British-born American playwright and game designer
Jeremy Joseph Gable (born May 10, 1982)
[1] is a British-born American
playwright and
game designer living in
Philadelphia .
[2]
Early life
Gable was born in
Lakenheath ,
Suffolk , England.
[1] He grew up in
Post Falls, Idaho ,
[3] then moved to
Barstow, California after graduation.
[4]
Career
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]
2020 presidential campaign
In 2015, Gable submitted paperwork declaring an
Independent presidential run in
2020 .
[22] He terminated his candidacy in 2017.
[23]
Produced and published works
Stage
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]
Video games
Year
Title
Notes
2018
Watch Me Jump
Released for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
[17]
[18]
[19]
See also
References
^
a
b
c
"Jeremy Gable - Biography" . The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-07-12 .
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"About Jeremy - Jeremy Gable" . Jeremy Gable. Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
^ Thoreson, Kerri (2 February 2010).
"Main Street - Living the Dream" . Coeur d'Alene Press . The Coeur d'Alene Press. Archived from
the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
^
"The Summer Jeremy Gable Took Over Orange County Theater" . OC Weekly, LP. Archived from
the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 8 October 2014 .
^
"BackStage West review of "Giant Green Lizard" " . BackSTage West. August 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-13 . [
dead link ]
^ Marchese, Eric (28 April 2006).
"4.48 Psychosis" . Backstage . Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
^ Marchese, Eric (17 May 2007).
"Frozen" . Backstage . Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
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a
b
"The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant" . Bobby Henderson. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-12 .
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a
b
"Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug Of Grog" . Bobby Henderson. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-12 .
^
a
b
AMERICAN WAY by Jeremy Gable . Original Works Publishing. Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
^
a
b Heffley, Lynne (8 October 2004).
"Buffoon takes it over the top" . Los Angeles Times . pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2009-07-05 .
^
a
b
c Hodgkins, Paul (14 June 2009).
"Arts & Entertainment: Play unfolding on Twitter over 60 days" . Orange County Register . Orange County Register Communications. Archived from
the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2009-07-06 .
^
a
b Beers, Joel (28 June 2007).
"Orange County Arts - Not Quite By the Buchner" . OC Weekly . Village Voice Media. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-07-06 .
^ Mandell, Jonathan (27 August 2015).
"Twitter Plays Aren't Revived, They're Retweeted" . American Theater Magazine . Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^
"D-Pad by Jeremy Gable" . The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Retrieved 2015-08-18 .
^
a
b
"Announcing the 16th Annual National Showcase of New Plays from December 8-10, 2017" . National New Play Network. 3 October 2017. Archived from
the original on 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^
a
b
"Watch Me Jump on Steam" .
Valve . Retrieved 2018-02-16 .
^
a
b
"Watch Me Jump on the App Store" . Apple Inc. Retrieved 2018-09-25 .
^
a
b
"Watch Me Jump - Apps on Google Play" . Retrieved 2018-09-25 .
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"2019 Independent Games Festival reveals year's finalists" . UBM. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
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"who we are" . Ninth Planet. Retrieved 2018-04-18 .
^
"PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 15951367215 (Page 1 of 1)" . fec.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
^
"HEY, JEREMY GABLE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT - committee overview" . fec.gov . Retrieved September 25, 2017 .
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"Play Station < Spokane Civic Theatre Hosts Its 16th Straight Playwrights Forum Festival" . The Spokesman-Review . 3 June 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-17 .
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"TV Stars Come Out for Blank's Young Playwrights Fest in L.A. June 6–30" . Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
^
"Giant Green Lizard! The Musical by Jeremy Gable" . Maverick Theater. Archived from
the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2009-07-12 .
^ Sessoms, Joshua (29 January 2010).
"Philly Playwright Sets Stage For TWitter" . NBC Philadelphia . NBC Universal Inc. Retrieved 2020-01-16 .
^
"Micro-Fest Philadelphia - Network of Ensemble Theatres" . Network of Ensemble Theaters. Archived from
the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-16 .
^ Lamar, Andre (7 June 2012).
"Darth Vader sings in "Star Wars: A New Musical Hope" " . Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times . GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-06 . [
permanent dead link ]
^
"Studio X-hibition New Play Development 2013" . Theatre Exile. Archived from
the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
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"Any house is a DREAM HOUSE with some imagination: Philadelphia Local Artists for Youth and Plays & Players prepare a Rainy Day Play" . Phindie. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-16 .
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"Dream House A Rainy Day Play" . YouthPLAYS. Retrieved 2017-04-07 .
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"FringeArts - 901 Nowhere Street" . FringeArts. Retrieved 2015-08-18 .
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"Nowhere Fast - FringeArts" . FringeArts. Retrieved 2020-01-16 .
^
"2016/2017 Studio X-hibition Series" . Theatre Exile. Archived from
the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16 .
^
"ParticularRisk" . Bryn Mawr College. Archived from
the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-22 .
^
"Go Ahead - Great Plains Theatre Conference" . Great Plains Theatre Conference. Retrieved 2017-03-22 .
^
"Hero School - Theatre Horizon" . Theatre Horizon. Archived from
the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2018-02-14 .
^
"Strange Tenants - FringeArts" . FringeArts. Retrieved 2020-01-16 .
^
"REVIEW: 4Solo at Simpatico-Original Works, Brimming With Originality - Philadelphia Magazine" . Metro Corp. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-25 .
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"HOMEWORLD - ninthplanet" . Ninth Planet Productions. Retrieved 2020-01-16 .
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"D-Pad - Theatre Exile" . Theatre Exile. Retrieved 2021-01-27 .
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"Great Plains Theatre Conference" . Great Plains Theatre Conference. Retrieved 2018-02-16 . [
permanent dead link ]
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