Birth Place: Iran
Elham, playwright Sanaz Toossi’s brilliant character played by an equally brilliant Vanah Assadourian, frustratedly exclaims in a tongue unfamiliar to her mouth, “I want everyone to know I am not an idiot and also I am nice.” English, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, captures the day-to-day drama of living your identity in an unfamiliar language.
World Premiere production at Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) of a 2023 BIPOC Playwrights Festival Selection, The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi, directed by Hamid Dehghani.
The jury of its peers finds Inherit the Wind at Goodman Theatre worthy of a one-week extension, adding six more performances of Henry Godinez’s major revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s 1955 classic courtroom drama. See photos and video highlights from the production.
This fall, Goodman Theatre will draw nationally acclaimed actors and local rising stars to its 2024/2025 Season opening productions. Learn how to purchase tickets.
The Guthrie Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for English by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Hamid Dehghani. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Watch a scene from Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, currently running at Goodman Theatre through June 16th, in the video here!
Discover the exciting lineup for Goodman Theatre's Summer 2024 season, featuring a mix of classic plays, contemporary works, and world premieres. Enjoy diverse and dynamic performances all summer long.
Goodman Theatre opens Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English in a co-production with Guthrie Theater tonight, May 20, 2024, and adds five performances due to high demand for tickets.
Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English arrives at Goodman Theatre, with rehearsals for Iranian director Hamid Dehghani’s production beginning on April 16. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani. See video highlights from the play below!
Northlight Theatre's production movingly captures the pessimistic practicality and undying hope that still plagues those most affected by a conflict that never really ended. The play runs through February 25.
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani.
Northlight Theatre has revealed the final selection of the 2023-2024 season, 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra, directed by Rob Lindley.
Northlight Theatre has announced its 2023-2024 season. See programming, and learn how to purchase tickets!
Writers Theatre will concludes its 2022/23 Season with the Midwest Premiere A Distinct Society, a timely story—needed more now than ever—about finding each other across borders, both physical and emotional.
Following the extended run of Spaceman by Leegrid Stevens, Amphibian Stage announced the full company of Baba (April 21 - May 7) and shares new insight on their next Main-Stage Production.
The Goodman Theatre has announced their 2023-2024 season, the first programmed by Artistic Director Susan V. Booth. The theatre's 98th season includes a new show created and performed by Dana Delany, of Desperate Housewives fame and Female Troubles - a new musical by Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden, with music by Curtis Moore and lyrics by Amanda Green.
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, has announced the extension of Andy Warhol in Iran by Brent Askari, directed by BJ Jones. Five performances have been added, now running through February 26, 2023, at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater will present a post-show panel conversation titled 'L is for Libertad: Exploring Cuba’s San Isidrio Movement alongside Measure for Measure,' following the projected Spanish translation performance of Measure for Measure on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
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