Sanaz Toossi is an American playwright and screenwriter. Her play English won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023.[1]
Of Iranian descent, Toossi is from Orange County, California;[2] her mother emigrated to the United States after the Iranian Revolution.[3] She is an only child,[4] and grew up a self-described "weird theatre kid".[5] She graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts in 2018,[3] having previously received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[6] Her plays are drawn from personal experience, and the experiences of her family.[4][3] Her play English received the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play in 2022.[7] In 2022 she received the Horton Foote Award from the Dramatists Guild of America[8] and also the award for Best New American Play by the Obie Awards.[9]
