternative theatre company located in a business park in Fullerton, California. They are known for presenting challenging, thought-provoking plays musicals, world premiere pieces, and re-imaginings of classic plays....
from December 2006 to April 2009 where he directed the Orange County premieres of Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane was an English playwright. Her plays deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture — both physical and psychological — and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of...
's 4.48 Psychosis
4.48 Psychosis
4.48 Psychosis is a play by British playwright Sarah Kane. It was her last work, first staged at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on June 23, 2000, nearly one and a half years after Kane's February 20, 1999 death...
and Bryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery is a British dramatist, known for her successful and award-winning 1998 play Frozen. In addition to her work in theatre, she has also written for television and radio...
's Frozen
Frozen (play)
Frozen is a play by Bryony Lavery that tells the story of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, Rhona. The play follows Rhona's mother and killer over the years that follow. They are linked by a doctor who is studying what causes men to commit such crimes...
. He was named "one of Orange County's most genuinely innovative theatrical minds" by OC Weekly
OC Weekly
OC Weekly, a sister publication of both LA Weekly and The Village Voice, is a free, left-wing weekly paper distributed in Orange County, California and also in Long Beach....
and called "one of O.C.'s more fertile theatrical minds" by The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register is a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. The Register is the flagship publication of Freedom Communications, Inc., which publishes 28 daily newspapers, 23 weekly newspapers, Coast magazine, and several related Internet sites.The Register is notable for its...
.
Produced works
- Digital Verite (2011)
- Revolution & A Sandwich (2011)
- Amanda Shrugged (2010)
- The 15th Line (2010)
- Tetromino Song (2009)
- 140: A Twitter Performance (2009)
- Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug Of Grog (2008)
- Garbage Strike (2007)
- A Dollar-Fifty (2007)
- Re: WoyzeckRe: Woyzeck"Re: Woyzeck" is a one-act play written by Jeremy Gable. It is a loose adaptation of Georg Buchner's unfinished play Woyzeck.The play centers around Franz Woyzeck, a modern-day soldier, who stands accused of killing his wife Marie. The evidence used against him is a widely-circulated video of him...
(2007) - The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant (2006)
- The Ouroboros Line (2006)
- Giant Green Lizard! The MusicalGiant Green Lizard! The MusicalGiant Green Lizard! The Musical is an original two-act musical written for and produced at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton, California in July 2006. It is a musical parody of the Japanese monster movies from the 1950s...
(2006) - Madame George (2006)
- Weapons of Ass Destruction (2005)
- Marat.SadeMarat/SadeThe Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss...
(adaptation, 2005) - Slurp! (2004)
- American WayAmerican Way (play)"American Way" is a one-act play by Jeremy Gable. The plot centers around three comic book superheroes who, in the midst of a break, are faced with a tragedy that they could not prevent from happening, despite having superpowers. It is notable for its sudden shift in tone and use of metaphor to...
(2004) - Algor Mortis (2002)
- A Mile A Minute (2001)
- The Bench (1999)