Sanaz Toossi News

South Coast Repertory will share with Orange County audiences the 44th production of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Jerry Patch, and directed by Hisa Takakuwa.

The NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), in partnership with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), has identified 72 new recipients, to receive $1.3 million total, in the fifth and final round of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

Page 73 has announced 13 semifinalists for the 2025 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Now in its 22nd year, the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship is the company's most prestigious award.

The Gate Theatre is presenting the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, a funny and astute drama, vividly exploring female friendships and how life can impact them against a backdrop of marriages and revolution. Read the reviews.

The start of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here sees girlies being girlies in 1978 Iran. While more protests keep breaking out around the country, five friends plan their lives between waxing each other’s legs and dreaming about their future husbands. Their youthful Iranian bliss is rudely interrupted by the escalation of the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting world premiere of Vladimir, written by Erika Sheffer  and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. Check out photos from opening night! 

Full casting has been announced for the Gate theatre’s UK premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, which opens at Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale on Thursday 24 October to Saturday 23 November with press night on Tuesday 29 October.

Tipping Point Theatre has revealed its 17th season lineup.

UTA has named Patrick Herold and Rachel Viola co-heads of the agency’s theatre practice. Read more.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced Pulitzer Prize winner Eboni Booth as the 2024-25 recipient of MTC’s Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship, which is awarded annually.

Opening this week at Southbank Theatre, English is a comedy celebration of both second languages and native languages that highlights the beautiful complexities and points of human connection they bring. 

Following the Gate recent announcement of the UK premiere Wish You Were Here by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sanaz Toossi, the theatre announced that it has commissioned three writers to each write a short play to be performed alongside the production.

What did our critic think of ENGLISH at Guthrie Theater?

Gloucester Stage Company will continue its 45th-year celebration with the regional premiere of 'WISH YOU WERE HERE' by Pulitzer Prize Winner Sanaz Toossi.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pipe  Dream, a musical tale of love and hope from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row & Sweet Thursday.

2025 may be on its way out, but a whole new Broadway season has just begun!  Looking for the best shows to see in summer and fall of 2025 ? Our editors have rounded up info on all of the Broadway productions which have revealed full details of their upcoming engagements. Check out a full list of what's to come on Broadway in the rest of 2025 including plays, musicals, revivals, new shows and of course - stars!

The Gate Theatre will continue its long-established reputation for producing bold, eclectic, international new work with the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, a funny and astute drama, vividly exploring female friendships and how life can impact them against a backdrop of marriages and revolution.

Berkeley Rep reveals the participants for the 2024 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab, featuring a diverse group of artists and projects aimed at fostering new works in theater.

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.

Single tickets are now on sale for Roundabout Theatre Company's 2024-2025 season on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Learn more about the season how to purchase