Jeremy Gable

Jeremy Gable

Jeremy Gable is an England-born, Idaho-bred, California-trained, Philadelphia-based playwright and video game developer. His plays have been presented at the National New Play Network's National Showcase for New Plays and the Great Plains Theatre Conference, and have been finalists for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award, Philadelphia...
Jeremy Gable is an England-born, Idaho-bred, California-trained, Philadelphia-based playwright and video game developer. His plays have been presented at the National New Play Network's National Showcase for New Plays and the Great Plains Theatre Conference, and have been finalists for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award, Philadelphia Theatre Company's Terrence McNally New Play Award, and InterAct Theatre's 20/20 Commission. Jeremy is a former Core Playwright with InterAct, and is the co-founder of both feminist performance collective Ninth Planet and story-based partnership Fox & Dog.

He is also the creator of 140: A TWITTER PERFORMANCE and THE 15TH LINE, the first full-length fully original plays to premiere on Twitter, an event that was covered by American Theater Magazine and Howlround. He also turned his play WATCH ME JUMP into a video game, which has already been played in over 30 countries, and was nominated for the Independent Games Festival Award for Excellence in Narrative.

Plays

  • D-Pad (Virtual Edition) by Jeremy Gable
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: video games, Gamergate + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: video games, Gamergate, modern, sexism, women, games, technology, digital age, femme, bipoc
    4 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    NOW AVAILABLE IN STAGE AND VIRTUAL EDITIONS!!!

    The new Virtual Edition of D-Pad, which was developed with the help of Theatre Exile in Philadelphia, has been reworked in order to allow the four actors to occupy separate spaces for the duration of the play.

    Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's...
    4 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    NOW AVAILABLE IN STAGE AND VIRTUAL EDITIONS!!!

    The new Virtual Edition of D-Pad, which was developed with the help of Theatre Exile in Philadelphia, has been reworked in order to allow the four actors to occupy separate spaces for the duration of the play.

    Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference.

    When a wunderkind video game developer decides to create an indie game that strives for something more than entertainment, she finds herself in a nightmare of production delays, self-doubt, and a rabid fan base that is used to getting what they want.
  • D-Pad (Stage Edition) by Jeremy Gable
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: video games, Gamergate + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: video games, Gamergate, modern, sexism, womxn, games, technology, digital age, femme, bipoc
    4 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    NOW AVAILABLE IN STAGE AND VIRTUAL EDITIONS!!!

    The new Virtual Edition of D-Pad (which you can find on my profile) was developed with the help of Theatre Exile in Philadelphia, and has been reworked in order to allow the four actors to occupy separate spaces for the duration of the play.

    Finalist for the Eugene O...
    4 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    NOW AVAILABLE IN STAGE AND VIRTUAL EDITIONS!!!

    The new Virtual Edition of D-Pad (which you can find on my profile) was developed with the help of Theatre Exile in Philadelphia, and has been reworked in order to allow the four actors to occupy separate spaces for the duration of the play.

    Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference.

    When a wunderkind video game developer decides to create an indie game that strives for something more than entertainment, she finds herself in a nightmare of production delays, self-doubt, and a rabid fan base that is used to getting what they want.
  • Watch Me Jump by Jeremy Gable
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: basketball, WNBA + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: basketball, WNBA, income inequality, gender discrimination, bisexuality, domestic violence, Girls and Sports, womxn, Black Womxn, Queer Womxn
    Unproduced 5 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    ALSO A VIDEO GAME FOR PC, MAC, iOS, AND ANDROID!

    Audra Bee Mills, the all-star player for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, is about to become the highest paid women's basketball player in the world. But on the night before playoffs, a scandal threatens to overturn everything she has worked for. And Audra has to...
    Unproduced 5 character drama - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    ALSO A VIDEO GAME FOR PC, MAC, iOS, AND ANDROID!

    Audra Bee Mills, the all-star player for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, is about to become the highest paid women's basketball player in the world. But on the night before playoffs, a scandal threatens to overturn everything she has worked for. And Audra has to figure out how to get through the night without losing either her dignity or her career.
  • Go Ahead by Jeremy Gable
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, science fiction + 1 more
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    Keyword: space, teachers + 8 more
    Genre: drama, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: space, teachers, billionaires, Lesbian, Mars, legacy, astronaut, abandonment, gay marriage, womxn
    Unproduced 3 character tragedy - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    Featured in the 2017 National New Play Network's National Showcase of New Plays.

    A middle school teacher discovers that she is a finalist for a mission to establish the first permanent settlement on Mars. As she breaks the news to her wife, and meets with the billionaire founder of the private company planning...
    Unproduced 3 character tragedy - Part of the Glass Ceiling Series.

    Featured in the 2017 National New Play Network's National Showcase of New Plays.

    A middle school teacher discovers that she is a finalist for a mission to establish the first permanent settlement on Mars. As she breaks the news to her wife, and meets with the billionaire founder of the private company planning the mission, she will have to choose between the earthbound life that she loves, or risk everything for the chance to be a part of the very history that she teaches.
  • Bad Monster by Jeremy Gable
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: cabin, woods + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: cabin, woods, forest, Idaho, violence, thriller, psychological, storytelling, women
    Unproduced 2W/1M thriller

    A shed in Idaho. Two women with an unusual relationship. And the threat of a carnivorous monster outside. When a mysterious stranger barges in, he upsets the precarious balance by asking the question of what truly makes a monster.
  • Carpenter Gorge by Jeremy Gable
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3–5
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    Genre: horror
    Genre: horror
    Someone says "ghost",
    you think of a spirit,
    or some kind of specter,
    something close to human.
    And they're vengeful or angry,
    and that's why they scare you.
    ‘Cause they want to push you away.
    But maybe it’s not like that.
    Maybe it’s different.