Listening To Understand: A Conversation With Theatre Director Yo Guner Mustafa

Let'st Talk With Coach Che Marville

Che spoke to theatre director and Drama Teacher Yo Yilmaz Guner Mustafa on today's episode. Yo is the Founder and Director of West End Studio Theatre in The Town of Oakville. Yo believes in the power of theatre to teach acceptance and love; as a Turkish child from Cypress, he knows what it was like to be an outsider in Canada, and it was a teacher that saw that even though he could not speak English, he was funny and engaging, and she encouraged him to do drama. Even in the hardship of running a theatre company, he feels more determined to tell stories that allow people to see different points of view. He is currently preparing to direct The Laramie Project, the story of Matthew Shepard, written by Moisés Kaufman at West End Studio Theatre and the Oakville Centre of Performing Arts.