Adela Shouldn't Die

Play Summary

Play Synopsis: Trying to get closer while falling apart from each other, they find themselves in a story and a play they thought they were outside of. The story is familiar, the roles are as close as relatives, but is it really the same as what is happening today? This is the question that three female prisoners ask themselves while trying to perform F.G. Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba” in a prison. Should one maintain a predetermined helplessness? Do stories and people not change when circumstances change? They ask themselves this as well. In the story, Adela dies. If this death is a suicide, it seems they have all held onto the thread together. If this suicide is a murder, how should they keep Adela alive? They ask this too. Are these women asking too many questions? This play is adapted from Federico Garcia Lorca’s ‘The House of Bernarda Alba,’ utilizing translations by A. Turan Oflazoğlu, Hale Toledo, and Pınar Savaş.

Play Information

• Play Type: Tragedy & Drama
• Number of Acts: 1

Cast

• Ayşegül Verdi
• Begüm Akova
• Deniz Eylem Çubuk

Behind the Scenes

• Adapter / Director: Özge Öztürk
• Assistant Director: Derya Şener
• Set Design / Costume Design / Mask & Puppet Design: Tuba Kaya
• Lighting Design: Sam Saylav
• Music: Hakan Çetinkaya
• Movement Design: Elif Akbaydoğan
• Poster Design: Tolgay Palaska
• Mask & Puppet Design: Onur Keskin