English Trivia
Adaptations
- English is scheduled to premiere on Broadway in January 2025 at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Todd Haimes Theatre.
International Productions
- English follows the journey of four Iranian adults attending an English-language class in Karaj, Iran, in 2008.
Production Facts
- English by Sanaz Toossi won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- The play premiered off-Broadway on February 22, 2022, at the Linda Gross Theatre.
- The plot revolves around the students preparing for the Test of English as a Foreign Language to fulfill their dreams of studying or living abroad.
- Marjan, the English teacher, returned to Iran after living nine years in Manchester, England, and enforces an English-only rule in her classroom.
- The Goodman Theatre's production of English in Chicago in 2024 received critical acclaim for its insightful portrayal of linguistic and identity challenges.
- Director Hamid Dehghani led both the acclaimed Goodman Theatre and Guthrie Theater productions.
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