Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

male, deceased (1983)
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright...
John Patrick Shanley

John Patrick Shanley

male, 59 years old
John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Charity. He...
Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson

male, deceased (1996)
Jonathan Larson was an American composer and playwright who lived in New York City and authored musicals, including "Rent" and "Tick, Tick......
Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

male, deceased (1953)
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was a Nobel-prize winning American playwright. More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced American drama to the...
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner

male, 53 years old (NYC, New York, United States)
Mr. Kushner is a leading playwright and a major voice in American Theatre who has won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, two Tony Awards for Best Play and...
August Wilson

August Wilson

male, deceased (2005)
August Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. Wilson's singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of wh...
Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks

female, 45 years old
Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1964) is an award-winning American playwright and screenwriter. She was a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant...
Joshua Logan

Joshua Logan

male, deceased (1988)
Joshua Logan (October 5, 1908- July 12, 1988) was a stage and film director and writer. Joshua Lockwood Logan III was born in Texarkana, Texas and...
Doug Wright

Doug Wright

male
Doug Wright is an award-winning American playwright, librettist, and screenplay writer. Wright’s play "Quills" premiered at Washington, DC's Wo...
David Auburn

David Auburn

male, 40 years old
David Auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago...