Gabriel Greene

Gabriel Greene

Gabriel Greene is the author (with Alex Levy) of SAFE AT HOME, a site-specific show that premiered at Mixed Blood Theatre in March 2017 (winner, Ivey Award), and (with Tom Salamon) the immersive theatrical event GOOSEBUMPS ALIVE, based on R.L. Stine's bestselling series of novels; the show premiered at The Vaults (London) in April 2016. His latest play, created with Mia Fiorella, is REINDEER GAMES, a site-...
Gabriel Greene is the author (with Alex Levy) of SAFE AT HOME, a site-specific show that premiered at Mixed Blood Theatre in March 2017 (winner, Ivey Award), and (with Tom Salamon) the immersive theatrical event GOOSEBUMPS ALIVE, based on R.L. Stine's bestselling series of novels; the show premiered at The Vaults (London) in April 2016. His latest play, created with Mia Fiorella, is REINDEER GAMES, a site-specific holiday show that is not -- he repeats, NOT -- an adaptation of the Ben Affleck movie.

He currently serves as the Director of New Play Development at La Jolla Playhouse, where he has overseen the development of more than two dozen new plays and musicals, including world premieres by Ayad Akhtar, Robert Askins, Jeff Augustin, Joe DiPietro & David Bryan, Lindsey Ferrentino, Kirsten Greenidge, Darrell Hammond, U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Ike Holter, Quiara Algeria Hudes & Erin McKeown, Kristen Anderson Lopez & Robert Lopez, Claudia Shear, Herbert Siguenza, Michael Benjamin Washington and Sheri Wilner. He is a Chicago native and a graduate of University of Michigan and Trinity College, Dublin.

Plays

  • Safe at Home by Gabriel Greene
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6–18
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: baseball, immigration + 1 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: baseball, immigration, site-specific
    [Co-author: Alex Levy] In less than two hours, star pitcher Victor Castillo is set to take the mound for game 7 of the World Series. But when a rumor begins to circulate that Castillo may use the sport’s biggest stage as a political protest, the shock waves hit all corners of the stadium, from the owner’s box to the locker room. An engaging and provocative site-specific work designed to be performed inside a...
    [Co-author: Alex Levy] In less than two hours, star pitcher Victor Castillo is set to take the mound for game 7 of the World Series. But when a rumor begins to circulate that Castillo may use the sport’s biggest stage as a political protest, the shock waves hit all corners of the stadium, from the owner’s box to the locker room. An engaging and provocative site-specific work designed to be performed inside a baseball stadium, Safe at Home examines the complex intersection between baseball, politics and the American Dream.
  • Reindeer Games by Gabriel Greene
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 1 more
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    Keyword: site-specific, christmas
    Genre: comedy, holiday, immersive
    Keyword: site-specific, christmas
    [Co-author: Mia Fiorella] At the North Pole, everyone's prepping for the big day: the elves work overtime, the stockings are hung with care, and Santa asks the most famous reindeer of all to drive his sleigh through the looming fog. But this year, fed up with his colleagues' bad behavior, Rudolph refuses -- and disappears. Now it's up to you, Santa's other reindeer, to find him and save...
    [Co-author: Mia Fiorella] At the North Pole, everyone's prepping for the big day: the elves work overtime, the stockings are hung with care, and Santa asks the most famous reindeer of all to drive his sleigh through the looming fog. But this year, fed up with his colleagues' bad behavior, Rudolph refuses -- and disappears. Now it's up to you, Santa's other reindeer, to find him and save Christmas. Reindeer Games is an interactive holiday adventure set against the backdrop of San Diego's beautiful Liberty Station campus (but adaptable to other cities/locations).

Recommended by Gabriel Greene

  • Babel by Jacqueline Goldfinger
    23 Aug. 2018
    “ Jacqueline’s plays unfailingly present beguiling and utterly original worlds, voices, and characters; in her capable hands, the familiar is made unfamiliar and vice-versa. So it is with BABEL, an alternately harrowing and comic piece that examines a world in which 'progress' has ushered in a new era of eugenics. Like the figurative frog in the boiling pot of water, Jacqueline turns up the temperature on her characters – and audiences – gradually, creating a dystopian future that feels just around the corner, but one that also beautifully illustrates the capacity for compassion in an uncompassionate world. ”