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- ↑ "Guthrie Theater to Present Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ENGLISH" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "English Gives Voice to the Stories of Iranian Immigrants" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "World Premiere of John Patrick Shanley's BROOKLYN LAUNDRY Set for Northlight Theatre" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "See It Before It Closes Review by Anne Spiselman" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Amphibian Stage Presents BABA Beginning This Month" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Iran Theatre Review: From the Environs of Milad" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Interview with Hamid Dehghani about Sohrab's Transgression" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Review: English at Guthrie Theater Highlights the Anguish of Learning a New Language" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Lost and Found in Translation: English at the Goodman Theatre" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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- ↑ "Best Actor Award for Equus" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Review: In the brilliant English at Goodman Theatre, a language class takes on global importance" . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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