Below are frequently-mispronounced playwright names. If you have a question about a playwright’s name that is not on this list, send an e:mail, we’ll find out how to pronounce it, and add it to the list.
| Alan Ayckbourn | ACHEborn |
| Neena Beber | BEEber |
| Steven Dietz | DEETZ |
| Tom Donaghy | DONagee (hard G) |
| John Guare | GWARE (Rhymes with “Bear”) |
| Stephen Adly Guirgis | GEARgis (both G’s are hard) |
| Warren Leight | LIGHT |
| Wendy MacLeod | MaCLOUD |
| David Mamet | Rhymes with “Dammit” |
| Phyllis Nagy | NAHJ with a French ‘J’ as in “je” |
| Don Nigro | NIGHgro |
| Ralph Pape | Rhymes with “Cape” |
| David Rabe | Rhymes with “Babe” |
| Theresa Rebeck | REEbeck |
| Keith Reddin | RedDEEN |
| Diana Son | SUN |
| Shelagh Stephenson | SHEILA |
