Don Quixote (Don Kişot)
Chasing a dream... Following in the footsteps of a knight... ⚔️
Cervantes's classic work, Don Quixote, is being brought to life once again on stage in a captivating musical adaptation!
🎭 Starring: Selçuk Yöntem, Zuhal Olcay, and Cengiz Bozkurt. This classic musical, directed by a renowned director... Directed by Işıl Kasapoğlu. and Under the musical direction of Volkan Akkoç, This play, a joint production of the Çolpan İlhan & Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment, is coming to theatregoers.
📺 First appearing on stage in 1965... Don Quixote. The musical is based on a television play written by Dale Wasserman in 1959.
🌟 This production, which has been performed a total of 2,328 times on Broadway, garnered significant attention during its run and won five Tony Awards, including "Best Musical." This classic work, inspired by the imagination and courage of the immortal literary character Don Quixote, is among the most important works in theater history. ✨
In this story, where imagination transcends the boundaries of reality, a vast cast of 80 performers, captivating sets, stunning costumes, and striking music invite the audience to a knight's journey into a world of dreams. Don Quixote reminds us of the power of imagination, the resilience of hope, and a world transformed by goodness. 🎼
🌀 This journey, reminiscent of Don Quixote's defiance of the mundane, where a barber's basin becomes a golden helmet and barren lands transform into knightly realms through the power of imagination, envelops us with the call to "Be kind. Be brave. Live with honor. Never stop dreaming, and live the life you dream of!" And it poses this question to us: Reality or illusion? Courage or madness?
Don Quixote is not just a character; he is the embodiment of everyone who dares to dream, to be courageous, and to think, all in the pursuit of making life more beautiful.
The world needs Don Quixotes. Not just one, but millions of them.
What are you waiting for? Go ahead and charge those windmills! ⚔️
CREDITS/DETAILS/INFORMATION.
Producer: Çolpan İlhan & Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment.
Written by: Dale Wasserman.
Music: Mitch Leigh.
Lyrics: Joe Darion
Translator: Güngör Dilmen.
Directed by: Işıl Kasapoğlu
Music Director - Conductor: Volkan Akkoç
Interior Design: Hakan Dündar.
Costume Design: Inci Kangal Özgür.
Lighting Design: Cem Yılmazer.
Choreographer: Canberk Yıldız
Dramaturg: [This is a single word, so the translation is simply the word itself.] Dramaturg: Dramaturg. Zeynep Avcı.
Assistant Director: Volkan Sarıöz
Creative Agency: Happy People Project
Photo: Levent Özdemir
Assistant Choreographer: Ece Nur Ateş.
Tutor: Ozan Zencir - Gökhan Arslan
Vocal Coach: Ceren Aydın
Orchestra Score - Arrangement: Mesruh Savaş.
Hair and Makeup: Neriman Eröz
Stage Direction: Emir Furkan Çavdar.
Sound Design: Effect Team.
Decoration Application: TRN Stage.
Assistant Director. Elif Özdemir - Senanur Belma Ağcabay
Decoration Design Assistant: Nur Sinem - Mete Güler
Costume Assistants: Berna Uygunoğlu – Şule Ergün – Ayşenur Zaim
Hair and Makeup Assistants: Tuba Çolakoğlu Yıldız - Ayşe Sıla Kütük - Hayal Gülay
Assistants: Aslı Çalı - Deniz Cömertpay - Doğa Kılınçcı - Hasan Özperçin - Levent
İçmeli - Ömür Kurşun - Tolgahan Kocaman (This appears to be a list of names.)
CAST:
Don Quixote: Selçuk Yöntem.
Aldonza: Zuhal Olcay.
Sancho Panza: Cengiz Bozkurt.
Innkeeper. Sabri Özmener.
Dr. Carrasso: Yiğit Pakmen.
Priest: Şahin Dedemen / Devrim Sarıca
Antonia: Ceren Aydın / Pelin Ölüç / Halise Eryılmaz
Barber: Buğra Uğur / Uğur Etiler.
Housekeeper: Günselin Seda Çetinkaya / Irmak Doğan
Buğra Üstün.
Erdem Muallaoğlu
Abdurrahman Kaya
Ada Yarar.
Berfin Ayna.
Elif Özdemir
Emre Peynircioğlu.
Nazlı Uğurtaş
Zeynep İpek.
Aslı Çalı.
Senanur Belma Ağcabay.
Deniz Cömertpay
Doğa Kılınçcı.
Hasan Özperçin.
Levent İçmeli.
Ömür Kurşun.
Tolgahan Kocaman.
ORCHESTRA:
Flute: Gizem Çevik.
Oboe: Ayşe Melis Demir / Melis Kocaoğlu
Clarinet: Orkun Uyar / Bekir Yağmur
Fagot: Banu Kara / Ceylin Naz Saygılı / Deniz Ersoy
Horn: Okan Akbaş - Cenk Kemal Karaca / Yaman Çaynak
Trumpet: Eldar Aliyev - Oğuz Can Bilgin / Emre Kadıoğlu
Trombone: Tolga Akkaya - Ozan Öder / Üveys Akçaylı - Ali Ulusoy
Percussion: Ayberk Garagon - Bekir Önal / Cem Utku - İrem Dinçer
Guitar: Gökhan Arslan.
Piano: Ozan Zencir.
Bass: Barış Çelik / Senanur Bayrak
Play Duration: 2 Acts - 125 Minutes (including intermission).