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Wright is a playwright, screenwriter and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, among other notable works.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 May 2025
Later on, the English playwright Noël Coward and his partner John C. Wilson, a Broadway producer, owned the stately spread, and over the years, several stars of screen and stage used Pebbles as a summer getaway, including Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Richard Rodgers.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
This year, the tributes go to Tina Landau, an award-winning playwright, lyricist and director, and Tony Award winner Idina Menzel.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Martyna Majok: The Pulitzer winning playwright and Yale School of Drama graduate delivers the festival’s keynote address on June 14 at 2:15 p.m. in the Humanities Quadrangle on York Street.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 May 2025
Later on, the English playwright Noël Coward and his partner John C. Wilson, a Broadway producer, owned the stately spread, and over the years, several stars of screen and stage used Pebbles as a summer getaway, including Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Richard Rodgers.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
This year, the tributes go to Tina Landau, an award-winning playwright, lyricist and director, and Tony Award winner Idina Menzel.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Martyna Majok: The Pulitzer winning playwright and Yale School of Drama graduate delivers the festival’s keynote address on June 14 at 2:15 p.m. in the Humanities Quadrangle on York Street.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwright. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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playwright
noun
play·wright
ˈplā-ˌrīt 
: a person who writes plays
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