In a play by this author, an actor breaks character to explain why his abusive upbringing led him to almost strangle his co-star the night before. Crew members step in to recite Spinoza and Plato in a play by this author after many of the actors become ill from eating moldy lemon meringue pie. David Merrick adapted this author’s farce The Matchmaker (15[1])into the musical (*) Hello, Dolly!. In a play by this author, lantern slides announcing News Events of the World introduce the inventor of the wheel before a glacier advances on the town of Excelsior, New Jersey. In another play by this author, a woman relives her 12th birthday with the Stage Manager. For 10 points, name this playwright of The Skin of Our Teeth and Our Town. ■END■