Gab Cody is an American filmmaker and theatre artist. She wrote, produced and directed the feature film ''Progression'', and her plays ''Fat Beckett'', ''Crush the Infamous Thing'', ''The Alchemists' Lab'', ''Prussia:1866'' and ''Inside Passage'' have premiered at theaters. She served as Lead Writer on the immersive theatre pieces ''STRATA'', ''OjO'' and ''DODO'', produced by the

Bricolage Production Company Bricolage Production Company is a professional theatre company based in downtown Pittsburgh. Established in 2001 by Jeffrey Carpenter, it is located aCommunity Forge an inclusive community center in Wilkinsburg, PA. The company's mission is to use ...

Life and career

Cody was born in

Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

. She spent her youth there and in Upstate New York before moving to North Carolina. She attended the

University of North Carolina School of the Arts The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...

, and after graduating moved to New York City. In New York, she worked for Broadway producer Stuart Thompson and as the personal assistant to playwright

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. Her first play, ''Crush the Infamous Thing: The Adventures of the Hollywood Four'', was optioned by Broadway producer Randall Wreghitt, and she starred in the world premiere production at the

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, Florida. In 2007, Cody moved to

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, PA, where she wrote and produced the short film "Mombies" for the feature ''Greetings From Pittsburgh: Neighborhood Narratives''. With her husband and partner Sam Turich, she wrote, produced and directed the feature film ''Progression''. Her work for theatre continued:

Quantum Theatre Quantum Theatre is an experimental theatre company that uses non-traditional stages in Pittsburgh, PA. Founded in 1990 by Karla Boos, it is the longest running producer of site specific plays. The theatre has been mentioned in American Theatre M ...

produced her play ''Fat Beckett'' (in which she starred with collaborator Rita Reis), which was published by Playscripts, Inc. Her plays ''The Alchemists' Lab'' and ''Prussia: 1866'' were produced at the

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. She served as Lead Writer on the immersive theater pieces ''STRATA'', ''OjO'' and ''DODO'' with Bricolage Production Company. ''STRATA'' was named a number one production of the year by the

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, and appeared on the cover of

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. ''OjO'' premiered at the

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in 2014 and was produced at the Without Walls Festival at the

La Jolla Playhouse La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. History La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. In 1983, it was revived under ...

in 2015. ''DODO'' premiered at the

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and

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in October, 2017. Her autobiographical, multimedia non-traditional documentary ''Inside Passage'' premiered at Quantum Theatre on March 2, 2018. She is the originating organizer of The Monologue Project to increase the canon of audition monologues for women of the

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. The Monologue Project is hosted by the Bishop Arts Theater Center and has been performed in Pittsburgh, Dallas and at the

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National Conference in New York City.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cody, Gab 1971 births Living people American filmmakers American dramatists and playwrights University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni Artists from Alaska People from Juneau, Alaska