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a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Recent Examples of playwrights
Over the decades, the contest has become a launchpad for many professional playwrights who had their first plays staged at the San Diego festival, including Karen Hartman, Josefina López, Annie Weisman and Lauren Yee.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Poets and playwrights worked alongside speechwriters on his staff.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
Each summer, the 24 Hour Plays brings together early-career actors, directors, playwrights, producers, composers, designers and stage managers for their annual free professional intensive, culminating in their own production of the plays in an Off-Broadway theater.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves reconvened a group of artists and luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance including musicians, playwrights, poets and scholars at Duke Ellington’s townhouse for an afternoon of reminiscing and rumination.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Hanoi’s grand dame has since survived bombing raids during the Vietnam War and hosted a who’s who of playwrights, royalty and world leaders.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Few British playwrights have been compared to Shakespeare, but Tom Stoppard was.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
The theater has produced several generations of playwrights, including Brian Friel and Conor McPherson, who have helped the Irish public understand the changing nation.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Poets and playwrights worked alongside speechwriters on his staff.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
Each summer, the 24 Hour Plays brings together early-career actors, directors, playwrights, producers, composers, designers and stage managers for their annual free professional intensive, culminating in their own production of the plays in an Off-Broadway theater.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves reconvened a group of artists and luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance including musicians, playwrights, poets and scholars at Duke Ellington’s townhouse for an afternoon of reminiscing and rumination.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Hanoi’s grand dame has since survived bombing raids during the Vietnam War and hosted a who’s who of playwrights, royalty and world leaders.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Few British playwrights have been compared to Shakespeare, but Tom Stoppard was.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
The theater has produced several generations of playwrights, including Brian Friel and Conor McPherson, who have helped the Irish public understand the changing nation.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwrights
Noun
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The writers on Hoppers started catering the character directly to Law.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Every credit card article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of credit card products.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Its authors tell in previously unheard detail how Cardinal Robert Prevost, a low-key Augustinian friar from Chicago, had quietly garnered support from fellow cardinals as the conclave got underway but remained under the radar of wider attention as a serious candidate.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Mia Sato,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Playwrights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwrights. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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