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English & Wish You Were Here: two plays

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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... Read More
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Two plays exploring the emotional toll of migration, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, from an Iranian-American playwright.

Theatre Communications Group

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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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781636701905

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

About the Author

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).

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