A play written and directed by Şahika Tekand, 2014
Originally written and staged by Tekand in 1994–95 as the founding work of her performative staging and acting method, the play was reconceived and restaged as Becoming a Rhinoceros 2.014 on the occasion of Studio Players’ 25th anniversary. Rewritten and re-presented as a high-rhythm contemporary comedy, the production brought together an ensemble of over sixty performers.
The work’s theatrical language is exacting: acting refined of all literary residue, oriented entirely toward the live present, demanding comic precision, physical mastery, and the kind of wit shared between a clown and an acrobat. The stage is structured through a system of play-areas that map the hierarchies and realms of existence the piece explores.
Written and directed by Şahika Tekand Decor & costume design Esat Tekand Lighting design Şahika Tekand
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