Ann Kathryn Flagg (April 29, 1924 – October 27, 1970) was an American playwright, stage actress and drama teacher, whose works deal with the 19th and 20th century African-American experience.

[1] In 1941, she graduated from Garnet High School, where she excelled in drama and participated in the West Virginia State College summer theater program.

She then attended West Virginia State College, graduating magna cum laude in 1945 with an education degree.

At WVSC, she joined the West Virginia State Players and served as their president for a semester, appearing in plays like The Shining Hour and The Little Foxes.

While there she finished her most famous play, Great Gettin' up Mornin', in 1963, which won first prize in the Samuel French annual National Collegiate Playwriting Contest.