LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and Queens College to Present FOR RENT, Opening 4/11
By: Kelsey Denette Apr. 05, 2012
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) presents the New York theater premiere of For Rent by acclaimed Turkish playwright, Özen Yula. For Rent explores the criminal underworld of modern-day Istanbul through the desperate lives of young people.
This gripping show opens on April 11th and runs through April 21th. Show times are: April 11-14, 18-21 at 7:30 PM and matinees on April 18 and 19 at 2:30 PM. Tickets: $10; $5 seniors & students.Tickets are available via phone 718-482-5151 or online at www.laguardiaperformingarts.org.In For Rent, poor, rural teenagers come to the big city to find wealth and prosperity. But in the dark, dangerous public parks of this cosmopolitan city, they are instead led into prostitution and violence."We are trying to make this theater play universal; it can be any park,
anywhere in the world with hopeless young people," explained Ms.
Ozbilgin, who recently received accolades for her innovative direction
of The Cherry Orchard Project in New York City.
features a diverse blend of professional actors and LaGuardia Community
College acting students ). The translation for the American stage was
developed through round-table discussions hosted by the Lark Play
Development Center in 2011. For Rent is co-presented with Queens College
Year of Turkey: Exploring Past, Present, and Future.ÖZEN YULA's plays have been translated to English, German, French,
Italian, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Japanese and Arabic. His
plays are being performed by the National Theaters, Municipal Theaters,
University Theaters and private companies all around Turkey. As a
playwright and director his plays were shown in last Bonner Biennale in
Germany, kontext:europa in Wien, Istanbul InterNational Theatre
Festival, Toga Festival in Japan, Cairo International Experimental
Theatre Festival, Turkish-Holland Theatre Meeting in Amsterdam. He lives
in Istanbul and Ankara, working as a freelance director and playwright.
Last year Yula was the Artist in Residence at Cleveland Public Theatre
and Guest Lecturer at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio,
United States, where he developed two world premiere plays.
specializes in site-specific productions. An active member of the
Lincoln Center's Director's Lab, her experimental Theater Productions
include: projectmaids (2010 –Present) is a four part series inspired
by Jean Genet’s Maids (projectmaids.wordpress.com), 3 Sisters
Vanishing (2010); The Wall-House-Yard Trilogy (Wall participated at 2006
Istanbul Theater Festival and was invited to the 2006 Egypt
International Experimental Theater Festival); Rumi's Math (2003 New York
Fringe Festival). In NYC, Handan has directed the work of prominent
Turkish playwrights: That's How It Works by Ozen Yula at the Around the
World in 24 Hours Festival (2009, World Premiere); I Anatolia by Gungor
Dilmen (2003, World Premiere). Off-Broadway way credits include:
Immigrant Theater project co-director for Suzie Lorie Parks’ 365 Days
and t Difficult Dialogues Reading Series (2007); Lark Theater Company,
Assistant Director for Pera Palas. In addition to directing, Handan
teaches acting at LAGCC where she develops original work for her
students. Using the themes of technology and home, the Acting 1 class
created an array of distinctive characters on the Facebook project,
Creating a Character, Creating a Scene (2009). Handan Ozbilgin is the
Associate Artistic director at LPAC. Directions:
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City,
NY; No. 7 train to 33rd/Rawson or E, G, V, R trains to Queens Plaza.Like us on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter.LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) is a formidable bridge between
LaGuardia Community College and the diverse community base of Long
Island City, Queens. At LPAC, development is the key and the LPAC LAB
Residency provides a venue for emerging NYC artists, with free rehearsal
space, technical and marketing support for a run of performances. On its
Mainstage Theatre and Little Theatre, LPAC reaches 30,000 people from
Queens annually (home to 2.2 million) and the tri-state area through 52
affordable events and a variety of performing series. Additional Funding
for Year of Turkey is provided by The Natalie Bailey and Herbert J.
Kirshner Foundation.
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