Patrick Gabridge

Patrick Gabridge’s full-length plays include Blinders, Lab Rats, Distant Neighbors, Constant State of Panic, and Chore Monkeys. He’s worked with more than 40 New England theatres, and has been a Playwriting Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company and New Rep. His historical plays include work about the Boston Massacre (Blood on the Snow, produced in May/June at the Old State House), the creation of the English Bible (Fire on Earth), the astronomers Kepler and Tycho (Reading the Mind of God), a volcanic eruption on Martinique (The Prisoner of St. Pierre), and 19th century Boston publisher Daniel Sharp Ford (None but the Best). His short plays have received more than 1,000 productions from theatres and schools around the world. He’s the author of three novels, Steering to Freedom, Tornado Siren and Moving [a life in boxes]. Patrick helped start Boston’s Rhombus Playwrights’ group, two theatre companies in Denver and New York, and the on-line Playwrights’ Submission Binge. He’s a member of the Dramatists Guild, StageSource, and a board member of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund. He is the co-founder and coordinator of the New England New Play Alliance. In his spare time, he likes to farm and fix up old houses. Gabridge.com