The play "Ամէն Մարդ Իր Շահը Ունի" [Everyone Has Their Own Interests], written by Adrine Dadryan in Istanbul in 1965, presents a sarcastic take on the Armenian community and institutions in Istanbul.

A typewritten copy of this play, obtained from the Hrant Dink Foundation Archive, Hagop Ayvaz Collection, has been voiced for Podron by actors from the Hangardz Independent Theater Ensemble, under the direction of Yeğya Akgün.

The project Podron – with the title derived from the words 'podcast' and 'tadron' ('theater' in Armenian) – sets out with the goal of bringing the plays of Armenian writers, written at different times from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, to the digital world in Turkish and Armenian. 

This project is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Institut Français (Istanbul). We would like to thank the Hrant Dink Foundation for enabling us to access theater scripts from the Hagop Ayvaz Collection.

"Ամէն Մարդ Իր Շահը Ունի" [Everyone Has Their Own Interests]

Writen by: Adrine Dadryan
Director: Yeğya Akgün
Assistan Director: Jbid Toparlak

Voice Cast:
Hangardz Independent Theater Ensemble
Tara Demircioğlu
Yeğya Akgün
Diana Çilingaryan
Lara Narin
Antranik Kristapor Bakırcıoğlu
Sevada Haçik Demirci
Jbid Toparlak
Narod Sesil Demircioğlu Karahisaridis

Recording and Sound Design: Podbee Media
Music: Ari Hergel
Poster Design: Daha Creative Content | Aren Selvioğlu