dramaturg

noun

1. 1

   Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.

2. 2

   A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.