Sanaz Toossi's English Completes Off-Broadway Run at Atlantic Theater Company March 20

The world premiere of Sanaz Toossi's English completes its Off-Broadway run at Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater March 20. The production began previews February 5 and opened February 22. Read reviews for the world premiere here.

Featured in the cast are Tala Ashe (The CW's DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni (Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club), Marjan Neshat (NYSF's Julius Caesar), and Hadi Tabbal.

Knud Adams directs the play, about a group of adults in Iran preparing for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in an "English Only" classroom. The work earned Toossi Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2020 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award, which was accompanied by a $20,000 prize and an option for publication through Concord Theatricals' Samuel French imprint. Atlantic's production, which is co-produced with Roundabout Theatre Company, is the work's world-premiere staging.

The creative team also includes scenic designer Marsha Ginsberg, costume designer Enver Chakartash, lighting designer Reza Behjat, and sound designer Sinan Refik Zafar. Alex H. Hajjar serves as production stage manager, and Gracie Carleton is assistant stage manager. Casting is by Stephen Kopel.

Atlantic Theater Company's 2021-2022 season will conclude with the world-premiere musical The Bedwetter, written by Joshua Harmon, Sarah Silverman, and Adam Schlesinger. The production begins at the Linda Gross Theater April 30.