“Sometimes I think you can only speak one language,” says a character in Sanaz Toossi’s English. “You can know two, but…” She trails off, her brows knitted and her eyes far ...
Tipping Point Theatre's (TPT) 17th theatrical season continues on March 12th with English, by Sanaz Toossi, another Michigan ...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in an E.S.L. classroom in Iran, examines the internal displacements of learning a language.
the native language of all the characters onstage. Neshat also highlights Toossi’s serious work ethic. “I think Sanaz wrote a play during tech for ‘English,'” Neshat said with a laugh.
the native language of all the characters onstage. Neshat also highlights Toossi’s serious work ethic. “I think Sanaz wrote a play during tech for ‘English,'” Neshat said with a laugh. “It’s true!” ...
I can empathize. As someone who takes four classes a week in four different foreign languages — it had been my way of getting through the pandemic — the subject of Sanaz Toossi’s new play ...
While the action moves in a realistic register, Toossi captures the bilingual quality of the text with a neat theatrical device: when characters speak English, they have an accent, either light or ...
The first thing one is likely to notice about the four women introduced in Sanaz Toossi’s “English,” now ... Participating in a course designed for advanced learners of English, Ms. Toossi’s ...