Jeremy Joseph Gable (born May 10, 1982)[1] is a British-born American playwright and game designer living in Philadelphia.[2]

Jeremy Gable
A photo of Gable at Philadelphia Theatre Company
Born (1982-05-10) May 10, 1982 (age 42)
Lakenheath, Suffolk, England
OccupationPlaywright, game designer, game writer
NationalityBritish, American
Notable worksD-Pad
American Way
Flying Spaghetti Monster plays
140: A Twitter Performance
Watch Me Jump

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Early life

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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

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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

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In 2015, Gable submitted paperwork declaring an Independent presidential run in 2020.[22] He terminated his candidacy in 2017.[23]

Produced and published works

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Stage

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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

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Year Title Notes
2018 Watch Me Jump Released for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.[17][18][19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jeremy Gable - Biography". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  2. ^ "About Jeremy - Jeremy Gable". Jeremy Gable. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "The Summer Jeremy Gable Took Over Orange County Theater". OC Weekly, LP. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ^ "BackStage West review of "Giant Green Lizard"". BackSTage West. August 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-13. [dead link]
  6. ^ Marchese, Eric (28 April 2006). "4.48 Psychosis". Backstage. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  7. ^ Marchese, Eric (17 May 2007). "Frozen". Backstage. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  8. ^ a b "The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant". Bobby Henderson. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  9. ^ a b "Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug Of Grog". Bobby Henderson. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  10. ^ a b AMERICAN WAY by Jeremy Gable. Original Works Publishing. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  11. ^ a b Heffley, Lynne (8 October 2004). "Buffoon takes it over the top". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Mandell, Jonathan (27 August 2015). "Twitter Plays Aren't Revived, They're Retweeted". American Theater Magazine. Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  15. ^ "D-Pad by Jeremy Gable". The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ a b "Watch Me Jump on Steam". Valve. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  18. ^ a b "Watch Me Jump on the App Store". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  19. ^ a b "Watch Me Jump - Apps on Google Play". Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  20. ^ "2019 Independent Games Festival reveals year's finalists". UBM. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  21. ^ "who we are". Ninth Planet. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  22. ^ "PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 15951367215 (Page 1 of 1)". fec.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  23. ^ "HEY, JEREMY GABLE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT - committee overview". fec.gov. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  24. ^ "Play Station < Spokane Civic Theatre Hosts Its 16th Straight Playwrights Forum Festival". The Spokesman-Review. 3 June 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  25. ^ "TV Stars Come Out for Blank's Young Playwrights Fest in L.A. June 6–30". Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  26. ^ "Giant Green Lizard! The Musical by Jeremy Gable". Maverick Theater. Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  27. ^ Sessoms, Joshua (29 January 2010). "Philly Playwright Sets Stage For TWitter". NBC Philadelphia. NBC Universal Inc. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  28. ^ "Micro-Fest Philadelphia - Network of Ensemble Theatres". Network of Ensemble Theaters. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  29. ^ Lamar, Andre (7 June 2012). "Darth Vader sings in "Star Wars: A New Musical Hope"". Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times. GateHouse Media, Inc. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  30. ^ "Studio X-hibition New Play Development 2013". Theatre Exile. Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  31. ^ "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.
  32. ^ "Dream House A Rainy Day Play". YouthPLAYS. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  33. ^ "FringeArts - 901 Nowhere Street". FringeArts. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  34. ^ "Nowhere Fast - FringeArts". FringeArts. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  35. ^ "2016/2017 Studio X-hibition Series". Theatre Exile. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  36. ^ "ParticularRisk". Bryn Mawr College. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  37. ^ "Go Ahead - Great Plains Theatre Conference". Great Plains Theatre Conference. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  38. ^ "Hero School - Theatre Horizon". Theatre Horizon. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  39. ^ "Strange Tenants - FringeArts". FringeArts. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  40. ^ "REVIEW: 4Solo at Simpatico-Original Works, Brimming With Originality - Philadelphia Magazine". Metro Corp. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  41. ^ "HOMEWORLD - ninthplanet". Ninth Planet Productions. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  42. ^ "D-Pad - Theatre Exile". Theatre Exile. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  43. ^ "Great Plains Theatre Conference". Great Plains Theatre Conference. Retrieved 2018-02-16.[permanent dead link]
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