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Artwork for English. A bright red orange chalkboard with farsi script written on it. A hand on the side holds a piece of chalk. Artwork for English. A bright red orange chalkboard with farsi script written on it. A hand on the side holds a piece of chalk. Artwork for English. A bright red orange chalkboard with farsi script written on it. A hand on the side holds a piece of chalk.
English. New York Times Critic's Pick. World Premiere Co-Production with Atlantic Theater Company. English. New York Times Critic's Pick. World Premiere Co-Production with Atlantic Theater Company.

English

February 5—March 20, 2022

English is a co-production with Atlantic Theater Company and will be presented at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater, 336 West 20th St.

English

February 5—March 20, 2022

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“ ” This is rated 5 out of 5 stars

New York Theatre Guide

"A rich new play."

JESSE GREEN, NEW YORK TIMES

"One of the best plays in New York right now!"

TIM TEEMAN, DAILY BEAST

"An outstanding play."

JUAN A. RAMIREZ, THEATRELY

 

Two words set in motion playwright Sanaz Toossi’s intricate and profound New York debut: “English Only.”

This is the mantra that rules one classroom in Iran, where four adult students are preparing for the TOEFL — the Test of English as a Foreign Language. 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.

English Cast

Elham
Tala Ashe
Goli
Ava Lalezarzadeh
Roya
Pooya Mohseni
Marjan
Marjan Neshat
Omid
Hadi Tabbal
Three Iranian women sit in a classroom. One wears a pink hijab and a jean jacket, one wears a black hijab and a bright green sweatshirt, and another wears an orange hijab and brown dress.

Ava Lalezarzadeh, Tala Ashe, and Pooya Mohseni

Ahron R. Foster
The set is turned so we see an Iranian classroom through a window. On the outside of the building is neon farsi lettering and the word SAFRIAN.

The Company of ENGLISH

Ahron R. Foster
Two Iranian women in stylish hijabs and clothing lean against desks in a classroom. On the whiteboard behind them is an illustration of a hijabi holding up a peace sign with her fingers.

Tala Ashe and Marjan Neshat

Ahron R. Foster
An Iranian man and woman stand on a balcony outside of a gray building with a single door and one small potted plant. They smile at each other.

Hadi Tabbal and Marjan Neshat

Ahron R. Foster
A group of Iranian students and their teacher sit and stand around a classroom. The whiteboard on the wall says, Test of English as a Foreign Language. ENGLISH ONLY.

The Company of ENGLISH

Ahron R. Foster

English Creative

Playwright
Sanaz Toossi
Director
Knud Adams
Set Designer
Marsha Ginsberg
Costume Designer
Enver Chakartash
Lighting Designer
Reza Behjat
Sound Designer
Sinan Refik Zafar

Check out exclusive interviews and features

Learn more about the history of the production and its creators through a lively discussion with Roundabout Teaching Artists.

VIRTUAL THEATRE TALK 

English is made possible in part with support from The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts.

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ROUNDABOUT LEADERS FOR NEW WORKS
  • Alec Baldwin
    James Costa and John Archibald
    Linda L. D’Onofrio
    Peggy and Mark Ellis
    Jodi Glucksman
    Sylvia Golden
    Angelina Lippert
    K. Myers
    Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner
    Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
    Ira Pittelman
    Mary Solomon
    Lauren and Danny Stein
    Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
    The Tow Foundation

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