SettingsPulitzer Prize for Drama winners
Albert Hackett
Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich.
Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich.
Alfred Uhry
Alfred Fox Uhry is an American playwright, screenwriter, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Alfred Fox Uhry is an American playwright, screenwriter, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist.
August Wilson
August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
Beth Henley
Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress.
Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress.
Brian Yorkey
Brian Yorkey is an American playwright, lyricist, and theatre director.
Brian Yorkey is an American playwright, lyricist, and theatre director.
Bruce Norris (playwright)
Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago.
Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago.
Charles Fuller
Charles H. Fuller, Jr. (born 5 March 1939) is an American playwright, best known for his play, A Soldier's Play, for which he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Charles H. Fuller, Jr. (born 5 March 1939) is an American playwright, best known for his play, A Soldier's Play, for which he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Charles Gordone
Charles Edward Gordone (October 12, 1925 - November 16, 1995) was an American playwright, actor, director, and educator.
Charles Edward Gordone (October 12, 1925 - November 16, 1995) was an American playwright, actor, director, and educator.
David Auburn
David Auburn (born 1970 Chicago) is an American playwright.
David Auburn (born 1970 Chicago) is an American playwright.
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright and lyricist.
David Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright and lyricist.
Donald L. Coburn
Donald L. Coburn (born 4 August 1938) is an American dramatist.
Donald L. Coburn (born 4 August 1938) is an American dramatist.
Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) (MARG-yoo-leez) is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University.
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) (MARG-yoo-leez) is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University.
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), a...
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), a...
Edward Kleban
Edward “Ed” Kleban was an American musical theatre composer and lyricist.
Edward “Ed” Kleban was an American musical theatre composer and lyricist.
Frances Goodrich
Frances Goodrich was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett.
Frances Goodrich was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett.
Frank Loesser
Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others.
Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others.
George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more t...
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more t...
George Kelly (playwright)
George Edward Kelly (16 January 1887 – 18 June 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.
George Edward Kelly (16 January 1887 – 18 June 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.
George S. Kaufman
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.
Hatcher Hughes
Hatcher Hughes (12 February 1881, Polkville, North Carolina - 19 October 1945, New York City) was an American playwright who lived in Grover, NC, as featured in the book Images of America.
Hatcher Hughes (12 February 1881, Polkville, North Carolina - 19 October 1945, New York City) was an American playwright who lived in Grover, NC, as featured in the book Images of America.
Hell-Bent Fer Heaven
Hell-Bent Fer Heaven is a play by Hatcher Hughes that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1924.
Hell-Bent Fer Heaven is a play by Hatcher Hughes that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1924.
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 198...
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 198...
Howard Lindsay
Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1889 - February 11, 1968) was an American theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor.
Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1889 - February 11, 1968) was an American theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor.
Howard Sackler
Howard Oliver Sackler (December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982), was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for writing The Great White Hope (play: 1967; film: 1970).
Howard Oliver Sackler (December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982), was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for writing The Great White Hope (play: 1967; film: 1970).
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the ...
Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the ...
James Kirkwood, Jr.
James Kirkwood, Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright and author.
James Kirkwood, Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright and author.
James Lapine
James Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director and librettist.
James Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director and librettist.
Jerome Weidman
Jerome Weidman (April 4, 1913, New York City - October 6, 1998, New York City) was an American playwright and novelist.
Jerome Weidman (April 4, 1913, New York City - October 6, 1998, New York City) was an American playwright and novelist.
Jesse Lynch Williams
Jesse Lynch Williams was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dramatist.
Jesse Lynch Williams was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dramatist.
John Patrick (dramatist)
John Patrick (May 17, 1905November 7, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
John Patrick (May 17, 1905November 7, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work.
Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work.
Joseph Kramm
Joseph A. Kramm (30 September 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 8 May 1991) was an American playwright, actor, and director.
Joseph A. Kramm (30 September 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 8 May 1991) was an American playwright, actor, and director.
Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement.
Lanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement.
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (born 1964) is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women.
Lynn Nottage (born 1964) is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women.
Marc Connelly
Marcus Cook Connelly was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist.
Marcus Cook Connelly was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist.
Margaret Edson
Margaret Edson (born 4 July 1961, Washington, D.C.) is an American playwright.
Margaret Edson (born 4 July 1961, Washington, D.C.) is an American playwright.
Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer.
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer.
Mary Chase (playwright)
Mary Coyle Chase was an American journalist, playwright and screenwriter, known primarily for writing the Broadway play Harvey, later adapted for film starring James Stewart.
Mary Coyle Chase was an American journalist, playwright and screenwriter, known primarily for writing the Broadway play Harvey, later adapted for film starring James Stewart.
Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.
James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.
Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer.
Michael Bennett was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer.
Michael Cristofer
Michael Ivan Cristofer is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor.
Michael Ivan Cristofer is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor.
Morrie Ryskind
Morrie Ryskind (born October 20, 1895, New York City — died August 24, 1985, Washington, D.C.) was an American dramatist, lyricist and writer of theatrical productions and motion pictures, who b...
Morrie Ryskind (born October 20, 1895, New York City — died August 24, 1985, Washington, D.C.) was an American dramatist, lyricist and writer of theatrical productions and motion pictures, who b...
Moss Hart
Moss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.
Moss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.
Nicholas Dante
Nicholas Dante was an American dancer and writer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line.
Nicholas Dante was an American dancer and writer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line.
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.
Paul Green (playwright)
Paul Eliot Green (17 March 1894 - 4 May 1981) was an American playwright best known for his depictions of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century.
Paul Eliot Green (17 March 1894 - 4 May 1981) was an American playwright best known for his depictions of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century.
Paul Zindel
Paul Zindel Jr. (15 May 1936 – 27 March 2003) was an American playwright, author, and educator.
Paul Zindel Jr. (15 May 1936 – 27 March 2003) was an American playwright, author, and educator.
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor.
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor.
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Quiara Alegría Hudes is an American playwright and author best known for writing the book for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights.
Quiara Alegría Hudes is an American playwright and author best known for writing the book for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights.
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals.
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals.
Robert Schenkkan
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born 19 March 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor, perhaps most recognizable as the character of Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick in Sta...
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born 19 March 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor, perhaps most recognizable as the character of Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick in Sta...
Russel Crouse
Russel Crouse (20 February 1893 – 3 April 1966) was an American playwright and librettist, best known for his work in the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse.
Russel Crouse (20 February 1893 – 3 April 1966) was an American playwright and librettist, best known for his work in the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse.
Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Harnick is an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof.
Sheldon Harnick is an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof.
Sidney Kingsley
Sidney Kingsley (22 October 1906 - 20 March 1995) was an American dramatist.
Sidney Kingsley (22 October 1906 - 20 March 1995) was an American dramatist.
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre.
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre.
Susan Glaspell
Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 27, 1948) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, director, novelist, biographer and poet.
Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 27, 1948) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, director, novelist, biographer and poet.
Tad Mosel
Tad Mosel was an American playwright and one of the leading dramatists of hour-long teleplay genre for live television during the 1950s.
Tad Mosel was an American playwright and one of the leading dramatists of hour-long teleplay genre for live television during the 1950s.
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater.
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater.
They Knew What They Wanted (play)
They Knew What They Wanted is a 1924 play written by Sidney Howard that tells the story of Tony, an aging Italian winegrower in the California Napa Valley, who proposes by letter to Amy, a S...
They Knew What They Wanted is a 1924 play written by Sidney Howard that tells the story of Tony, an aging Italian winegrower in the California Napa Valley, who proposes by letter to Amy, a S...
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts is an American playwright and actor who received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County.
Tracy Letts is an American playwright and actor who received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County.
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
William Inge
William Motter Inge ( "inj"; – ) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.
William Motter Inge ( "inj"; – ) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.