Wish You Were Here
- Written by Sanaz Toossi
- Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
World Premiere
It’s 1978 and protests are breaking out all across Iran, encroaching on this suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings, trades dirty jokes, and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy. But as the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to join the wave of emigration or face an equally uncertain future at home. With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit, Wish You Were Here chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.
Wish You Were Here is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
Featuring
Nikki Massoud
ZariMarjan Neshat
NazaninNazanin Nour
RanaArtemis Pebdani
ShidehRoxanna Hope Radja
SalmeCreative Team
Arnulfo Maldonado
Scenic DesignSarah Laux
Costume DesignReza Behjat
Lighting DesignBrian Hickey
Sound DesignBrandon Terzic
Original MusicVanessa Coakley
Production Stage ManagerJenn Elyse Jacobs
Assistant Stage ManagerArnulfo Maldonado is a New York City based set and costume designer. He is a recent Tony Award® Nominee for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for the Broadway production of Buena Vista Social Club (Schoenfeld Theatre, dir: Saheem Ali), as well as for A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson (Lyceum Theatre, dir: Stephen Brackett). In addition, Arnulfo received the 2020 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design, as well as a Special Citation Obie as part of the Creative Team of the Pulitzer Prize winning A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson. Arnulfo is a recipient of a Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award and a multiple Henry Hewes Design. Lortel Award, and Drama Desk nominee
NYC based AEA stage manager with 15 years of experience on Broadway, off-Broadway and on national tours.
With characters who could easily be exoticized in chadors, Toossi instead focuses on their familiarity.