{{short description|American dramatist}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = Gab by heather mull.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = Juneau, Alaska | birth_name = Gab Cody |education = University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)<br />Point Park University (MFA) | occupation = Filmmaker | years_active = 2004–present | spouse = Sam Turich | children = | parents = }}
'''Gab Cody''' is an American filmmaker and theatre artist. She wrote, produced and directed the feature film ''Progression'', and her plays ''Fat Beckett'', ''Crush the Infamous Thing'', ''The Alchemists' Lab'', ''Prussia:1866'' and ''Inside Passage'' have premiered at theaters. She served as Lead Writer on the immersive theatre pieces ''STRATA'', ''OjO'' and ''DODO'', produced by the Bricolage Production Company.
==Life and career== Cody was born in Juneau, Alaska. She spent her youth there and in Upstate New York before moving to North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and after graduating moved to New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-10 |title=Why I moved to Pittsburgh from Brooklyn: Gab Cody |url=http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/gabcody101012.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420213722/http://popcitymedia.com/features/gabcody101012.aspx |archive-date=2015-04-20 |access-date=2015-03-24 |website=popcitymedia.com}}</ref>
In New York, she worked for Broadway producer Stuart Thompson and as the personal assistant to playwright David Hare.<ref>Hare, David. 1999. ''Acting Up'' Faber & Faber. {{ISBN|978-0571201358}}</ref> Her first play, ''Crush the Infamous Thing: The Adventures of the Hollywood Four'', was optioned by Broadway producer Randall Wreghitt, and she starred in the world premiere production<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2004-12-09/culture/bizarro-and-brainy/|title=Bizarro and Brainy|author=OCTAVIO ROCA|work=Miami New Times|access-date=2015-02-13|archive-date=2012-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013000911/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2004-12-09/culture/bizarro-and-brainy/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2015}} at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida.
In 2007, Cody moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where she wrote and produced the short film "Mombies" for the feature ''Greetings From Pittsburgh: Neighborhood Narratives''. With her husband and partner Sam Turich, she wrote, produced and directed the feature film ''Progression''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/progression-a-new-comedy-set-during-a-progressive-dinner-in-lawrenceville-premieres/Content?oid=1762291|title=Progression, a new comedy set during a progressive dinner in Lawrenceville, premieres|work=Pittsburgh City Paper|access-date=2015-02-13|archive-date=2015-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912015918/http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/progression-a-new-comedy-set-during-a-progressive-dinner-in-lawrenceville-premieres/Content?oid=1762291|url-status=live}}</ref> Her work for theatre continued: Quantum Theatre produced her play ''Fat Beckett'' (in which she starred with collaborator Rita Reis), which was published by Playscripts, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playscripts.com/play/2485#searchterm=fat%20beckett|title=Fat Beckett|work=Playscripts.com|access-date=2015-02-13|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151305/https://www.playscripts.com/play/2485#searchterm=fat%20beckett|url-status=live}}</ref> Her plays ''The Alchemists' Lab'' and ''Prussia: 1866''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/prussia-1866-is-the-latest-from-theatrical-force-gab-cody/Content?oid=1804212|title=Prussia: 1866 is the latest from theatrical force Gab Cody|work=Pittsburgh City Paper|last1=O'Driscoll|first1=Bill|access-date=2015-02-10|archive-date=2015-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206053942/http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/prussia-1866-is-the-latest-from-theatrical-force-gab-cody/Content?oid=1804212|url-status=live}}</ref> were produced at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. She served as Lead Writer on the immersive theater pieces ''STRATA'', ''OjO'' and ''DODO'' with Bricolage Production Company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bricolagepgh.org/programs/immersive/|title=Immersive Theater | Bricolage Production Company|newspaper=Bricolage|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-date=2018-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020156/http://www.bricolagepgh.org/programs/immersive/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''STRATA'' was named a number one production of the year by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2012/12/20/Best-Play-A-three-way-tie/stories/201212200205|title=Best Play: A three-way tie|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2015-02-13|archive-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200747/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2012/12/20/Best-Play-A-three-way-tie/stories/201212200205|url-status=live}}</ref> and appeared on the cover of American Theatre Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=2&indexID=15|title=American Theatre – July 2013|work=tcg.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091042/http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=2&indexID=15|archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref> ''OjO'' premiered at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/arts-blog/item/38077-ojo-opening-eyes-with-theater |title=Ojo - Opening eyes with theater |access-date=2016-08-21 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916022518/http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/arts-blog/item/38077-ojo-opening-eyes-with-theater |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was produced at the Without Walls Festival at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/24/arts-year-ender-theater-san-diego/#3| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160828131538/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/24/arts-year-ender-theater-san-diego/| archive-date = 2016-08-28| title = 2015 arts rewind: Theater {{!}} SanDiegoUnionTribune.com}}</ref> ''DODO'' premiered at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Museum of Art in October, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2017/10/19/DODO-review-Carnegie-Museums-theater-stage-Bricolage-immersive-Pittsburgh/stories/201710190143|title=Stage review: Take a trippy trip into a world of imagination in immersive 'DODO'|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2023-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130163816/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2017/10/19/DODO-review-Carnegie-Museums-theater-stage-Bricolage-immersive-Pittsburgh/stories/201710190143|url-status=live}}</ref> Her autobiographical, multimedia non-traditional documentary ''Inside Passage'' premiered at Quantum Theatre on March 2, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quantumtheatre.com/past-productions/2017-2018-season/inside-passage/|title=Inside Passage|first=Rob|last=Long|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2023-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929073548/https://www.quantumtheatre.com/past-productions/2017-2018-season/inside-passage/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/03/05/Stage-review-Quantum-s-Inside-Passage-presents-one-woman-s-powerful-search-for-family-and-self/stories/201803050018|title=Stage review: Quantum's 'Inside Passage' presents one woman's powerful search for family and self|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2023-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609122241/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/03/05/Stage-review-Quantum-s-Inside-Passage-presents-one-woman-s-powerful-search-for-family-and-self/stories/201803050018|url-status=live}}</ref>
She is the originating organizer of The Monologue Project to increase the canon of audition monologues for women of the African Diaspora.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/07/24/Monologue-Project-Pittsburgh-women-audition-African-diaspora-actresses/stories/201807230138|title=Project rooted in Pittsburgh provides audition monologues for women of color|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2024-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620214817/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/07/24/Monologue-Project-Pittsburgh-women-audition-African-diaspora-actresses/stories/201807230138|url-status=live}}</ref> The Monologue Project is hosted by the Bishop Arts Theater Center<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bishopartstheatre.org/the-monologue-project/|title=The Monologue Project|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2024-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603164858/https://bishopartstheatre.org/the-monologue-project/|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been performed in Pittsburgh,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2017/05/04/Monologue-Project-audition-length-theater-monologues-women-of-the-African-Diaspora/stories/201705050041|title=The Monologue Project celebrates Women of the African Diaspora in theater|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2018-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020847/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2017/05/04/Monologue-Project-audition-length-theater-monologues-women-of-the-African-Diaspora/stories/201705050041|url-status=live}}</ref> Dallas and at the Dramatists Guild of America National Conference in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramatistsguild.com/events/nationalconference/ |title=Your Pen. Our Sword. – The Dramatists Guild of America |website=www.dramatistsguild.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817225637/https://www.dramatistsguild.com/events/nationalconference/ |archive-date=2018-08-17}}</ref>
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