WOOLF ARTS ARCHIVE

Freshwater: Bir Komedi (BAU)
Mine Özyurt Kılıç
Staged Reading
6 September 2024
Istanbul, Turkey
As part of the 2nd International UTAD Conference, Virginia Woolf’s Freshwater: A Comedy was performed in Turkish for the first time, 102 years after it was written. The event, led by Prof. Dr. Mine Özyurt Kılıç and held at Bahçeşehir University’s Pera Sahne, featured the translation of the play by Dr. Ercan Gürova. In a panel discussion led by Prof. Dr. Özyurt Kılıç and joined by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Gizem Yılmaz, the audience was introduced to Woolf’s exploration of the boundaries between life and art, and how Freshwater fits into her broader body of work. Following the discussion, the play was performed as a staged reading. Ercan Gürova's translation, presented with a foreword by Özyurt Kılıç, was published by Mitos Boyut Yayınları.

Cast Mine Özyurt Kılıç, Z. Gizem Yılmaz, Abdullah Özdemir, Tuğba Çanakçı, Alperen Yedekçi, Asım Esat Kalyon
Lighting & Sound Rabia Erdem, Nidanur Yıldırım
Communications and Technical Assistance Atahan Mahir Karabiber



