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Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama — English
“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
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.
“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, The New York Times
Sanaz Toossi is an Iranian American playwright from Orange County, California. She was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for English. In addition to writing for the stage, Toossi’s television work includes Five Women (Marielle Heller/Big Beach), A League of Their Own (Amazon Prime), and Invitation to a Bonfire (AMC).