DON QUIXOTE
In pursuit of a dream... In the footsteps of a knight... ⚔️
Cervantes’ timeless classic Don Quixote returns to the stage in a powerful and moving musical adaptation!
🎭 Starring Selçuk Yöntem, Zuhal Olcay, and Cengiz Bozkurt, this celebrated production is brought to life under the masterful direction of Işıl Kasapoğlu and musical direction by Volkan Akkoç, as a joint production of Çolpan İlhan & Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment.
📺 First performed in 1965, this musical version of Don Quixote was adapted from a 1959 television play written by Dale Wasserman.
🌟 Staged a total of 2,328 times on Broadway, the show garnered immense acclaim and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Fueled by the imagination and courage of literature’s eternal dreamer, Don Quixote, this classic work stands as one of the most unforgettable pieces in theatre history. ✨
This story, where the boundaries between imagination and reality disappear, invites the audience into a knight's dreamscape—featuring a cast of 80 performers, mesmerizing sets, stunning costumes, and stirring music.
Don Quixote reminds us of the power of dreaming, the resilience of hope, and a world transformed by goodness. 🎼
🌀 In this extraordinary journey, where Don Quixote defies the ordinariness of life—turning a barber’s basin into a golden helmet and barren lands into a realm of chivalry—he wraps us in his call:
“Be compassionate. Be brave. Live with honor. Never stop dreaming. Live the life you imagine!”
And with it, he asks:
Is it reality or a dream? Courage or madness?..
Don Quixote is not just a character; he is the embodiment of every person who dares to dream, to question, and to imagine a better world.
🌍 The world needs Don Quixotes—not just one, but millions.
What are you waiting for? Ride your horse into the windmills! ⚔️
CREDITS
Producers: Çolpan İlhan & Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment
Written by: Dale Wasserman
Music by: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics by: Joe Darion
Translation: Güngör Dilmen
Director: Işıl Kasapoğlu
Music Director & Conductor: Volkan Akkoç
Set Design: Hakan Dündar
Costume Design: İnci Kangal
Lighting Design: Cem Yılmazer
Choreographer: Canberk Yıldız
Dramaturg: Zeynep Avcı
Assistant Director: Volkan Sarıöz
Creative Agency: Happy People Project
Photography: Levent Özdemir
Assistant Choreographer: Ece Nur Ateş
Rehearsal Pianists: Ozan Zencir, Gökhan Arslan
Vocal Coach: Ceren Aydın
Orchestra Score Arrangement: Mesruh Savaş
Hair & Makeup: Neriman Eröz
Stage Manager: Emir Furkan Çavdar
Assistant Director: Elif Özdemir
Costume Assistants: Berna Uygunoğlu, Şule Toprak
Production Assistants:
Aslı Çalı, Deniz Cömertpay, Doğa Kılınçcı, Hasan Özperçin, Levent İçmeli, Ömür Kurşun, Tolgahan Kocaman
CAST
Selçuk Yöntem
Zuhal Olcay
Cengiz Bozkurt
Sabri Özmener
Yiğit Pakmen
Orçun Sünear
Ceren Aydın
Halise Eryılmaz
Pelin Ölüç
Günselin Seda Çetinkaya
Irmak Doğan
Buğra Uğur
Uğur Etiler
Erdem Muallaoğlu
Abdurrahman Kaya
Ada Yarar
Berfin Ayna
Bilge Doğru
Devrim Sarıca
Elif Özdemir
Emre Peynircioğlu
Nazlı Uğurtaş
Zeynep İpek
Aslı Çalı
Deniz Cömertpay
Doğa Kılınçcı
Hasan Özperçin
Levent İçmeli
Ömür Kurşun
Tolgahan Kocaman