State Theaters on Stage with 'Sumud (Gaza)' Play

State Theaters has begun staging the play titled “Sumud (Gaza),” which focuses on the struggle for life of a family in the shadow of the war in Gaza.

Set in the home of Mahmud and Zahire in Gaza, the production deals with human hope, love, and resilience alongside destruction. The writer and director of the play, Cem Zeynel Kılıç, states that the concept of 'Sumud' represents the Palestinian people's determination to resist.

Cem Zeynel Kılıç stated that he aims to create empathy and awareness regarding the experiences of Gazans and Palestinians through an ordinary family on stage, emphasizing that memory can be kept alive through culture and art.

With Emre Başer, Deputy General Manager of State Theaters, undertaking the supervision, the production features Şebnem Bilgeer, Mehmet Yıldız, Buse Bedir, Erhan Tuna, Cebrail Esen, Abdurrahman Merallı, Feyzanur Erkale, Tuğba Ülgen, Emre Karip, İsmail Nadir Bilgili, and Cemal Faik Yıldız. Başer noted that as State Theaters, they consider it a duty to witness this pain and keep what has happened alive in the social conscience.