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Deratany is a lawyer, screenwriter and playwright whose credits include Foster Boy and the stage musical The Civility of Albert Cashier.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Kate Cayley is a fiction writer, poet, and playwright.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Ronan Day-Lewis, 27 Ronan is the older son of the two children Daniel shares with his wife, Rebecca Miller, who is the daughter of legendary playwright Arthur Miller.
—Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Graham often grabs stories straight out of the news, and both Sherwood and Punch are based on real events (as were Tammy Faye and Ink, the prolific playwright’s last visits to Broadway).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Kate Cayley is a fiction writer, poet, and playwright.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Ronan Day-Lewis, 27 Ronan is the older son of the two children Daniel shares with his wife, Rebecca Miller, who is the daughter of legendary playwright Arthur Miller.
—Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Graham often grabs stories straight out of the news, and both Sherwood and Punch are based on real events (as were Tammy Faye and Ink, the prolific playwright’s last visits to Broadway).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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