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The production was written and directed by Fort Lauderdale poet and playwright Darius Daughtry, founder of the Art Prevails Project.
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Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Loosely based on the nonfiction book You and I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, the story follows the French director of a nursing home who attempts to introduce a more humane care technique and meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
One time my stepson, Bobby [Miller, son of third husband playwright Arthur Miller], had some magazine kind of hidden.
—Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
That’s one reason why Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang decided to bring it into the 21st Century.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Loosely based on the nonfiction book You and I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, the story follows the French director of a nursing home who attempts to introduce a more humane care technique and meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
One time my stepson, Bobby [Miller, son of third husband playwright Arthur Miller], had some magazine kind of hidden.
—Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
That’s one reason why Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang decided to bring it into the 21st Century.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for playwright
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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