Editing Jeremy Gable

{{Short description|British-born American playwright and game designer}}
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'''Jeremy Joseph Gable''' (born May 10, 1982)<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1056878/bio |title=Jeremy Gable - Biography|publisher=The Internet Movie Database |access-date=2009-07-12}}</ref> is a British-born American [[playwright]] and [[game designer]] living in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=JGB>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeremygable.com/about |title=About Jeremy - Jeremy Gable|publisher=Jeremy Gable |access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>

==Early life==
Gable was born in [[Lakenheath]], [[Suffolk]], England.<ref name=IMDB/> He grew up in [[Post Falls, Idaho]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdapress.com/archive/article-ecf747ca-dcf0-55e0-952c-94a303ef9f77.html|title=Main Street - Living the Dream|work=Coeur d'Alene Press|publisher=The Coeur d'Alene Press|date=2 February 2010|access-date=2017-04-07|last=Thoreson|first=Kerri|archive-date=2017-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408082701/http://www.cdapress.com/archive/article-ecf747ca-dcf0-55e0-952c-94a303ef9f77.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> then moved to [[Barstow, California]] after graduation.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Summer Jeremy Gable Took Over Orange County Theater|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2006-08-03/culture/the-summer-jeremy-gable-took-over-oc-theater/full|publisher=OC Weekly, LP|access-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224164257/http://www.ocweekly.com/arts/the-summer-jeremy-gable-took-over-oc-theater-6371141 |archive-date=2016-12-24}}</ref>

==Career==
In July 2006, Gable wrote and produced ''Giant Green Lizard! The Musical'', a musical [[parody]] of the [[Japan]]ese 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".<ref>{{cite web | title=BackStage West review of "Giant Green Lizard" | publisher = BackSTage West | url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/other_news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002950316&inp=true |date=August 2006 | accessdate=2009-04-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Gable served as Artistic Director of the [[Hunger Artists Theatre Company]] from December 2006 to April 2009<ref name=IMDB/> where he directed the Orange County premieres of [[Sarah Kane]]'s ''[[4.48 Psychosis]]''<ref name=psychosis>{{cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/review/la-theater/448-psychosis/|title=4.48 Psychosis|work=Backstage|date=28 April 2006|access-date=2017-04-07 |last=Marchese |first=Eric}}</ref> and [[Bryony Lavery]]'s ''[[Frozen (play)|Frozen]]'',<ref name=frozen>{{cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/review/la-theater/frozen_3/|title=Frozen|work=Backstage|date=17 May 2007|access-date=2017-04-07 |last=Marchese |first=Eric}}</ref> as well as writing the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]] plays, which were covered by the official Flying Spaghetti Monster website.<ref name=fsm>{{cite web|url=http://www.venganza.org/2006/11/30/holiday-pageant/ |title=The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant|date=30 November 2006 |publisher=Bobby Henderson |access-date=2009-07-12}}</ref><ref name=fsm2>{{cite web|url=http://www.venganza.org/2008/11/27/holy-mug-of-grog/ |title=Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug Of Grog|date=27 November 2008 |publisher=Bobby Henderson |access-date=2009-07-12}}</ref> He also wrote ''[[American Way (play)|American Way]]'',<ref name=OWO>{{cite book |url=https://www.originalworksonline.com/AMERICAN-WAY-by-Jeremy-Gable_p_180.html |title=AMERICAN WAY by Jeremy Gable |publisher=Original Works Publishing |access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref> which made its premiere at Los Angeles' [[Blank Theatre]],<ref name=latimes01>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-08-et-stage8-story.html|title=Buffoon takes it over the top|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=1–2 |date=8 October 2004|access-date=2009-07-05 |last=Heffley |first=Lynne }}</ref>  - and ''140: A Twitter Performance'', the first documented full-length fully original [[Twitter]] play.<ref name=ocreg01>{{cite web|url=http://headlines.ocregister.com/entertainment/twitter-30407-characters-play.html|title=Arts & Entertainment: Play unfolding on Twitter over 60 days|date=14 June 2009|work=Orange County Register|publisher=Orange County Register Communications |access-date=2009-07-06 |last=Hodgkins |first=Paul |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813015617/http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/twitter-30407-ocprint-play-.html |archive-date=2011-08-13}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name=ocreg01/><ref name=woyzeck>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-06-28/culture/not-quite-by-the-b-chner|title=Orange County Arts - Not Quite By the Buchner|work=OC Weekly |date=28 June 2007 |publisher=Village Voice Media|access-date=2009-07-06 |last=Beers |first=Joel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608205626/http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-06-28/culture/not-quite-by-the-b-chner/ |archive-date=2011-06-08}}</ref>

After moving to Philadelphia, Gable wrote another Twitter play, ''The 15th Line'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/08/27/how-to-tweet-a-play-twice/ |title=Twitter Plays Aren't Revived, They're Retweeted |work=American Theater Magazine |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |date=27 August 2015 | access-date=2019-01-10 |last=Mandell |first=Jonathan}}</ref> as well as the stage plays ''D-Pad'', which was a finalist for the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]]'s National Playwrights Conference,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/a/theoneill.org/2015-national-playwrights-conference-finalists/d-pad-by-jeremy-gable |title=D-Pad by Jeremy Gable |publisher=The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center |access-date=2015-08-18 |archive-date=2021-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827041900/https://sites.google.com/a/theoneill.org/2015-national-playwrights-conference-finalists/d-pad-by-jeremy-gable |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Go Ahead'', which was presented at the [[National New Play Network]]'s National Showcase of New Plays.<ref name=GoAhead>{{cite web |url=http://nnpn.org/about/news/announcing-the-16th-annual-national-showcase-of-new-plays-from-december-8-10-2017 |title=Announcing the 16th Annual National Showcase of New Plays from December 8-10, 2017 |publisher=National New Play Network |date=3 October 2017 |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-date=2020-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219040807/http://nnpn.org/about/news/announcing-the-16th-annual-national-showcase-of-new-plays-from-december-8-10-2017/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2018, Gable adapted his play ''Watch Me Jump'' into a video game, which was made available for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.<ref name=WMJ01>{{cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/698770/Watch_Me_Jump/ |title=Watch Me Jump on Steam |publisher = [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] |access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref name=WMJ02>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watch-me-jump/id1400500605?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925215823/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watch-me-jump/id1400500605?mt=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |title=Watch Me Jump on the App Store |publisher = Apple Inc. |access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref><ref name=WMJ03>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.JeremyGable.WatchMeJump&hl=en_US |title=Watch Me Jump - Apps on Google Play |access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref> The game was nominated for an [[Independent Games Festival]] Award for Excellence in Narrative.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://igf.com/article/2019-independent-games-festival-reveals-years-finalists |title=2019 Independent Games Festival reveals year's finalists |date=2 January 2019 |publisher=UBM |access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref>

Gable is a co-founder of the feminist performance platform Ninth Planet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ninthplanet.org/who-we-are |title=who we are |publisher = Ninth Planet |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>

==2020 presidential campaign==
In 2015, Gable submitted paperwork declaring an [[Independent politician|Independent]] presidential run in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_15951367215%200|title=PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 15951367215 (Page 1 of 1)|work=fec.gov|access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> He terminated his candidacy in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00577742/?cycle=2018&tab=filings|title=HEY, JEREMY GABLE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT - committee overview|work=fec.gov|date=13 May 2015 |access-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

== Produced and published works ==
=== Stage ===
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! Title
! Notes
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| 1999
| ''The Bench''
| Presented at the [[Spokane Civic Theatre]]'s Playwrights Forum Festival<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Play Station < Spokane Civic Theatre Hosts Its 16th Straight Playwrights Forum Festival
|work=The Spokesman-Review
|date=3 June 1999
|access-date=2009-07-17 }}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''Algor Mortis''
| Presented at the Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tv-stars-come-out-for-blanks-young-playwrights-fest-in-la-june-6-30-com-106307  |title=TV Stars Come Out for Blank's Young Playwrights Fest in L.A. June 6–30
|publisher=Playbill Inc |access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| ''[[American Way (play)|American Way]]''
| Produced by the Blank Theatre.<ref name=latimes01/> Published by Original Works Publishing<ref name=OWO/>
|-
| 2006
| ''Giant Green Lizard! The Musical''
| Produced by the Maverick Theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mavericktheater.com/html/gizzard.html |title=Giant Green Lizard! The Musical by Jeremy Gable |publisher=Maverick Theater |access-date=2009-07-12 |archive-date=2018-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022131721/http://www.mavericktheater.com/html/gizzard.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant''
| Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company.<ref name=fsm/>
|-
| 2007
| ''Re: Woyzeck''
| Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company.<ref name=woyzeck/>
|-
| 2008
| ''Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug of Grog''
| Produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Company.<ref name=fsm2/>
|-
| 2009
| ''140: A Twitter Performance''
| Premiered on Twitter.<ref name=ocreg01/>
|-
| 2010
| ''The 15th Line''
| Premiered on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/tech/playwright-usestwitter-as-a-vehicle/1885297/
|title=Philly Playwright Sets Stage For TWitter
|work=NBC Philadelphia
|publisher=NBC Universal Inc |date=29 January 2010
|access-date=2020-01-16 |last=Sessoms |first=Joshua }}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| ''Revolution and a Sandwich''
| Produced by the Shakedown Project.<ref name=Revwich>{{cite web |url=https://www.ensembletheaters.net/programs/micro-festivals/genre-defying-work-philadelphia/micro-fest-philidelphia-schedule |title=Micro-Fest Philadelphia - Network of Ensemble Theatres |publisher=Network of Ensemble Theaters |access-date=2020-01-16 |archive-date=2020-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116145035/https://www.ensembletheaters.net/programs/micro-festivals/genre-defying-work-philadelphia/micro-fest-philidelphia-schedule |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''Star Wars: A New Musical Hope''
| Book of a musical. Produced by Bootless Stageworks.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.scsuntimes.com/topstories/x1103843676/Darth-Vader-sings-in-Star-Wars-A-New-Musical-Hope
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202055344/http://www.scsuntimes.com/topstories/x1103843676/Darth-Vader-sings-in-Star-Wars-A-New-Musical-Hope
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=February 2, 2013
|title=Darth Vader sings in "Star Wars: A New Musical Hope"
|date=7 June 2012
|work=Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times
|publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc.
|access-date=2012-09-06
|last=Lamar
|first=Andre
}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| ''Bad Monster''
| Presented at Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theatreexile.org/episodes/studio-x-hibition-new-play-development-2013.html |title=Studio X-hibition New Play Development 2013 |publisher=Theatre Exile |access-date=2019-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105170841/http://theatreexile.org/episodes/studio-x-hibition-new-play-development-2013.html |archive-date=2014-11-05}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''Dream House: A Rainy Day Play''
| Produced by [[Plays and Players Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://phindie.com/dream-house-a-rainy-day-play-preview-6204/ |title=Any house is a DREAM HOUSE with some imagination: Philadelphia Local Artists for Youth and Plays & Players prepare a Rainy Day Play |date=6 November 2014 |publisher=Phindie |access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> Published by YouthPLAYS.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youthplays.com/play_details.php?play_id=360 |title=Dream House A Rainy Day Play |publisher=YouthPLAYS |access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''901 Nowhere Street''
| Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fringearts.com/event/901-nowhere-street |title=FringeArts - 901 Nowhere Street |publisher=FringeArts |access-date=2015-08-18 |archive-date=2015-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027070508/http://fringearts.com/event/901-nowhere-street/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''Nowhere Fast''
| Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble and BRAT Productions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fringearts.com/event/nowhere-fast-3/ |title=Nowhere Fast - FringeArts |publisher=FringeArts |access-date=2020-01-16 |archive-date=2021-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827043407/https://fringearts.com/event/nowhere-fast-3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Watch Me Jump''
| Presented at Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreexile.org/episodes/20162017-studio-x-hibition.html |title=2016/2017 Studio X-hibition Series |publisher=Theatre Exile |access-date=2018-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914044650/http://www.theatreexile.org/episodes/20162017-studio-x-hibition.html |archive-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Particular Risk''
| Produced by [[Bryn Mawr College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/theater/ParticularRisk.html |title=ParticularRisk |publisher=Bryn Mawr College |access-date=2017-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233156/http://www.brynmawr.edu/theater/ParticularRisk.html |archive-date=2017-03-23 }}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Go Ahead''
| Presented at the Great Plains Theatre Conference<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gptcplays.com/playlab/go-ahead/ |title=Go Ahead - Great Plains Theatre Conference |publisher=Great Plains Theatre Conference |access-date=2017-03-22}}</ref> and the [[National New Play Network]]'s National Showcase of New Plays.<ref name=GoAhead/>
|-
| 2017
| ''Hero School''
| Produced by Theatre Horizon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatrehorizon.org/shows/heroschool.php |title=Hero School - Theatre Horizon |publisher=Theatre Horizon |access-date=2018-02-14 |archive-date=2021-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827041901/http://www.theatrehorizon.org/shows/heroschool.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Strange Tenants''
| Produced by Sam Tower + Ensemble.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fringearts.com/event/strange-tenants/ |title=Strange Tenants - FringeArts |publisher=FringeArts |access-date=2020-01-16 |archive-date=2021-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827043405/https://fringearts.com/event/strange-tenants/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''The Idaho Shuffle''
| Produced by Simpatico Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phillymag.com/ticket/2018/09/20/review-4solo-simpatico-original-works-brimming-originality/ |title=REVIEW: 4Solo at Simpatico-Original Works, Brimming With Originality - Philadelphia Magazine |date=20 September 2018 |publisher = Metro Corp. |access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''Homeworld''
| Story Editor. Produced by Ninth Planet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ninthplanet.org/homeworld |title=HOMEWORLD - ninthplanet |publisher = Ninth Planet Productions |access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''D-Pad''
| Produced by Theatre Exile<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theatreexile.org/shows/d-pad/ |title=D-Pad - Theatre Exile |publisher=Theatre Exile |access-date=2021-01-27 |archive-date=2021-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410181835/https://theatreexile.org/shows/d-pad/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and presented at the Great Plains Theatre Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webapps.mccneb.edu/gptc/Playlab_DPad.asp |title=Great Plains Theatre Conference |publisher=Great Plains Theatre Conference |access-date=2018-02-16 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 2018
| ''Watch Me Jump''
| Released for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.<ref name=WMJ01/><ref name=WMJ02/><ref name=WMJ03/>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of playwrights]]
* [[List of people from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[List of people from Fullerton, California]]
* [[List of people from Idaho]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.jeremygable.com/ Jeremy Gable's Official Website]
{{United States presidential election, 2020}}
{{Authority control}}

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