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. Estelle Parsons received a
Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. The play had its debut at the Boise Contemporary Theatre before moving to
Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., in 2013. 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. 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. 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. 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. ==Selected works==