YOUNG EUROPE IV FESTIVAL - CLASSROOM PLAY
Wednesday 17 April 2024, 16:30 - 18:00
The substitute teacher introduces herself. Her own identity becomes the content of the lesson, due to a mysterious guest. What makes us who we are? How did we get that way? Young author Emel Aydoğdu writes for a teen audience. She writes about life from her perspective and explores the question of what language does to people, how people are shaped by society, and that sometimes the unsaid weighs heavier than the said.
Based on a personal story, something larger than one's own experience unfolds; written for a classroom, it takes place there as well. Here, different native languages meet, and in the foreground is a person who teaches, reports, portrays, and in the process discovers something for himself.
Written by Emel Aydoğdu
Directed by Nazlı Saremi
Dramaturgy: Josef Bäcker
Mentor: Patty Kim Hamilton
Stage & Costume Design: Shayenne Di Martino
With Mariam Avaliani, Luca Füchtenkordt
Recommended for ages 12+
