# How many playwrights do we have here?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 13, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080 "2018-05-13T03:05:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080/1 "2018-05-13T03:05:48Z")

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I admit I have ulterior motives for asking, as I’m currently looking for a playwright/bookwriter to work on a new musical with me, but I’m also just generally curious. I know we have lots of novelists and short story writers, and some screenwriters, but do we have any good old-fashioned playwrights around these parts?

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080/2 "2018-05-13T11:31:40Z")

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I wrote a Christmas play in 5th grade that was performed in all 4 classrooms, but I’m pretty sure that’s not what you’re looking for. 😃

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080/3 "2018-05-13T20:39:39Z")

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I’ve had several children’s plays published in Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People, and I know at least one of them was staged.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080/4 "2018-05-14T12:13:39Z")

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I’ve written plays for local groups, a whole lotta unproduced plays, and a science fiction mystery radio drama that I also produced, directed, and ran on the radio in Salt Lake City more years ago than I care to think about.