“Occident Express” is a Chatty Pianist concert that explores the perception of classical music in Eastern and Western cultures. Chatty Pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu talks about his perspective and understanding of the subject that evolved during his 25 years of living with classical music from Istanbul to Paris, and then to…
Our independent film Transformism continues to call “action” all over New York City! Our fundraising campaign ends in only a couple of days. We are grateful to our friends and followers who believe in our work and support us. Please check it out and contribute, share, help us make some…
After a looong break from my blog, it is time to announce my new big project… drumroll… a feature film! We wrote TRANSFORMISM with my partner in crime Emir Gamsizoglu. We gathered an amazing cast, and are currently getting ready to start filming in New York. Our crowdfunding campaign is now…
Turkey, especially my hometown Istanbul has been the target of so many terrorist attacks for the last couple of years. In this age of instant information, the news goes around quickly, along with comments, and we pray and we share and pray and share… Turkey is the bridge between two…
It’s been a long time since my previous blog post… Along with my work as the translator for Viola Spolin’s Improvisation For The Theater, I have been busy working on a new project, a new web-series on my favorite Russian; Anton Chekhov’s work. Since my graduation from The New Actors…
Life is hard … for everyone… sometimes a little harder if you’re an artist. But then you do something, giving a piece of you and you get this warmth back which will be your fuel for a long time. That happened tonight at the end of our 20 hour Spolin…
Yaklaşık iki yıllık bir aradan sonra Spolin Doğaçlama eğitimleri için Istanbul’a doğru yıla çıkıyoruz! Istanbul’u, simit ve çay ikilisini, boğaz yürüyüşlerini, öğle yemeğinde mantı lüplettikten hemen sonra sade Türk kahvesi höpürdetmeyi özlediğim kadar Spolin eğitimlerini Türkçe vermeyi de özledim. New York’taki Spolin-ist Players grubu önümüzdeki sezonda gösterilere hazırlanırken, bu haftaki atölyemiz öncesinde Türkiye’deki…
Phew… What a season! It all started with LPAC’s production of Privatopia by Maria Efstathiadi, where I got to portray a larger than life board member of a gated community, scared of a strange cat and all the other strangers around. Right after our successful run of 8 shows in two…
For “Classical for All” ; February and March are the months to celebrate Frederic Chopin’s birthday! On February 21st, we are putting our project GENIUS #CHOPIN on its feet with a great cast of players! It is a theatrical concert created by Emir and I, focused on the timelessness of…
Kasım ayında New York LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’da rol aldığım oyun Privatopia hakkında Milliyet Gazetesi’nde çıkan yazımın tamamını paylaşıyorum. Yunan yazarın mülteci krizi hakkındaki oyunu bir kısmı Türk, Yunan; dünyanın dört yanından bir kadroyla New York’taydı. Filmler en azından bir konuda yalan söylemiyor; New York’ta Kasım bir başka. Gri, sarı, kırmızı…