"Schitt's Creek" co-star and co-creator Levy (6)
I believe the answer is:
eugene
(Other definitions for eugene that I've seen before include "Great American playwright . . . . . . O'Neill" , "opera, but only first half" , "- Onegin, Tchaikovsky opera" , "fellow" , "Great Irish-American playwright . . . . . . O'Neill" .)