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playwright

noun as in person who writes for the theater

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“Their lives were always reaching for the light,” says the playwright John Guare, whose black comedy “The House of Blue Leaves” Anne performed in off-Broadway.

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American actor and playwright Colman Domingo has been cast as the Cowardly Lion in the upcoming Wicked: For Good film, putting to rest a weekend of internet speculation on who would play the role.

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One defiantly analog answer is to look to our playwrights.

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Shakespeare was a poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and his plays are still performed all over the world.

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"We Are Gay" was written by Candace Chong, one of Hong Kong's most celebrated playwrights, and describes a love triangle between three men.

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