Frenzy for Two, or More (Delir in doi) – Piesa de teatru,
Written in 1962 by the Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco, one of the emblematic figures of the theater of the absurd, the play „Frenzy for Two, or More” tells the absurd story of a couple trapped in their own inner conflicts, in the shadow of a war. A black comedy about a couple retreating into the shell of the past and the uncertainty of the future… War outside… conflict within… What is the real war in human tragedy, in a world where the loser wins, and the winner doesn’t know what he has won?
Well, „Did I tell the world to get out of control?”
In a well-managed balance between tragedy and comedy, this performance is a clever reconsideration of the madness of the contemporary world.
Text by: Eugène Ionesco
Actor: Özkan Özen
Actress: Beste Yılmaz Özen
Actor: Oğuz Kahraman
Technical: Zehra Açıkel
Producers: Mehmet Küçükgünaydın
Co-producers: Ece Şahin
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Performance in Turkish, with translation into Romanian and English
Duration: 1h
Date of premiere: 23.03.2025
Original title : Delir in Doi
Special effects: Sound effects, fog machine
Turkey
Senem CevherShe was born in Izmir. She graduated from Yeditepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theater Acting in 2005, Bahçeşehir University, Department of Acting Master’s Program in 2011, 9 Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theater PhD Program in 2017 and Sofia National Academy of Theater Film Arts Theater Directing Department. She worked at Amsterdam Theatre Rast, Istanbul Theater Playhouse, Ahsap Cerceve Puppet Theater, Nilüfer Municipality Theater, Istanbul State Theater and Bursa State Theater. She translated many play texts from English to Turkish. She founded Bahçeşehir University Conservatory of Performing Arts Department and has been working as an Associate Professor in this department since 2020.
TRANSLATOR
AYBERK ERKAY
After receiving education in French literature, contemporary philosophy, and theater theories, he specialized in these fields. He continued his/her academic and literary work in these areas. He translated numerous literary works, primarily from French and various Western languages, into Turkish. Over a hundred plays, as well as numerous prose and poetic texts that he/she translated into Turkish, have been published by various publishing houses, and many of the translated. plays have been staged by professional and amateur theater groups.
ACTORS
BESTE YILMAZ ÖZEN
She graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Turkish Language and Literature. During his undergraduate education, she founded the YTU 1002 theater and literature club and served as its president. She worked as a director’s assistant and assistant director in many private theaters. She founded her own improvisational theater team and organized and led workshops on improvisational theater. After completing her education at Studio Players with a scholarship, she was entitled to be a full scholarship student at Bahçeşehir University Advanced Acting Program. She is currently continuing her academic.
ÖZKAN ÖZEN
He graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Electronics and Communicatioreceived acting training at Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Müjdat n Engineering. He Gezen Art Center and Studio Players with a scholarship. He is currently continuing his acting education at Bahçeşehir University Advanced Acting Master’s Program. In 2006, he received the promising young actor award for his role as Ömer in Reha Erdem’s movie Beş Vakit. In 2012, he took part in the plays Mikadonun Çöpleri and Karanlık Ağzımın içinde. He took part in many stage performances in YOTA improvisation team and took part in improvisation research team. She received training in performance acting at Studio Players. He took part in the plays Oriental Dentist and Balıkesir Accountant at Bahçeşehir University. He is still continuing his theater research at Bahçeşehir University.
OĞUZ KAHRAMAN
He started his acting career by enrolling in the Acting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Beykent University. After completing his education, he pursued a master’s degree at Bahçeşehir University. During that time, he took part in the play Loneliness in Suicide by Neda Nejdana at the State Theaters, where he played the role of the male cat. Coming from the traditional ortaoyunu (folk theater) culture, he acted in plays such as The Eastern Dentist and The Accountant of Balıkesir. Currently, he continues his career with the play Radyou Hümayun at Müşterek Kumpanya while also performing in If This Were a Movie. The actor, who has participated in numerous international workshops, is open to new adventures and challenges.
CANDAN SEDA BALABAN
Candan was born in 1971 in Izmit and graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Pharmacy. In 1999, which turned many fortunes, she decided to leave the pharmacy profession and get closer to the theater world. She started as a mask and puppet designer and continued as a costume designer and then added acting to it. It was through Gülhan Kadim that she met Altıdan Sonra Tiyatro, absolutely, unequivocally, without a shadow of a doubt. Since that day, she has considered Altıdan Sonra Tiyatro as his second family and even intercontinental distances have not been able to break between them. In 2018, although she settled in the US, she is one of the rare lucky people who still has the pleasure of going back and forth to make theater with her friends.
ZEHRA AÇIKEL
Born in 2003 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. she completed his primary school education in Famagusta. She completed her secondary and high school education at Levent College in Nicosia and took part in the plays of Levent Drama, the school’s theater club. She participated in various acting, drama and theater workshops. She studied piano, drama and singing. She worked as an assistant in many theater plays. She is currently pursuing her undergraduate education at Bahçeşehir University Conservatory of Performing Arts.
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