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American playwright and screenwriter
Sanaz Toossi is an American playwright and screenwriter. Her play English won the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023.
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Life and career
Of Iranian descent, Toossi is from
Orange County,
California;
[2] her mother emigrated to the United States after the
Iranian Revolution.
[3] She is an only child,
[4] and grew up a self-described "weird
theatre kid".
[5] She graduated from the
Tisch School of the Arts in 2018,
[3] having previously received her bachelor's degree from the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
[6] Her plays are drawn from personal experience, and the experiences of her family.
[4]
[3] Her play English received the
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play in 2022.
[7] In 2022 she received the Horton Foote Award from the
Dramatists Guild of America
[8] and also the award for Best New American Play by the
Obie Awards.
[9]
Works
As playwright
As screenwriter
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"'Writing a Trauma Play Makes Me Want to Dry Heave'". The New York Times.
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"Playwright Sanaz Toossi". www.roundabouttheatre.org.
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"Playwright Sanaz Toossi Is Making Theater in Her Own Image". Vogue. April 29, 2022.
Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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"Iranian-American playwright is set on breaking expectations".
NPR.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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"Sanaz Toossi, Jeanine Tesori, Alice Childress and More To Receive Dramatists Guild Awards". BroadwayWorld.com.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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"22". Obie Awards.
Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
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"Shifting Identities in Sanaz Toossi's "English"". The New Yorker. February 24, 2022.
Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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^ Phillips, Maya (May 4, 2022).
"'Wish You Were Here' Review: The Saga of Female Friendship". The New York Times.
Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023 – via NYTimes.com.
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"World Premiere of Sanaz Toossi's Wish You Were Here Receives 2nd Extension | Playbill".
Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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