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 ...

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 ...

Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a ...

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 ...

“Sometimes I think you can only speak one language,” says a character in Sanaz Toossi’s English. “You can know two, but…” She trails off, her brows knitted and her eyes far ...

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 ...

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 ...

And the noise of war comes through the window of a cozily appointed living room in Sanaz Toossi’s “Wish You Were Here,” presented by Gloucester Stage Company through Aug. 25. While the ...

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