Eric Coble

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Eric Coble
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Playwright, screenwriter
Notable work
The Velocity of Autumn (2011)
Bright Ideas
Website http://ericcoble.com

Eric Coble is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is a member of the Playwrights' Unit of the Cleveland Play House.

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Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised on the Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado. [1] Before turning to playwriting, he received his BA in English from Fort Lewis College in Colorado, and his MFA in acting from Ohio University.

Career

Coble's play, The Velocity of Autumn premiered on Broadway on April 1, 2014 (previews), officially on April 21, 2014 at the Booth Theatre, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, directed by Molly Smith. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Estelle Parsons received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. [2] The play had its debut at the Boise Contemporary Theatre before moving to Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., in 2013. [3] [4]

The Spanish version, La velocidad del otoño, premiered at the Teatro Bellas Artes in Madrid in December 2016. It starred Lola Herrera and Juanjo Artero and was directed by Magüi Mira. [5]

His play Bright Ideas opened Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Class Company, directed by John Rando, and has since been published by Dramatists Play Service, with dozens of productions across the U.S. [1] His stage adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver (published by Dramatic Publishing) has had over 300 productions on three continents. Other work includes Natural Selection (published by Playscripts), For Better (published by Samuel French), The Dead Guy (published by DPS), Virtual Devotion, Cinderella Confidential, and Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede (all published by Dramatic Publishing).

His plays have been produced in 50 states of the U.S, and on six continents including productions at The Kennedy Center, Manhattan Class Company, Actors Studio, Playwrights Horizons, The Denver Center Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Edinburgh and New York Fringe Festivals, South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Public Thaeatre, Indiana Repertory, Coterie Theatre, Asolo Rep, Curious Theatre, Geva Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dobama Theatre, Stages Repertory, Great Lakes Theater, Coterie Theatre, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Habima Theatre (Israel), Pentacion Productions (Spain), Teatr Polski (Poland), Orange Row (Mexico)and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival. [1]

Awards include an Emmy nomination, the Steinberg New Play Award, two American Alliance for Theatre and Education Distinguished Play Awards for Best Adaptation, the AATE Award for Distinguished Play (2022), the AT&T Onstage Award, National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award, an NEA Playwright in Residence Grant, two TCG Extended Collaboration Grants, Aristophanes Award for Best Off-Broadway Comedy, First Place in the Southwest Festival of New Plays, Heideman Finalist for Actors Theatre Louisville, three Best of the CATCO Shorts Festival Awards, the Cleveland Arts Prize, two Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Creative Workforce Fellowships, and four Ohio Arts Individual Excellence Awards. [1]

Selected works

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YEARTITLEPREMIEREPUBLICATION
1993Ordering Lunch Playwrights Horizons Summerfest, NY
1994Isolated Incidents Cleveland Public Theatre, OH
1994Tristan And IsoldeAegean Theatre Co., NY
1996Sound-Biting Dobama Theatre, OH
1996In A Grove: Four Japanese Ghost Stories Cleveland Play House, OH Published by Playscripts
1997Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe Cleveland Play House, OH Published by Playscripts
1998The Emperor's New Clothes Cleveland Play House, OHPublished by Dramatic Publishing
1998Virtual Devotion Dobama Theatre, OHPublished by Dramatic Publishing
1998Myth-Adventures: Five Greek Classics Cleveland Play House, OHpublished by Dramatic Publishing
1998Under The Flesh: The Final Descent of Edgar Allan Poe Cleveland Playhouse, OH
1999truth: The Testimonial Of Sojourner Truth Dobama Theatre, OH published by Playscripts
1999The Servant Of Two Masters Cleveland Playhouse, OH
1999Gold In The Bones: Three Tales Of Haunted New England Cleveland Play House, OH published by Playscripts
1999Pinocchio 3.5 Cleveland Play House, OH published by Playscripts
2000The Way You Look Tonight Great Lakes Theater Festival, OH
2000Lake Of Panthers Cleveland Play House, OH
2000Tales Of The Southern FrontierEckard Theatre Company, FL
2001Bright Ideas Cleveland Play House, OHpublished by Dramatists Play Service
2001Strange IntelligenceImagination Stage, Washington DC
2001Pecos Bill And The Ghost Stampede Cleveland Play House, OHpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2001Straight On 'Til Morning Great Lakes Theater Festival, OH
2002Baggage Unattended Contemporary American Theatre Company, OH
2002From Here: A Century Of Voices From OhioWallpaper Project Ohio state-wide tour
2002T.I.D.Y. Beck Center For The Arts, OH
2003Sacagawea Oregon Children's Theatre, OR published by Playscripts
2003Cinderella ConfidentialCleveland Play House, OHpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2004Remote Contemporary American Theatre Company, OH
2004 The Machine Stops (by E.M. Forster)Hiram College, OH
2004Vote?Eckard Theatre Company, FLpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2005Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY published by Playscripts
2005Ten Minutes From Cleveland Dobama Theatre, OH
2005 The Dead Guy Curious Theatre, CO published by Dramatists Play Service
2005 The Giver (based on the novel by Lois Lowry) Oregon Children's Theatre, ORpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2006Natural Selection Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KYpublished by Playscripts
2006Waiting For The Matinee Cleveland Play House, OHpublished by Dramatists Play Service
2006For BetterNational New Play Network rolling world-premier: Curious Theatre, CO; New Theatre, FL; Southern Rep Theatre, LA published by Samuel French
2006Luis (based on the story by Richard Selzer)Verb Ballets, OH
2006Haunted Contemporary American Theatre Company, OH
2006Let Freedom RingEnsemble Theatre, OH
2007Zap!Florida Repertory Theatre, FL
2007Terror In The Tower (comic book)published by Akron Public Schools
2008The Cleveland Plays, Part 1: Migration (co-written with Eric Scmhiedl and Nina Domingue) Dobama Theatre, OH
2008Ask Gilby (television)Akron Public Schools syndication
2009Southern RaptureActors Theatre of Charlotte, NC
2009Unbeatable (music and lyrics by Todd Schroeder and Kevin Fisher) Phoenix Theatre, AZ
2009H.R. Dobama Theatre, OHpublished by Random House
2009Ten More Minutes From Cleveland Dobama Theatre, OH
2009Huck Finn (based on the novel by Mark Twain) Cleveland Play House, OH published by Dramatists Play Service
2010Panto Pinocchio Stages Repertory Theatre, TX
2010The White Coat, The Body, and othersCleveland Clinic, OH
2011A Girl's Guide To CoffeeActors' Summit, OH
2011My Barking Dog Cleveland Public Theatre, OHpublished by Dramatists Play Service
2011The Velocity Of Autumn Boise Contemporary Theater, IDpublished by Dramatists Play Service
2011Side Effects May Include... (co-written with Marc Jaffe Cleveland Public Theatre, OH
2011Downhillpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2012The Storm In The Barn (based on the graphic novel by Matt Phelan)Oregon Children's Theatre, ORpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2012Stranded On Earth Boise Contemporary Theater, ID
2012 Gathering Blue (based on the book by Lois Lowry Oregon Children's Thatre, ORpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2012Alma MatterOhio University, OH
2012A Carol For Cleveland (based on the story by Les Roberts) Cleveland Play House, OH
2013Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus (based on the book by John Gray)U.S. Tour
2013The Reason Why Geva Theatre, NY
2014Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars (based on the graphic novels by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood) First Stage, WIpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2014Fairfield Cleveland Play House, OH
2015Jedi Training: Challenge Of The TempleDisney Theme Parks
2015Flour and Brimstone Cleveland Public Theatre, OH
2015CPH RAW Cleveland Play House, OH
2015Just Do ItThe Every 28 Hours Plays, Ferguson, MOpublished in "A Race Anthology: Dispatches and Artifacts From A Segregated City
2016Margin of Error (or, The Unassailable Wisdom Of The Mouse And The Scorpion) Boise Contemporary Theater, ID
2016These Mortal Hosts Cleveland Play House, OH
2016'Twas The Night Before Christmas (In Cleveland) Cleveland Public Theatre, OH
2017SwaggerPalm Beach Dramaworks, FLpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2017The Talk (co-written with Darius Stubbs) Cleveland Public Theatre/Station Hope, OH
2017Ghosts In The Machine First Stage, WIpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2017The Family Claxon Cleveland Public Theatre, OH
2018The Girl Who Swallowed A CactusRolling world premiere: Childsplay Theatre, AZ; Metro Theatre Company, MOpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2018Refugee (based on the book by Alan Gratz)Florida Repertory Theatre, FL
2019Feed (based on the book by M.T. Anderson) Cleveland Play House, OH
2019Live To TellPalm Beach Dramaworks, FL
2019Tovic Tomte And The Trolls Talespinner Children's Theatre, OH
2020Wait For ItCovid One-Minute Play Festival, NY
2021Bulletproof BackpackFlorida Repertory Theatre, FLpublished by Dramatic Publishing
2021That Which Can Be HeldCleveland Museum Of Art, OH
2021Big Changes (co-written with Kira Hopgood)Published by Dramatic Publishing
2022The HatboxWilliamston Theatre, MI

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