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Along the way, Sundance filmmakers and actors in the cinema won Oscars, and playwrights and performers in the theater won Pulitzer and Tony awards.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The actor and playwright originated the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary, alongside Conrad Ricamora as Mary’s husband Abraham Lincoln and James Scully as Mary’s teacher.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB).
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The actor and playwright originated the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary, alongside Conrad Ricamora as Mary’s husband Abraham Lincoln and James Scully as Mary’s teacher.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB).
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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