Sanaz Toossi doesnt know quite how to feel when we speak in early November.
Pooya Mohseni (as Roya) at the Roundabout rehearsal studio.
We were so connected to that play.
EXPRESS YOURSELFToossi, the winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for drama forEnglish,at the Persian restaurant Sofreh in Brooklyn. Photographed by Jonathan George,Vogue, Winter 2025.
Still, the presidential electionnot yet a week behind ushas unnerved Toossi a little.
I dont know how to talk about that.
No mental engagement has been really soothing, she says, laughing dryly.
Pooya Mohseni (as Roya) at the Roundabout rehearsal studio.
Im really enjoying it.
I promise you, Im not going to teach you anything, she says.
See our play because its a good time.
Assistant director Arya Shahi, Toossi, and director Knud Adams
Both Adams and Neshat recall the thrill of their first off-Broadway preview.
Up and over they go again.
In this story: hair and makeup, Karen Sloan, Face Time Beauty.
Ava Lalezarzadeh (as Goli)
