Caleb Lewis

Caleb Lewis (born 16 April 1978) is an Australian playwright and game designer. His plays include The River at the End of the Road[1]; Destroyer of Worlds;[2] The Honey Bees;[3] Maggie Stone[4]; Nailed;[5] Dogfall,[6] Death in Bowengabbie,[7] Rust and Bone,[8] Aleksander and the Robot Maid,[9] In a Dark Dark Wood[10] and Clinchfield[11] (winner of the inaugural Richard Burton Award for new plays).

Works

Lewis studied drama and playwriting at the Flinders University Drama Centre under playwright Verity Laughton. In 2002 he began a year-long mentorship with Nick Enright and began work on Nailed. In 2003 he won the Independent Arts Foundation Literature Scholarship to research the play Krissy Pho in Vietnam and also the Naked Theatre Company's Write Now competition for his play RocketBaby.

In 2004 his collection of short plays Songs for the Deaf was produced by FreshTrack Productions for the Adelaide Fringe Festival and he began a two-year residency with the Griffin Theatre Company, culminating in the world premiere of Nailed (short listed for the Phillip Parsons playwright's award). Lewis has completed commissions for Jigsaw Theatre Company in the Australian Capital Territory and Riverland Youth Theatre Company in South Australia. His short film The Half Windsor opened in Sydney in May 2007.

After receiving funding from the Australia Council's theatre and literature boards, his play The Sea Bride won the Theatrelab Emerging Playwright Award, earning a two-week workshop with playwright Edward Albee.[12]

His play Dogfall opened in Adelaide at the Bakehouse Theatre in November 2007 and was shortlisted for the 2008 Phillip Parsons Award.[13] In January 2008, Songs for the Deaf toured to Hong Kong. His play Men, Love and the Monkeyboy was short-listed for the 2007 Griffin Award and is the winner of the 2008 Mitch Matthews award.[14] Men, Love and the Monkeyboy enjoyed successful seasons at the Darlinghurst Theatre and the Riverside Theatre Parramatta in 2008. Lewis' most recent play, Rust and Bone, based on Craig Davidson's short story collection of the same name, premiered in Sydney in 2013 earning favorable reviews[15]

Lewis began to work on creating immersive theatre pieces and game based stories. His work If There Was A Colour Darker Than Black I’d Wear It won the 2013 Ruby Award for Innovation.[16] In 2016 he developed an app called The City which allows the player to explore the lives of four homeless characters.[17] In 2019 he developed A Little History Play for the Batch Festival at Griffin Theatre Company. Which was an interactive piece where the audience guided the action in the play. Those decisions then carried over to the play's next performance.[18]

Awards

Lewis was the inaugural winner of the Australian Writers Guild's 2008 Interactive Media AWGIE for his work on, Otzi – The Story of the Iceman,[19] the inaugural winner of Sally Burton's 2010 Richard Burton Award for New Plays for his play Clinchfield. His play Death in Bowengabbie was nominated for best stage production at the 2009 Adelaide Fringe Festival winning a commendation for best writing. In 2010, Lewis turned down the prestigious Philip Parsons Award, in protest.[20]

References
  1. "The River at the End of the Road – HotHouse Theatre". Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. "Fringe Review: Destroyer of Worlds". Glam Adelaide. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. https://redstitch.net. "The Honey Bees | Red Stitch Actors Theatre | Australia's leading ensemble theatre company, premiering contemporary works since 2002". Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. "Maggie Stone". Currency Press. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. "NAILED". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. "moving and shaking". Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. "Review: Death in Bowengabbie". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "REVIEW: Rust And Bone | Griffin Theatre, Sydney – Curtain Call". blogs.crikey.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. Blake, Jason (4 July 2011). "Friendship forged against the odds in robot world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  10. "In a Dark Dark Wood". Barking Gecko Theatre. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  11. "Circus elephant tale judged jumbo effort". The West Australian. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  12. "Drama Centre: Graduate profiles". Flinders University. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  13. "The Philip Parsons Young Playwright's Award 2008". Australian Stage Online. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  14. "The Mitch Mathews Award". pdproductions.org.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  15. Rust and Bone at Griffin Theatre Company
  16. "Caleb Lewis". Mollison Keightley Management. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  17. "Watch an interview with playwright Caleb Lewis". Blast Theory. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  18. "5 Questions with Caleb Lewis". Griffin Theatre Company. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  19. "2008 Awgie Award Winners". Australian Writers' Guild. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  20. "Playwright opts for credibility over cash" by Adam Fulton, The Sydney Morning Herald (15 March 2010)
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