Caleb Lewis

Lewis' father was a diver, whose job at one time was to retrieve bodies from the Yarra River in Melbourne.

[3] In 2004 Lewis' collection of short plays Songs for the Deaf was produced by FreshTrack Productions for the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

He began a two-year residency with the Griffin Theatre Company, culminating in the world premiere of Nailed.

[citation needed] After receiving funding from the Australia Council's theatre and literature boards, his play The Sea Bride won the Theatrelab Emerging Playwright Award, earning a two-week workshop with playwright Edward Albee.

[citation needed] Rust and Bone, based on Craig Davidson's short story collection of the same name, premiered in Sydney in 2013, earning favourable reviews.

[1] Lewis wrote in the program notes that it also reflected on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's personal lives.