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This Women’s History Month, Add These Plays to Your TBR

Immerse yourself in the stories of trailblazing women Throughout history, women playwrights have made an everlasting impact on the literary and cultural landscape. This Women’s History Month, dive into the diverse stories of trailblazing women with plays written by today’s most influential women playwrights. English / Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sanaz Toossi explores the emotional toll of migration with two plays. English — currently playing on Broadway — tells the story of Iranian students taking an English class in hopes of becoming fluent enough to migrate abroad. Wish You Were Here focusses on a close-knit group of women in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Suffs by Shaina Taub The 2024 Tony Award Winner for Best Book of a Musical, Suffs brings to life the battle for a woman’s right to vote. In addition to being an exciting new voice in theatre, playwright Shaina Tubb is an Emmy-nominated songwriter and performer. Ironbound / Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok Two compelling plays about the immigrant experience by the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright Martyna Majok. In Ironbound, a Polish immigrant negotiates the terms for her future at New Jersey bus stop. In Sanctuary City,

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