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Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Atlantic Theater Company's ENGLISH
English will begin performances on Thursday, February 3rd and will open Tuesday, February 22nd for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 13th, 2022.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Updated
Atlantic Theater Company is presenting the world premiere production of English, written by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Knud Adams, and co-produced by Roundabout Theatre Company (Roundabout Underground).
Check out rehearsal photos below!
English will begin performances on Thursday, February 3rd and will open Tuesday, February 22nd for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 13th, 2022, Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street).
English will feature Tala Ashe (The Prophane), Ava Lalezarzadeh (Off-Broadway Debut), Pooya Mohseni (She,He,Me), Marjan Neshat (Selling Kabul), and Hadi Tabbal (The Vagrant Trilogy).
Two words set in motion award-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi's intricate and profound New York debut: "English Only." This is the mantra that rules one classroom in Iran, where four adult students are preparing for the TOEFL - the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises, and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole. But it might be splitting them each in half. 2019 Kilroys List & L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award-winner Sanaz Toossi returns to Atlantic following her Middle Eastern MixFest debut!
English will feature scenic design by Marsha Ginsberg, costume design by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Reza Behjat, sound design by Sinan Refik Zafar, and casting by Stephen Kopel, CSA. Alex Hajjar will serve as production stage manager.
Photo credit: : Ahron R. Foster
Pooya Mohseni, Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Marjan Neshat and Hadi Tabbal
Sanaz Toossi, Pooya Mohseni, Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Marjan Neshat, Hadi Tabbal and Knud Adams
Ava Lelezarzadeh
Sanaz Toossi and Knud Adams
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