"Field, Awakening" by Melis Aker is being produced in the Corkscrew Theatre Festival from July 14-22, 2018 as an AEA Showcase Code production. We're seeking donations to support the cast, crew, and design team as well as funding for the physical production. 


About "Field, Awakening":
After ten years of self-imposed estrangement from her country, Rana reunites with three old friends on a soccer field in Istanbul on July 15th, 2016 -- the eve of the attempted coup d’etat in Turkey. As the night progresses, the foursome realizes how brutal nostalgia can feel when the distance between them widens, when life in the present implicates them in political turmoil and places them under surveillance. Spanning across the surreal events of one evening, Field, Awakening is not a homecoming: it’s the tale of a stranger in a strange land, searching in vain for home amidst a landscape of fleeting familiarity.

by Melis Aker

Director: Tatiana Pandiani

Producers: Mei Li Heman & Bethany Sharp

Dramaturg: Anna Woodruff 

Set Designer: Taísa Malouf

Lighting Designer: Reza Behjat

Projection Designer: Stefania Bulbarella

Costume Designer: Dina Abd El-Aziz

Assistant Sound Designer: Jack Calk

Graphic Designer: Marlow Davis

Cast: Kieron Anthony, Ayse Babahan, Jamar Brathwaite, Sinan Eczacibasi*, Fahim Hamid*
* Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

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