Sanaz Toossi

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Sanaz Toossi is an American playwright and screenwriter. Her play English won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023. [1]

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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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References

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  2. ↑ "Sanaz Toossi". Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tran, Diep (April 28, 2022). "Sanaz Toossi: Can We Talk?". AMERICAN THEATRE. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Soloski, Alexis (February 17, 2022). "'Writing a Trauma Play Makes Me Want to Dry Heave'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023– via NYTimes.com.
  5. ↑ "Playwright Sanaz Toossi". www.roundabouttheatre.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Iranian-American playwright is set on breaking expectations". NPR . Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  8. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "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.
  9. ↑ "22". Obie Awards. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "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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