A character in a play by this author spits in another character’s face and calls him a “pathetic little vegetable” after slapping him each time he uses the word “fight.” That character created by this author describes an eleven-day relationship with a Greek boy when he was 15 and spells out the word homosexual. A publishing executive in a play by this author has a wife, two daughters, and two parakeets, and listens as another character describes feeding poisoned meat to his landlady’s dog. A play by this author opens as Jerry starts a conversation with Peter on a bench in Central Park. In a play by this author, characters play games like “Bringing up Baby” as it is slowly revealed that George and Martha’s son is imaginary. For 10 points, name this author of The Zoo Story and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ■END■