Albert Innaurato (1942-2017) was a South Philadelphia born playwright, director, and writer. After graduating from Central High School in Philadelphia, he went on to attend and graduate from Temple University and California Institute of the Arts, finally rounding out his theatrical education at the Yale School of Drama. While at Yale, he wrote, directed, and even acted in plays. In 1976, when he was just twenty-five years old,  Innaurato gained critical attention for the staging of his play Gemini by the Playwrights Horizons. Gemini paid homage to his hometown of Philadelphia, more specifically to South Philly, where he was born and raised.

After living away from Philadelphia for a long time, Innaurato returned and lived on Rittenhouse Square during his final years, a place he described as "much posher" than what he knew growing up. One of his later works includes the one-act play Doubtless (2014), and he continued to write until his death on September 24, 2017. He was 70.