Eric Coble

Eric Coble
Born	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	American
Occupation	playwright, screenwriter
Website	http://ericcoble.com

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

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

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. The play closed on May 4, 2014, after 22 previews and 16 regular performances. Estelle Parsons received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. The play had its debut at the Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., in 2013.

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. Other work includes Natural Selection (2006 Humana Festival), 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 throughout the U.S, and on four continents including productions at The Kennedy Center, Actors Studio, Playwrights Horizons, The Denver Center Theatre Company, The Edinburgh and New York Fringe Festivals, South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory, Coterie Theatre, Asolo Rep, Curious Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dobama Theatre, Stages Repertory, Great Lakes Theater, and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival.

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