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Famous Playwrights from United States
Baraka, Amiri
(
Newark
)
Author of the 1964 play
Dutchman
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
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