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It is the birthplace of American theater as the Provincetown Players premiere plays by Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams. And with the afternoon sky ablaze with color, it beckoned the growth of an artist community like no other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP'town accounts for one of the highest number of Pulitzer Prizes from plays to poetry and literature. 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