 The theme of the event was "Moving the Theater Festival to the streets".The opening ceremony of the festival was held in Hilton Hotel with the attendance of Güler Sabancı, Sabancı Foundation President of the Board of Trustees, Dilek Sabancı, Sabancı Foundation Member of the Board of Trustees, Lemi Bilgin, Director of the State Theaters and İlhan Atış

Throughout the festival of 2009, an audience of twenty thousand people watched 17 theater groups performing 19 plays.In addition, six groups performed their plays at Sabancı University Performing Arts Center in Istanbul.