You might expect a play set in the repressive and oppressive culture of Iran in 2008 to be a grim portrait of blighted lives and occluded spirits. But Sanaz Toossi’s “English,” which won the Pulitzer ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick For the students in Sanaz Toossi’s dramedy about mother tongues and other tongues, the world’s lingua franca is not exactly free. By ...

Unlike casual language learners - say, in a high school French class, or on Duolingo - for the characters in Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer-winning "English," language acquisition feels imperative. Set in ...

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 ...

Language is the essence of one’s culture. It is ingrained into each person from a very young age and tells the world who you are and where you come from in a matter of seconds. This characteristic is ...

Learning a second language can be the key to unlocking a new world. Alas, in “English,” Sanaz Toossi’s subtle new comedy in its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, shedding your mother ...