BURCU YASEMIN SEYBEN
Plays
I’m an award-winning immigrant playwright, and I’m thrilled to share my English and Turkish plays with you! At the end of each description, I include the script length and the original language of the play. If you’re excited about reading or producing one of my works, don’t hesitate to reach out!
In a dimly lit classroom in Istanbul, a visiting professor passionately explains Ancient Greek terminology. Suddenly, the door bursts open, and a group of frantic students rushes in, glancing back with wide eyes, as if fleeing an unseen terror lurking just outside. As the door slams shut, the class continues trying to apply Greek terminology to the nightmare the students left behind.
(10-MINUTE, ENGLISH)
A deep dive into the personal and familial repercussions of studying abroad and the value of education in a foreign land. A saga of estranged brothers and cousins whose freshly established connections are severely affected by Yasemin’s selfish quest for her roots to remedy her existential and cultural alienation caused by her education.
(FULL LENGTH, ENGLISH)
A Beauty Mark
A semi-documentary play about a professor's escape from the oppressive Turkish government after signing a petition to stop the government's atrocities against the citizens.
(FULL LENGTH, ENGLISH)
Our Founding Father
A student's desperate attempt to appear in the first Turkish musical ever produced in a Turkish-American high school to be able to graduate.
(TEN MINUTE PLAY, ENGLISH)