Happy opening weekend to Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here play by ArtsWest and Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble! 🎭 Unexpected frank, sexual humor contrast with Iran’s restrictive political climate. The lighting design (Ian Evans), retro scenic design (Parmida Ziaei), costume changes, haunting current event radio announcements, and string music (Babak Khiavchi) blend synergistically in scene transitions. It’s a reminder not to take our pax americana stability/privileges for granted (while we still have them). Closes 7/5/26.

Tickets: https://www.artswest.org/events/wish-you-were-here/

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Mathew Wright, Producing Artistic Director

A CO-PRODUCTION WITH SEDA IRANIAN THEATRE COMPANY

Wish You Were Here

By Sanaz Toossi

Starring

Ainaz Azarhoush
Newsha Farahani
Shereen Khatibloo*
Mahshad Zareeizadeh
Parmida Ziaei
Azadeh Zanjani

Production & Design Team

Directed by: Naghmeh Samini
Lighting Design: Ian Evans
Costume Design: Hannah Larson
Technical Director: Andrew Long
Composer & Music Consultant: Babak Khiavchi
Sound Design: Meghan Roche
Assistant Director: Azadeh Zanjani
Assistant Stage Manager & Properties Design: Soolmaz Dadgari
Stage Manager: Daisy Deehring*
Scenic Design & Costume Consultant: Parmida Ziaei

Production Notes & Audience Information

Wish You Were Here is presented in 1 act with no intermission.
Runtime is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.
NOTE TO AUDIENCE: The videotaping or audio and/or visual recording of this production is a violation of United States Copyright Law and an actionable federal offense.
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
“Wish You Were Here” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. (www.concordtheatricals.com)
Playwrights Horizons, Inc. New York City produced the World Premiere of Wish You Were Here in 2022
Wish You Were Here was produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) in collaboration with Audible, released April 2021
Wish You Were Here is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award

Crew

Jane Amlin – Head Electrician & Board Operator
Jay Johnson – Audio Engineer
Alexa Lewis – Carpenter
Adair MacCormack – Scenic Charge Artist & Carpenter

Key Volunteers

Mike West
Karen Fields
Mary Ellen Lyons

Special Thanks

Sepideh Forouhar
Gol Hoghooghi
Somayeh Dadgari
Taproot Theatre
Made Sewing Studio
PNW Scenic

Wish You Were Here – Play – Mini Review – ArtsWest and Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble