Abstract:
This thesis looks at the alternative theater field in Turkey especially after mid 2000s which is separated from conventional theater making styles by the usage of blackbox stages, new texts (translated or locally written), experimental dramaturgies and new acting techniques. The research was based primarily on long-running and deep field analysis varying from spatial analysis to interviews where the supplementary material is mostly collected from newspapers and websites. The conclusions reached were that this “new” form of theater created a significant public sphere based on tools of “performative publicness” in which different groups from various backgrounds (though being limited by class to an extent for now) can have contact with each other and their stories.
