Caleb Lewis

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Caleb Lewis (April 16, 1978) is an Australian playwright based in Sydney.

Caleb studied drama and playwriting at Flinders University 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). Caleb has completed commissions for Jigsaw Theatre Company (Australian Capital Territory) and Riverland Youth Theatre Company (South Australia). His short film The Half Windsor opened in Sydney last May.

After receiving funding from the Australia Council's Theatre Board and Literature Board, his play The Sea Bride won the Theatrelab Emerging Playwright Award, earning a two-week workshop with playwright Edward Albee.

His new play Dogfall opened in Adelaide in November 2007. Caleb has recently completed writing Otzi – the story of the Iceman, an online blog for the Australian National Maritime Museum. In January 2008, Songs for the Deaf toured to Hong Kong. His latest play Men, Love and the Monkeyboy was short-listed for the 2007 Griffin Award and is the winner of the 2008 Mitch Matthews award. Men, Love and the Monkeyboy enjoyed successful seasons at the Darlinghurt Theatre and Riverside Theatre in 2008.

Caleb's band 'The Calebs' is currently recording their debut album at Sydney's Linear Recording studio.