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No playwright can duplicate the poignancy of that.
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Milo Rau, the Swiss playwright and director who began staging this pungent project back in 2011, and who has toured it worldwide, has made a specialty of examining atrocity onstage.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Throughout her nine-decade career, Lee won awards as a dancer, actor, teacher, author, stage director, playwright, theater and film consultant and painter.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Milo Rau, the Swiss playwright and director who began staging this pungent project back in 2011, and who has toured it worldwide, has made a specialty of examining atrocity onstage.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Throughout her nine-decade career, Lee won awards as a dancer, actor, teacher, author, stage director, playwright, theater and film consultant and painter.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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