Twelve years ago, William
Gebby started writing plays.
His one-act play, INCENSE FOR
SHIVA, was a winner of Indiana-
University Purdue-University-Fort
Wayne's Indiana Voices Competition
in 1997;
His full-length play, LYNCHING
IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, played to
critical and popular acclaim at
Theatre On The Square (Indpls.)
in 1998;
And his ten-minute play, 1918,
was produced by Theatre Studio
Inc. (NYC) in 1999.
Close to a half-dozen of his
plays have received public
readings by The Indiana Theatre
Association and The Algonquin
Project.
From 2002-03, he served as
publicity director, stage manager
assistant director, and producer
at Center Stage Productions
(Indpls.).
In 2003, he founded Inklings
Theatre which produced three of
his plays: THE CONFESSIONAL,
THE GERANIUM, and A PRAYER FOR
THE DEAD (2004).
In 2007, his play, WAR TO
END ALL WARS, was featured as
part of The Indianapolis Theatre
Fringe Festival. He received a
Basile Theatre Fellowship the
same year
A lifelong Hoosier, he lives in
Indianapolis with his wife and two
children.