{"id":8420,"date":"2025-03-18T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:43:21","slug":"thea-premieres-new-play-iliad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8420","title":{"rendered":"THEA Premieres New Play: Iliad\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_5912-Enhanced-NR-copy-2048x1303.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The timeless epic \u201cIliad\u201d will be presented on stage in an adaptation by Alessandro Baricco, directed by I\u015f\u0131l Kasapo\u011flu. As the second graduation project of the Department of Performing Arts students, the production brings to life Homer\u2019s classic tale of heroism, ambition, loss and triumph, exploring the battles of gods, kings and warriors on the battlefield and within the human soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performed at Bilkent FMPA Main Theater, the play features Cem Civan, Ya\u011fmur Demir, Tutku Lal Demirci, Mert Do\u011fan, Ya\u011fmur Tara G\u00fclener, Damla K\u00f6se, Lara Mayda, Can Do\u011fa Pat\u0131r, \u0130rem Yavuz, Eyl\u00fcl Yolcu and Ard\u0131l Z\u00fcmr\u00fct. The creative team includes dramaturg Zeynep Avc\u0131, set designer Hakan D\u00fcndar, costume designer Gazal Erten and lighting designer Y\u0131lmaz Ertekin. Orkan Ayd\u0131n and Berkay \u015eekerci will assist in direction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performances are scheduled for <strong>March 20<\/strong> and <strong>27 <\/strong>at <strong>8:30 p.m.<\/strong> and <strong>April 10, 17<\/strong> and <strong>24 <\/strong>at<strong> 8 p.m<\/strong>. Tickets are available at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ticket.bilkent.edu.tr\">ticket.bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><\/strong>. The play runs for 90 minutes without intermission and will be performed in Turkish with English subtitles. Latecomers will not be seated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The timeless epic \u201cIliad\u201d will be presented on stage in an adaptation by Alessandro Baricco, directed by I\u015f\u0131l Kasapo\u011flu. As the second graduation project of the Department of Performing Arts students, the production brings to life Homer\u2019s classic tale of heroism, ambition, loss and triumph, exploring the battles of gods,<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8420\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,186,164],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8420"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8453,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420\/revisions\/8453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}