Playwright name pronunciation

Below are commonly mispronounced playwright names. If you have a question about a name that does not appear on this page, please email us and we will find out how to pronounce it!

Alan Ayckborn
Neena Beber
Aphra Behn
Steven Dietz
John Guare
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Warren Leight
Wendy MacLeod
David Mamet
Phyllis Nagy
Don Nigro
David Rabe
Theresa Rebeck
Keith Reddin
Diana Son
Shelagh Stephenson
ACHEborn
BEEber
AF [as in ‘after’] ra BEN
DEETS
GWARE [rhymes with bear]
GEARgis [both G’s are hard]
LIGHT
McCLOUD
Rhymes with DAMMIT
NAHJ [with a soft French J like ‘je’]
NIGH-gro
Rhymes with BABE
REEbeck
ReDEEN
SUN
SHEILA
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