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: a person who writes plays

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As if the venue weren’t gay enough, literati from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to Evan Ross Katz — the social-media-age Cindy Adams — are in attendance to toast the film. —Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 The humor, an integral part of the _playwright_’s flamboyant arsenal, is also missed. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 Heritage Theatre Known as one of the oldest Black nonprofit theater companies in New York City, the Heritage Theatre was started in 1964 by Roger Furman, a playwright, director, and actor. —Jasmine Browley, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024 White gloves that once belonged to Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, a playwright whose premature death inspired his parents to found the Goodman Theatre. —Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for playwright