English

By sanaz toossi, Directed by hamid dehghani

May 10 – June 16 in the Owen Theatre

Opening Night is May 21, 2024

An Obie Award-Winning “rich new play, contemplative and comic” (New York Times Critics’ Pick).

“English Only.” Four adult students in Karaj, Iran are studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language—the key to their green card, medical school admission or family reunification. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole. But it might be splitting them each in half. Hailed as “a rich new play, contemplative and comic” (New York Times’ Critics’ Pick), English is “both a buoyant comedy of communication and an exploration of what it means to speak and feel understood” (New York Theatre Guide).

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May 20, 2024: Announcing *English* Extension Through June 16

April 10, 2024: Announcing the Cast of *English*

March 29, 2023: Announcing the 2023-2024 Season