Ayn Rand had a play.
Ayn Rand ( [ ˈaɪn_ˈrænd ] born Alisa Zinov ` yevna Rosenbaum , Али́са Зино́вьевна Розенба́ум -- March 6 , 1982 ) was a Russian-American novelist , philosopher , playwright , and screenwriter . She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935 -- 1936 .