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Our theater critic gives Sanaz Toossi’s "English," set in an Iranian ESL class and now playing at the Berkeley Rep, a solid B. But three of its cast members deliver A-plus performances that elevate the entire production to honor roll status.
'English,' getting its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep, follows 4 very different Iranian students cramming for an English exam.
'English,' getting its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep, follows 4 very different Iranian students cramming for an English exam.
'English,' getting its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep, follows 4 very different Iranian students cramming for an English exam.
Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater will present the world premiere of John J. Caswell, Jr.'s Wet Brain, directed by Dustin Wills. A terrifyingly inventive look at addiction's ability to transform one's existence and relationships, Wet Brain offers an American family drama that is not only freed from realism, but also, perhaps unmoored from Earth itself.