Directory of Playwrights
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Rudolfo Anaya
Annette Arkeketa
Cristal González Avila
Nissy Aya
Tanya Barfield
Aziza Barnes
France-Luce Benson
Dharamvir Bharati
Jocelyn Bioh
Ed Bullins
Chistopher Chen
Kirsten Childs
Frank Chin
Dustin Chinn
Julia Cho
Ping Chong
Mia Chung
Pearl Cleage
Roy Conboy
Jordan E. Cooper
Kia Corthron
Inda Craig-Galván
Migdalia Cruz
Nilo Cruz
Culture Clash
Sagar Deshmukj
Lydia Diamond
Kristoffer Diaz
Colman Domingo
Ariel Dorfman
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Timothy DuWhite
Yussef El Guindi
Alvin Eng
Larissa Fasthorse
Evelina Fernández
Star Finch
María Irene Fornés
Charles Fuller
Anne García-Romero
Marcus Gardley
Keelay Gipson
Diane Glancy
José Cruz González
Philip Kan Gotanda
Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Virginia Grise
Dipika Guha
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Danai Gurira
Andrea Hairston
Katori Hall
Linda Hogan
Jiréh Breon Holder
Velina Hasu Houston
LeAnne Howe
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Chisa Hutchinson
David Henry Hwang
James Ijames
Jalisa Leelee Jackson
Michael R. Jackson
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Caleen Jennings
Anchuli Felicia King
Shishir Kurup
Michelle Law
Young Jean Lee
John Leguizamo
Mike Lew
Josefina López
Matthew Lopez
Oliver Mayer
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Derek Lee McPhatter
Ayeesha Menon
Mary Kathryn Nagle
Purva Naresh
Yvette Nolan
Jim Northrup
Jonathan Norton
Lynn Nottage
Antoinette Nwandu
Robert O'Hara
Rey Pamatmat
Suzan-Lori Parks
Ming Peiffer
Beth Piatote
Estela Portillo-Trambley
Pomo Afro Homos
Heather Raffo
Mohan Rakesh
Yasmina Reza
Lynn Riggs
José Rivera
Harrison David Rivers
Alfian Sa'at
Naghmeh Samini
Sean San José
Milcha Sanchez-Scott
Luis Santeiro
Sandra Seaton
Ntozake Shange
Haresh Sharma
Rick Shiomi
Badal Sircar
Anna Deavere Smith
Octavio Solís
Aurin Squire
Ianne Fields Stewart
Lloyd Suh
Nilaja Sun
Caridad Svich
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Korde Arrington Tuttle
E. Donald Two-Rivers
Luis Valdez
Sa'adallah Wannous
Cheryl L. West
Talvin Wilks
August Wilson
Tracey Scott Wilson
George C. Wolfe
Mohammad Yaghoubi
Virginia Yamauchi
Lauren Yee
Torange Yeghiazarian
William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Chay Yew
Shay Youngblood