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Theatre
Name: Linda Gross Theater
Address: 336 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
Production Information
First performance date: February 3, 2022
Opening date: February 22, 2022
Closing date: March 20, 2022
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
Two words set in motion award-winning 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.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Atlantic Theater Company Producer
Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer
  
Sanaz Toossi Playwright
  
Knud Adams Director
  
Marsha Ginsberg Set Designer
Enver Chakartash Costume Designer
Reza Behjat Lighting Designer
Sinan Refik Zafar Sound Designer
  
Alex H. Hajjar Production Stage Manager
  
CSA Casting
Stephen Kopel Casting

Cast
Actor Role
Tala Ashe N/A
Ava Lalezarzadeh N/A
Pooya Mohseni N/A
Marjan Neshat N/A
Hadi Tabbal N/A
Awards
Award Person / Company Function
1 WON 2023 Pulitzer Prize, Drama Sanaz Toossi Playwright
2 WON 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play Sanaz Toossi Playwright
      Atlantic Theater Company Producer
      Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer
3 NOMINATED 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design Marsha Ginsberg Set Designer
4 NOMINATED 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Ensemble Tala Ashe Actor
      Ava Lalezarzadeh Actor
      Pooya Mohseni Actor
      Marjan Neshat Actor
      Hadi Tabbal Actor
5 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play Sanaz Toossi Playwright
      Atlantic Theater Company Producer
      Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer
6 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play Tala Ashe Actor
7 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play Knud Adams Director
8 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design of a Play Marsha Ginsberg Set Designer
9 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Reza Behjat Lighting Designer
10 WON 2022 Drama Desk Award, Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award Marjan Neshat Actor
11 NOMINATED 2022 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Play Sanaz Toossi Playwright
      Knud Adams Director
      Atlantic Theater Company Producer
      Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer
12 NOMINATED 2022 Drama League Award, Outstanding Direction of a Play Knud Adams Director
13 NOMINATED 2022 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), Excellence in Directing Knud Adams Director
14 WON 2022 Obie Award, Best New American Play Sanaz Toossi Playwright
      Atlantic Theater Company Producer
      Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer
15 WON 2022 Obie Award, Design Reza Behjat Lighting Designer
16 WON 2022 Obie Award, Special Citation Knud Adams Director
      Tala Ashe Actor
      Ava Lalezarzadeh Actor
      Pooya Mohseni Actor
      Marjan Neshat Actor
      Hadi Tabbal Actor
      Marsha Ginsberg Set Designer
      Enver Chakartash Costume Designer
      Reza Behjat Lighting Designer
      Sinan Refik Zafar Sound Designer
17 NOMINATED 2022 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Play Sanaz Toossi Playwright
      Knud Adams Director
      Atlantic Theater Company Producer
      Roundabout Theatre Company Co-Producer