“Ayhan Hulagu brings the 700-year-old art of Turkish theatre to a Western audience.” Smithsonian, Folklife
“Hulagu is the first artist to bring the 700-year-old tradition of Turkish shadow theatre to a Broadway stage, marking a significant milestone in the global visibility of the forms.” Broadway World
“Ayhan Hulagu, who gained international recognition by being the first to adapt classics from East and West—from Hamlet to One Thousand and One Nights—into traditional Turkish theater, once again presents a cross-cultural work with The Forest of the Witch.” Stanford University- Abbasi Program
“Thanks to the creative storytelling and boundless imagination of Ayhan Hulagu, a promising young artist living in the United States,” Puppetry International
“The U.S. Karagoz Theatre Company creates original projects blending Eastern and Western cultures.” Princeton University, NES
“Turkish theatre, a living tradition with 700 years of history, brings a modernist approach to the British playwright Shakespeare’s signature play by reconstructing its characters and theme in an entirely different context.” MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Global Shakespeare
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