Baraka, Amiri (Newark)
Author of the 1964 play Dutchman
Famous Playwrights from United States
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Childress, Alice (Charleston)
The author of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich -
Foote, Horton (Wharton)
Oscar-winning screenwriter of To Kill A Mockingbird -
Hansberry, Lorraine (Chicago)
The author of A Raisin in the Sun -
Lonergan, Kenneth (New York City)
The director of 'You Can Count on Me' -
Mamet, David (Chicago)
The playwright who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross -
Miller, Arthur (New York City)
The author of Death of a Salesman -
Odets, Clifford (Philadelphia)
The author of the play Waiting for Lefty -
O'Neill, Eugene (New York City)
The author of the play Long Day's Journey Into Night -
Perry, Tyler (New Orleans)
Madea in his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman -
Rebeck, Theresa (Kenwood)
The playwright who created the TV show Smash -
Shepard, Sam (Fort Sheridan)
The actor/playwright who wrote 'Fool for Love' and 'True West' -
Sherwood, Robert E. (New Rochelle)
The playwright who wrote the movie The Best Years of Our Lives -
Simon, Neil (The Bronx)
The Broadway legend who wrote The Odd Couple -
Williams, Tennessee (Columbus)
Pulitzer-winning author of A Streetcar Named Desire -
Wilson, August (Pittsburgh)
Pulitzer-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson