Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised on the Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado.
[1] Before turning to playwriting, he received his BA in English from Fort Lewis College in Colorado, and his MFA in acting from Ohio University.
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.
[2] The play had its debut at the Boise Contemporary Theatre before moving to Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., in 2013.
[3][4] The Spanish version, La velocidad del otoño, premiered at the Teatro Bellas Artes in Madrid in December 2016.