Josephine Moshiri Elwood*

JOSEPHINE MOSHIRI ELWOOD* (Jane) returns to SpeakEasy having previously appeared
in The Band’s Visit (co-produced with The Huntington); English; People, Places, & Things;
Hand to God; and The Whale. Regional credits include: Our Town (Lyric Stage); Someone Will
Remember Us (Trinity Rep); Emma, Othello, God’s Ear (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Wish You Were Here (Gloucester Stage); Prayer for the French Republic (The Huntington); Vanity
Fair (Central Square Theater); Onegin, Gabriel (Greater Boston Stage); Old Money (Commonwealth Shakespeare); Long Ago and Far Away, The Cherry Orchard (Walking
the dog Theatre). Film/TV: “Nos4A2,” The Immigrant. Josephine holds a BFA in Acting from
Emerson College. (she/her)

Shows

JOB

Jan 16 – Feb 7, 2026

by

max wolf friedlich

directed by

marianna bassham

One viral video. One career on the edge. One hour to decide: is she ready to go back? Jane wants her Big Tech job back. Loyd, the therapist assigned to assess her, isn’t so sure. As their session spirals, Job …

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The Band’s Visit

Nov 10 – Dec 17, 2023

music & LYrics

David Yazbek

Book by

Itamar moses

based on the screenplay by

eran kolirin

directed by

paul daigneault

chroeography by

daniel pelzig

music direction by

josé delgado

a co-production withthe Huntington Performing at:The Huntington Theatre264 Huntington Ave. In this Tony Award-winning, feel-good musical, an Egyptian band of musicians is stranded in a small Israeli town after a transportation mix up, and with no lodgings available, the locals …

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English

OCT 21 - NOV 19, 2022

WRITTEN BY

SANAZ TOOSSI

DIRECTED BY

MELORY MIRASHRAFI

WINNER! 2022 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play! “English Only.” That’s the mantra of Marjan, an English teacher in Karaj, Iran struggling to prepare her four students to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The exam has life-changing …

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