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Also Known As Elizabeth Becker Henley
Born May 8, 1952 (age 74) • Jackson • Mississippi
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Crimes of the Heart” • “The Miss Firecracker Contest” • “The Wake of Jamey Foster”
Lynn Nottage, 2018
Lynn Nottage
American playwright
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
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Russel Crouse
American dramatist
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Howard Lindsay
American playwright
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Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
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Eugene O’Neill
American dramatist
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
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David Mamet
American author
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Edward Albee stands outside a theater at night, holding a folder, with theater signs for
Edward Albee
American author
Schenkkan, Robert
Robert Schenkkan
American stage, television, and film writer
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Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
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Susan Glaspell
American dramatist and novelist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Zona Gale.
Zona Gale
American novelist and playwright
Sherwood, photograph by Yousuf Karsh
Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright