Biography
 
He graduated from “Galatasaray Lisesi” (Lycée de Galatasaray). He finished Sorbonne (Department of Theatre) in 1981. He worked in Paris State Conservatory at the Pierre Vial Atelier. Then, he worked with Mehmet Ulusoy / Theatre de Liberte in Paris between 1978 / 1983 in:

The Death of The Boss - Dario Fo
Why Did Benerci Kill Himself? - Nazım Hikmet
Pantagruel - F. Rebelais
Dead Souls - N.Gogol

Since 1982, he has staged plays in Theatre a Venir (which is established by Işıl Kasapoğlu), in funded and private theatres.

1983
He established Theatre a Venir.

1984
Unce Upon A Time - I. Kasapoğlu / Chaillot State Theatre / Paris

1985
Nasreddin Hodja - I. Kasapoğlu / Theatre a Venir / Paris

1986
Rock a Fils - I. Kasapoğlu / Chaillot State Theatre / Paris
Grimmoire De Grimm - R. Soudee / Theatre a Venir / Paris
Time in Time - I.Kasapoğlu / Theatre a Venir / Paris

1987
The Servant of Two Masters - C. Goldoni  / İstanbul Municipal Theatre
Ministry of Culture Best Director Award

1988
The Guest - Bilgesu Erenus / Theatre a Venir / Paris

1989
My Little Crook - S. Wenström - Zeynep Avcı  / Theatre a Venir / Paris

1990
King Lear - W.Shakespeare / İstanbul Municipal Theatre
Avni Dilligil Best Director Award

1991
The Government Inspector - N.Gogol / İstanbul Municipal Theatre
The Actor - G.Sururi / Gülriz Sururi Theatre

1992
Abelard and Heloise - R.Duncan / Theatre de Cluny / Paris
One For the Road - Harold Pinter / Theatre Guichet Montparnasse / Paris

1993
Peace - Aristophanes / Bakırkoy Municipal Theatre
Union of Theatre Critics İstanbul Jury Award

1994
Macbeth - W.Shakespeare / Diyarbakır State Theatre
Fear - Orhan Asena / Diyarbakır State Theatre
The Merchant of Venice - W.Shakespeare / Trabzon State Theatre
Union of Theatre Critics İstanbul Jury Award

1995
Twelfth Night - W.Shakespeare / Diyarbakır State Theatre
Dump - T. Nar / Theatre Studio
Measure for Measure - W.Shakespeare / Diyarbakır State Theatre
Union of Theatre Critics İstanbul Jury Award

1996
Hysteria T. Johnson / Theatre Studio
Abelard and Heloise R.Duncan / Aksanat Production Theatre

1997
Gılgamış - Z.Avcı / Ankara State Theatre
The Bear - A.Çehov / Adana State Theatre
Antigone - Sophocles / Academy İstanbul

1997
He established İzmit Municipal Theatre and became the Art Director of the theatre

1997-98
Hamlet - W.Shakespeare / İzmit Municipal Theatre
The Creditors - A.Strindberg / Aksanat Production Theatre
The Wedding - A.Çehov / İzmit Municipal Theatre
The Devils - J.Whiting / Academy İstanbul
Cyrano de Bergerac - E.Rostand / İstanbul State Theatre

1999
Molly S. - B.Friel / Aksanat Production Theatre
The House of Bernarda Alba - F.G.Lorca / Academy İstanbul
Short Plays - A.Çehov / Academy İstanbul
Roberto Zucco - B.M.Koltes / İzmit Municipal Theatre

2000
Richard III - W.Shakespeare / Ankara State Theatre
Unce Upon A Time - I.Kasapoğlu / Akbank Theatre for Children
To be Loved - Bilge Karasu / Aksanat Production Theatre
Afife Jale Theatre Awards Best Director Award
Tiyatronline Audience Awards Best Director Award

The Memorandum - Vaclav Havel / Academy İstanbul
The Hat - T. Cücenoğlu / İstanbul State Theatre
The Seperation - T.Kempinski / Play Atelier

2001
Knepp - J.Goldenberg / Aksanat
Neyzen - T.Cücenoğlu / Tiyatro Kare
Unce Upon A Time - I.Kasapoğlu / İzmit Municipal Theatre
Model Crimes - Max Aub / Academy İstanbul
Stories of Efresiyab - İ.O.Anar – Adapted by: Zeynep Avcı / İstanbul State Theatre

2002
Me Anatolia - Güngör Dilmen / Antalya State Theatre
A City for One - Behiç Ak / Aksanat Production Theatre
Saints or Sinners - A.Horowitz / Play Atelier
White and Black Recital - Zuhal Olcay / Play Atelier
West Quay - B.M.Koltes / Academy İstanbul

He established Semaver Kumpanya / Çevre Tiyatrosu.

Twelfth Night - W. Shakespeare / Semaver Kumpanya
The Irresistible Rise of Memo - Zeynep Avcı /Semaver Kumpanya
Council of the Birds - Feridüddin-i Attar / Semaver Kumpanya

2003
The Miser - Moliere / Adana Devlet Tiyatrosu
Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell / Semaver Kumpanya
The Miser - Moliere / Akbank Children Theatre
Murtaza - Orhan Kemal / Semaver Kumpanya
The Country - Martin Crimp / İstanbul State Theatre
Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter - Tankred Dorst / Aksanat Production Theatre

2004
Much Ado About Nothing - W. Shakespeare / Adana State Theatre
Twelfth Night - W. Shakespeare / Trabzon State Theatre
Mem and Zin - Cuma Boynukara / Semaver Kumpanya
Lune - Carl Orff / Akbank Children Theatre
Diktat - Enzo Cormann / Semaver Kumpanya
The Miser - Moliere / Play Atelier
God Bless You Comedy (Some Short Stories of Anton Çehov) - Anton Çehov / İstanbul State Theatre
The Comedy of Miracles - Most Production

2005 - 2006
Once Upon No Time - I. Kasapoğlu / Aysa Production Theatre
Tale in a Tale - I. Kasapoğlu / Akbank Infant Theatre
Duck Endearments - David Mammet / Akbank Production Theatre
The Animal Carnaval - Camile St. Sense / İş Sanat
Nathalie - Philippe Blasband / Aysa Production Theatre
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh / Semaver Kumpanya
The Tempest - W. Shakespeare / Semaver Kumpanya
Alice in Wonderland – L. Caroll / Akbank Produksiyon Tiyatrosu
The Antilopes - Henning Mankell / Akbank Produksiyon Tiyatrosu
The Wedding Ballad – Civan Canova / Theatre National – İzmir

2006- 2007
Semaver and Kumpanya – Sait Faik Abasıyanık - Yavuz Pekman / Semaver Kumpanya
Once Upon No Time - I. Kasapoğlu / Semaver Kumpanya
Electra - Sophocle / İzmir National Theatre
 
 
 
2006 © Işıl Kasapoğlu

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