Awards

• Winner of Obie Award for Best New American Play 2023
• Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2023
• Winner of Pulizer Prize for Drama 2023

Overview

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA 2023-ENGLISH In this two-play volume, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Sanaz Toossi explores the emotional toll of migration, both for those who leave and those who stay. Taken together,EnglishandWish You Were Hereoffer a moving portrait of the complex effects of the Iranian diaspora.

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Both contemplative and comic, [English] nails every opportunity for big laughs as its English-learning characters struggle with accents and idioms. But the laughter provides cover for the deeper idea that their struggle is not just linguistic. --The New York Times on English English feels like a breath of fresh air when so many new plays seem to follow a thesis with which the playwright delights in bludgeoning the audience. It's a remarkably mature off-Broadway debut...As in life, there are no clear-cut lessons in English--and that makes it well worth your time. --TheaterMania on English Charting the course of a tight-knit friend group as the Iranian Revolution shakes up its members' lives one intimate conversation at a time, [Wish You Were Here] feels like a night in with the girls while the world outside crumbles and changes. --Theaterly on Wish You Were Here [A] gorgeous and humanizing look at Iranian culture with a deep regard for what its citizens have been asked to sacrifice... In reflecting on each character's evolution, one realizes how easy it is for an unthinkable reality to become normalized especially when one loses access to their dreams and loved ones. --New York Theatre Guide on Wish You Were Here

"""Both contemplative and comic, [English] nails every opportunity for big laughs as its English-learning characters struggle with accents and idioms. But the laughter provides cover for the deeper idea that their struggle is not just linguistic."" --The New York Times on English ""English feels like a breath of fresh air when so many new plays seem to follow a thesis with which the playwright delights in bludgeoning the audience. It's a remarkably mature off-Broadway debut...As in life, there are no clear-cut lessons in English--and that makes it well worth your time."" --TheaterMania on English ""Charting the course of a tight-knit friend group as the Iranian Revolution shakes up its members' lives one intimate conversation at a time, [Wish You Were Here] feels like a night in with the girls while the world outside crumbles and changes."" --Theaterly on Wish You Were Here ""[A] gorgeous and humanizing look at Iranian culture with a deep regard for what its citizens have been asked to sacrifice... In reflecting on each character's evolution, one realizes how easy it is for an unthinkable reality to become normalized―especially when one loses access to their dreams and loved ones."" --New York Theatre Guide on Wish You Were Here"

""Both English and Wish You Were Here are gentle character studies, where an accretion of tiny details adds up to something deeply emotional."" --Jeff Lunden, NPR ""An absorbing seriocomedy, English is one of those invigoratingly funny and perceptively drawn plays that satisfy a curiosity you didn't know you harbored...An elegantly crafted play about the desire to open oneself up to new worlds through new words."" --Peter Marks, Washington Post ""English is both a buoyant comedy of communication and a subtle but probing exploration of what it means to speak out loud and feel understood...A stunning meditation on what makes us human."" --Naveen Kumar, New York Theatre Guide ""In a scene for almost every year from 1978 to 1991, a period encompassing the Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the country's steps toward economic stability, Toossi chooses to focus on the women and how their relationships to one another change with marriages, deaths, and sudden departures."" --Maya Phillips, New York Times

Author Information

Sanaz Toossiis an Iranian American playwright from Orange County, California. She was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama forEnglish.In addition to writing for the stage, Toossi's television work includesFive Women(Marielle Heller/Big Beach),A League of Their Own(Amazon), andInvitation to a Bonfire(AMC).

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