By SANAZ TOOSSI
Goodman Theatre, A Co-Production with Guthrie Theater
2024
“English Only.” Four adult students in Karaj, Iran are studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language—the key to their green card, medical school admission or family reunification. 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.

Director: HAMID DEHGHANI
Set Design: COURTNEY O'NEILL
Costume Design: SHAHRZAD MAZAHERI
Lighting Design: JASON LYNCH
Sound Design: MIKAAL SULAIMAN
Dramaturgy: YASMIN ZACARIA MIKHAIEL
Language and Dialect Coach: VANEH ASSADOURIAN

Photos by: LIZ LAUREN

With:
Sahar Bibiyan (Roya)
Nikki Massoud(Elham)
Roxanna Hope Radja(Marjan)
Pej Vahdat(Omid)
Shadee Vossoughi(Goli)
Owais Ahmed(US Omid)
Victoria Nassif(US Elham and Goli)
Aila Ayilam Peck(US Marjan and Roya)



Pej Vahdat(Omid), Nikki Massoud (Elham) and Shadee Vosoughi(Goli)
Pej Vahdat(Omid), Nikki Massoud (Elham) and Shadee Vosoughi(Goli)
Nikki Massoud
Nikki Massoud
Nikki Massoud(Elham) and Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan)
Nikki Massoud(Elham) and Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan)
Nikki Massoud(Elham) and Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan)
Nikki Massoud(Elham) and Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan)
Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan), Nikki Massoud(Elham), Pej Vahdat(Omid) and Shadee Vossoughi(Goli)
Roxanne Hope Radja(Marjan), Nikki Massoud(Elham), Pej Vahdat(Omid) and Shadee Vossoughi(Goli)
Shadee Vossoughi(Goli), Sahar Bibiyan(Roya) and Nikki Massoud(Elham)
Shadee Vossoughi(Goli), Sahar Bibiyan(Roya) and Nikki Massoud(Elham)
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