Review: South Coast Repertory Presents WISH YOU WERE HERE

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:11:31 +0000

Directed by Mina Morita, the play—an emotionally-absorbing drama with sprinkled bits of comedy—is, at its core, a poignant exploration of deep friendships, colored by a devotion to cultural and religious identity and the fears of displacement and upheaval set against the backdrop of Iran's political turmoil in the late 1970s and early 1980s.