Let's begin with the biggest question mark of this year's Tony Awards: Which playwright is going to win the prize for Best ...

The West Coast premiere of “Wish You Were Here” at South Coast Repertory represents a homecoming of sorts for author Sanaz Toossi. A first-generation Iranian American who grew up in Orange ...

Sanaz Toossi has written 1 shows including English (Playwright). What awards has Sanaz Toossi been nominated for? Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Wish You Were Here, Pulitzer Prize for ...

Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: It was the Muslim travel ban imposed by the U.S. government in early 2017 ...

Sanaz Toossi doesn’t know quite how to feel when we speak in early November. On the one hand, the 33-year-old playwright’s fleet and heartfelt drama English—about a group of people (parents ...

Sanaz Toossi began writing “English,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, now at the Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre, as her graduate-school thesis. The play, a portrait of an English ...

As someone who takes four classes a week in four different foreign languages — it had been my way of getting through the pandemic — the subject of Sanaz Toossi’s new play not only struck a ...

The limited run play 'English' was inspired by Playwright Sanaz Toossi’s experiences as the daughter of Iranian immigrants and her observations of how accents influence perceptions in society.

The casting announcement was made today by Roundabout Theatre Company. The play, as previously announced, will be directed by Knud Adams. The synopsis: “The comedy unfolds in an Iranian ...

Marjan Neshat, a veteran of stage and screen, teaches fledgling actors. This spring, her students got to celebrate her becoming a Tony Award nominee.

Neshat also highlights Toossi’s serious work ethic. “I think Sanaz wrote a play during tech for ‘English,'” Neshat said with a laugh. “It’s true!” Toossi confirmed. “But it was ...