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Nakadai was predeceased by his wife, producer and playwright Kyoko Miyazaki.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
To reflect the current moment — when discrimination against not only the LGBTQ community but also the non-binary and transgender communities — is on the rise, playwright Lee rewrote parts of his 2022 play earlier this year in San Francisco.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
The workhouse and August Wilson The great playwright August Wilson, who was born in the Hill in 1945, said that much of his work was informed by his early days spent listening to the stories of the Hill’s oldtimers.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Cincinnati actor/director/playwright Kevin Crowley, a longtime member of Clifton Players, crossed paths with playwright Samuel Brett Williams at the 2012 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in McCall, Idaho.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
To reflect the current moment — when discrimination against not only the LGBTQ community but also the non-binary and transgender communities — is on the rise, playwright Lee rewrote parts of his 2022 play earlier this year in San Francisco.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
The workhouse and August Wilson The great playwright August Wilson, who was born in the Hill in 1945, said that much of his work was informed by his early days spent listening to the stories of the Hill’s oldtimers.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Cincinnati actor/director/playwright Kevin Crowley, a longtime member of Clifton Players, crossed paths with playwright Samuel Brett Williams at the 2012 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in McCall, Idaho.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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