as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Finley is an actor-playwright — a good one, too, having been recognized multiple times by the statewide Jerry Awards and Jerry Ensemble for excellence in high school musical theater.
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Kylie Volavongsa, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
New look at ‘Little Women’ Bay Area playwright Lauren Gunderson has created a walking-talking literary/theatrical museum of sorts with her works about real-life people and famous characters.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
During her five-decade tenure at MTC, Meadow has guided acclaimed shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Eureka Day‘s Jonathan Spector and many others.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The film stars Jane Seymour as Elise McKenna, a turn-of-the-20th-century stage actress and Christopher Reeve as Richard Collier, a playwright, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Kylie Volavongsa, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
New look at ‘Little Women’ Bay Area playwright Lauren Gunderson has created a walking-talking literary/theatrical museum of sorts with her works about real-life people and famous characters.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
During her five-decade tenure at MTC, Meadow has guided acclaimed shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Eureka Day‘s Jonathan Spector and many others.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The film stars Jane Seymour as Elise McKenna, a turn-of-the-20th-century stage actress and Christopher Reeve as Richard Collier, a playwright, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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Coming after his success as a co-writer on partner Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar hit Barbie (2023), Jay Kelly appears to signal a new chapter for the Baumbach, one less defined by fracture and regret than by celebration.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Conrad Earp, Asteroid City Of the three dramatists on this list, Earp is obviously the most developed.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Buzzy emerging screenwriter Morgan Lehmann has sold the pitch for an untitled WAGs comedy to Amazon MGM Studios‘ United Artists and Scott Stuber, Deadline has learned.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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After 12 years of silence since Bleeding Edge, the 87-year-old author will publish Shadow Ticket on October 7th, 2025.—
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7 Oct. 2025
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