Gage Tarlton is a playwright from rural North Carolina, currently living in Brooklyn, NY.

His produced work includes Pretty Perfect Lives (The Flea Theater, 2024) and xXPonyBoyDerekXx (OnlyFans, 2023). He has been a finalist for The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, a finalist for Rattlestick Theater’s Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, a finalist for the Neukom Literary Arts Award for Playwriting, a finalist for The Blank Theater’s Future of Playwriting Prize, a finalist for The Civilian’s R&D Group, amongst other achievements. He is currently a member of The Orchard Project’s Greenhouse Lab and was formerly a playwriting fellow at The Kennedy Center. His work has been developed by La MaMa ETC, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Barter Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Queer Ensemble, Arterial Projects and FourPlaysAnd.

He is represented in theater by Farrah Cukor at United Talent Agency and in film/television by Brandy Rivers at Amplified Management.