Jeremy Joseph Gable (born May 10, 1982)
is a British-born American
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and
game designer
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living in
Philadelphia
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.
Early life
Gable was born in
Lakenheath
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,
Suffolk
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, England.
[ He grew up in ]Post Falls, Idaho
Post Falls is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, between Coeur d'Alene and Spokane, Washington. It is a suburb of Coeur d'Alene, to the east, and a bedroom community to Spokane, to the west. The population was 38,485 at the time of the 2020 cens ...
, then moved to Barstow, California
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after graduation.
Career
In July 2006, Gable wrote and produced ''Giant Green Lizard! The Musical'', a musical parody
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of the Japan
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ese monster movies
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from the 1950s, for the Maverick Theater Company in Fullerton, California
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Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa ...
. The show received a positive notice in the entertainment trade BackStage West, particularly noting its "inventive score" and "off-kilter sensibility".
Gable served as Artistic Director of the Hunger Artists Theatre Company The Hunger Artists Theatre Company was an alternative theatre company located in a business park in Fullerton, California. They were known for presenting challenging, thought-provoking plays, musicals, world premiere pieces, and re-imaginings of c ...
from December 2006 to April 2009[ where he directed the Orange County premieres of ]Sarah Kane
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's '' 4.48 Psychosis'' and Bryony Lavery
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's '' Frozen'', as well as writing the Flying Spaghetti Monster plays, which were covered by the official Flying Spaghetti Monster website. He also wrote ''American Way
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'', which made its premiere at Los Angeles' Blank Theatre
The Blank Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company located in Los Angeles, California.
History
Founded in 1990 by current Artistic Director/Co-Artistic Producer Daniel Henning, The Blank's mission is to produce either premieres or "reinv ...
, - and ''140: A Twitter Performance'', the first documented full-length fully original Twitter
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play. He was named "one of Orange County's most genuinely innovative theatrical minds" by ''OC Weekly
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'' and called "one of O.C.'s more fertile theatrical minds" by the ''Orange County Register
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''.
After moving to Philadelphia, Gable wrote another Twitter play, ''The 15th Line'', as well as the stage plays ''D-Pad'', which was a finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
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's National Playwrights Conference, and ''Go Ahead'', which was presented at the National New Play Network
The National New Play Network (NNPN) is the United States
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's National Showcase of New Plays.
In 2018, Gable adapted his play ''Watch Me Jump'' into a video game, which was made available for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. The game was nominated for an Independent Games Festival
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Award for Excellence in Narrative.
Gable is a co-founder of the feminist performance platform Ninth Planet.
2020 presidential campaign
In 2015, Gable submitted paperwork declaring an Independent
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presidential run in 2020
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. He terminated his candidacy in 2017.
Produced and published works
Stage
Video games
See also
* List of playwrights
This is a list of notable playwrights.
See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors.
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* List of people from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* List of people from Fullerton, California
* List of people from Idaho
References
External links
Jeremy Gable's Official Website
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1982 births
Living people
21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
People from Lakenheath
People from Fullerton, California
Writers from Philadelphia
People from Post Falls, Idaho
People from Barstow, California
American video game designers
Video game writers
Candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election