English / Wish You Were Here: Two Plays -- Sanaz Toossi, Paperback
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American, Drama, Middle Eastern, Paperback, Plays / Drama, Sanaz Toossi, Theatre Communications Group, Women AuthorsWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA: English
In this two-play volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi explores the emotional toll of migration, both for those who leave and those who stay. Taken together, English and Wish You Were Here offer a moving portrait of the complex effects of the Iranian diaspora.
Author: Sanaz Toossi
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 08/06/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781636701905
About the Author
Sanaz Toossi is an Iranian-American playwright from Orange County, California. Her plays include the critically acclaimed, award-winning English (co-production Atlantic Theater Company/Roundabout Theatre Company) and Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons; Williamstown/Audible, released 2020). She is currently under commission at Atlantic Theater Company (Launch commission; Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation grant), Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Repertory, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival (American Revolutions Cycle). Sanaz was the 2019 P73 Playwriting Fellow, a recipient of the 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award, the 2022 recipient of The Horton Foote Award and Hull-Warriner Prize, and most recently, the 2023 recipient of the Best New American Play Obie Award. MFA: NYU Tisch.