This article aims to develop a hypothetical proposal regarding the sustainability-related difficulties experienced in independent theatre companies operating in Istanbul, based on concepts from performance studies and symbolist anthropology with the intention of portraying the current social environment. The idea is to realize an audience-oriented study based on the concepts of performance, ritual, and identity as well as to become part of the academic research and journalistic knowledge

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... d within the scope of economical solutions and public incentives regarding the issue of sustainability. Therefore, the article desires to depict the situation in order to count the participants within the area of the performing ensembles and to create a proposal using a performance studies approach that can be associated with the concepts of temporary community, communitas, and anti-structure, which are related to ritual performance and connected to this liminal interval.