'English' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi, focusing on a group of adult Iranian students navigating their complex journey of learning English in an ordinary classroom in 2008 Iran. Each character carries unique hopes and backgrounds, from a teenage girl to a middle-aged mother, highlighting personal stakes in mastering the language. The play emphasizes humor and cultural nuances in language learning, showcasing the teacher's creative methods, such as using Hollywood films and enforcing English-only classroom rules, to motivate her students towards passing the TOEFL exam.
Learning English as a second language becomes an extremely fraught challenge for a group of adult Iranian students, whose professional and personal futures depend on mastering the language.
Sanaz Toossi's slight but smart comic drama English, which is being produced on Broadway after premiering Off-Broadway in 2022 and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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