The West Coast premiere of “Wish You Were Here” at South Coast Repertory represents a homecoming of sorts for author Sanaz Toossi. A first-generation Iranian American who grew up in Orange ...

Awni Abdi-Bahri appears in a scene from “Wish You Were Here” at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Robert Huskey, SCR) Awni Abdi-Bahri plays Nazanin, who slowly emerges as the play ...