All-Iranian Cast of ENGLISH at Goodman Theatre to Begin Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2024
Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English arrives at Goodman Theatre, with rehearsals for Iranian director Hamid Dehghani’s production beginning on April 16. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Noor Theatre's Highlight Reading Series Is Back For Its 10th Installment
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2024
Noor Theatre will present the return of the Highlight Reading Series for its 10th installment this winter. The evenings will feature Hend Ayoub's Home? Or A Palestinian Woman's Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness, directed by Carey Perloff; Fouad Dakwar's Fouad of Nazareth, music directed by Ben Covello, and Nikki Massoud's He Who Has Ten Thousand Horses, both directed by Sivan Battat; and Ella Boureau's Quand Tu Sors Du Feu, directed by Leyla Levi, and music directed by Laura Elkeslassy.
CUT: A BLASHPEMY Live Stream Debuts On Bard At The Gate, March 27
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2023
CUT: A BLASPHEMY – a new dark comedy by Nikki Massoud about Samson and Delilah – will debut on BARD AT THE GATE, with its premiere live stream set for Monday, March 27 at 7 pm, followed by a Talk Back with the playwright, director and actors, hosted by Nicole A. Watson, co-curator of BARD AT THE GATE and Associate Artistic Director at McCarter Theater Center.
BARD AT THE GATE Season 3 Launches Tomorrow With SHAPESHIFTER by Laura Schellhardt
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2022
BARD AT THE GATE will launch its 3rd season on October 19 with the premiere of Laura Schellhardt’s play SHAPESHIFTER, with an opening night pre-show Zoom party hosted by the digital theater series’ creator, Paula Vogel at 7 pm, followed by a performance of the play online starting at 7:30 pm.
Playwrights Horizons Extends Sanaz Toossi's WISH YOU WERE HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2022
Playwrights Horizons today announced a one-week extension of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, to May 29. Wish You Were Here chronicles 13 years of everyday life through the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.