playwright
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A playwright friend emailed him when the production was announced with a simple message: “Bart, lighten up!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 2028, the company will present “Good Bones,” a collaboration between two Pulitzer Prize winners: Composer Michael Abels, known for his scores for Jordan Peele films, and playwright James Ijames, author of “Fat Ham.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Tony Harrison was a poet and playwright born in Leeds in 1937 who was famed for his controversial work.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Alumni of the Ibadan stage include playwright and actor Akinwumi Isola, actress Martha Ehinome and actor Gabriel Afolayan.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
ATG Entertainment said renaming the venue the Tom Stoppard Theatre would be a "lasting tribute... to one of the most influential playwrights in British theatre".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The goal of playwrights grappling seriously with what it means to be an American today isn’t to score social media points but to shed light on the fractured reality of our collective experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The current generation of playwrights has revealed itself to be remarkably resilient and independent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
She did her graduate work at NYU, and for three weeks the four of us stayed in the city and socialized with her former teachers and classmates—novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, poets.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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