Two people set out to have a truly deep personal discussion about race if they can ever get through the pre-talk about talking about race. Co-written with Darius Stubbs. 2 actors (male or female), one black one white.
Premiered at Cleveland Public Theatre’s “Station Hope”, 2017. A 10 minute stunningly violent, profane, and verbose retelling of everyone’s favorite pink-bunny-clad boy. “You’ll shoot your eye out” takes on a whole new meaning.
6-10 actors, any ethnicity **************************** Civilization will be undone by the seven most frightening words in the English language: “Human Resources needs to talk to you.” 2 men, 2 women. Premiered at Dobama Theatre, 2009; Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, 2009. “‘Writing in the style of true farce, Coble penned a hysterically funny script, full of overblown characters, each one with a secret to hide, which are revealed through slips of the tongue and acting double-takes” — Cool Cleveland “Coble neatly reverses gender roles in this light and tasty play” — Cleveland Plain Dealer **************************** Two women sit waiting for a matinee of “Waiting for Godot”. How long will a subscriber sit? Premiered at The Cleveland PlayHouse, 2005.
“Smart and sharp and gently satiric without ever being nasty. The PlayHouse audience adored it, and rightly so.” — Cool Cleveland ******************* An actress prepares to step onstage in a tiny role, only to be visited by four very unfriendly theatrical spectres 1 woman, 4 actors of either sex. Premiered at Contemporary American Theatre Company, 2006. Winner, Best of the Fest, 2006. “In the whimsical, wry ‘Haunted’, Coble has created some long-needed theater ghosts, but to name them would undercut the surprise” — Columbus Dispatch ******************* A woman stops in to see her almost comatose mother in a nursing home. A song by Duke Ellington reveals a new opportunity.
Premiered at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, 2005. “Truly moving without being saccharine a beautiful exploration of what we all need at the end of the journey” — Scene Magazine *************** BE ASTOUNDED by the Amazing Krispinsky in his ULTIMATE FEAT OF DAREDEVILTRY as he heroically, death-defyingly, mind-numbingly attempts his GREATEST ACT OF ESCAPE EVER! But can even he wriggle free from HIS OWN LIFE??