dramaturge

noun
UK /ˈdræmətɜːɡ/
US /ˈdræmətɜːrɡ/

A dramaturge is a person who helps with plays and stories for the theater.

The dramaturge helped the writer make the play's story clearer.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A writer of plays; a dramatist.

As a young dramaturge, she wrote three plays in one year.

3. A person who studies and edits dramatic works for a theater company.

The dramaturge prepared notes on the history behind the play.

4. An expert in dramatic theory and composition.

The festival invited a famous dramaturge to teach a class on story structure.