PLAYWRIGHTS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

playwrights

noun

plural of playwright

as in writers

a person who writes plays The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.

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Recent Examples of playwrights Many were fans of Churchill, 88, who is widely considered one of the greatest living playwrights. — Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Nina Raine and Moses Raine, previously best known as playwrights, penned the scripts, making their debut as a TV writing duo. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Jocelyn Bioh is entering the upper echelon of contemporary playwrights, after her current Broadway play, School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, opened on September 28 to raves. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 In terms of critical reception and production opportunities, Hunter is one of the most successful playwrights of his generation. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 From the table read to backstage to curtain call, Horizon Theatre has been a place for Atlanta playwrights, actors and other artists to tell local stories for 42 years. — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Throughout his career, Rudin has been known for bringing newer works from modern playwrights to Broadway, to varying degrees of success,alongside big titles, like Death of a Salesman or Hello, Dolly! — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Big names holding the pen Some celebrated playwrights are theater categories unto themselves. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 Play On Shakespeare, the company that partners with professional playwrights to reimagine and craft new takes on the Bard, sponsors the second annual festival. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

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In more recent years, the go-to option for an aspiring writer has been starting a newsletter of her own, often on Substack, a digital platform that launched in 2017 to allow writers to charge money for their writing.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Fashionable gatherings were peppered with the prose of neoclassical writers and Romantic poets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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Now that those demographics are changing and there are more non-white authors getting book deals and winning awards, there’s an emerging resentment, especially on social media.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
The new figure is a sharper downgrade than the authors’ earlier Hoover analysis.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

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