as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Recent Examples of playwright
Subsequent productions are never going to have the same coordination between playwright and theatrical interpreters as the world premiere.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Berry also has close ties to the Steep Theatre Company, where his numerous collaborations with the leading British playwright Simon Stephens over the years have been especially successful.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Italian playwright and director Emma Dante will receive this year’s Golden Lion, while young Greek-Albanian director Mario Banushi will be honored with the Silver Lion.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Berry also has close ties to the Steep Theatre Company, where his numerous collaborations with the leading British playwright Simon Stephens over the years have been especially successful.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Italian playwright and director Emma Dante will receive this year’s Golden Lion, while young Greek-Albanian director Mario Banushi will be honored with the Silver Lion.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
Noun
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Every tax software review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of tax software products.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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Nicholas Gallagher — a relatively recent New York University law school graduate and conservative writer whom ProPublica previously identified as a DOGE operative at the General Services Administration — has been involved in conversations about overhauling environmental rules.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hammerstein is much more of a musical dramatist, and Hart is much more of a lyrical craftsman or a lyrical comedian.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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The dramatist’s encounter with the audience, whether disappointing or exhilarating, is a unique, indelible experience.—
John Lahr,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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This movie very much has the biting genre sensibility that made Cody a household name — a rare feat for a screenwriter — after her Oscar win for Juno and cult hits like Jennifer’s Body.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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What of the author who never learns to write, the computer programmer who never learns to code, or the artist who never learns to draw?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of the neatest solutions to the problem of siblings for an author, and one that has special appeal for those who have them in real life, is to avoid them altogether—to write them out of existence.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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