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Piret Jaaks

Silver

R.A.A.A.M. Theatre

Premiered July 2026

Authors of the idea – ​

Karmen Mai Karus, Helo Kaplisnki, Iris Viru

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Elina Pähklimägi

Set designer – Iir Hermeliin

Composer – Tobias Tammearu

Producer – Karen Adler
Cast: Maria Annus, Riina Maidre, Juuli Lill, Aarne Soro

Historical ​play about three remarkable Estonian women – composer Miina Härma, poet Anna Haava, and singer Aino Tamm – and their lifelong friendship.

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Piret Jaaks

Internal Climate

Vaba Lava Theatre Centre

Premiered August 2025

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Mari-Liis Lill

Stage designer – Nele Sooväli

Sound designer – Erik Mikussaar

Composer – Jarek Kasar

Lighting designer – Priidu Adlas

Producer – Serafima Kurvits

Cast: Henrik Kalmet, Riina Maidre, Elina Reinold, Kristjan Sarv

A documentary-fiction play combining real-life monologues with fictional storytelling, drawing on interviews with factory workers at the Soviet military factory “Baltijets” in Narva city.

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The End

Theatre Vanemuine

Premiered January 2024

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Marta Aliide Jakovski

Stage designer – Kristjan Suits

Composer – Ann Reimann

Video – Fidelia Regina Randmäe

Cast: Külliki Saldre, Karol Kuntsel, Lena Barbara Luhse, Kaarel Pogga, Reimo Sagor

A documentary-fiction play combining real-life monologues with fictional storytelling, drawing on interviews with chaplains, folklorists, and people at the end of their lives.

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Vanessa Springora

Consent

Estonian Youth Theatre

Premiered April 2026

Author – Vanessa Springora

Translator – Anna Linda Varik

Dramaturge – Piret Jaaks

Director – Mari-Liis Lill 

Set design – Kairi Mändla

Coreographer – Arolin Raudva

Composer – Lauri Kaldoja

Cast: Alice Siil, Taavi Tõnisson, Getter Meresmaa, Lee Trei, Mark Erik Savi

Based on Vanessa Springora’s autobiographical novel. The novel recounts her unequal relationship with a much older writer when she was a teenager and explores the lasting impact of that experience.

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Rites of Passage

Juozo Miltinio Drama Theatre in Lithuania

Premiered March 2026.

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Paulius Pinigis

Set design – Rūta Venskutė

Composer – Martynas Bialobžeskis

Video – Dinas Marcinkevičius

Light – Paulius Jakubėnas

Directors assistant – ​​Sandra Juzėnienė

Cast: Giedrius Arlauskas, Dainius Jankauskas, Albinas Kėleris, Ieva Labanauskaitė, Rokas Pijus Misiūnas, Ieva Pakštytė, Urtė Povilauskaitė, Toma Razmislavičiūtė, Jolita Skukauskaitė, Donatas Želvys

A poignant play about grief, loss, and finding a way forward after the death of a child. Winner of first prize in the 2019 Estonian Playwriting Competition.

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Blue Eyed

Tallinn City Theatre

Premiered April 2026

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Marta Aliide Jakovski 

Set design – Liisi Eelmaa

Composer – Lauri Dag Tüür

Video & light – Rommi Ruttas  

Production assistant – ​​Kristiina Jalasto-Kallas 

Cast: Andero Ermel, Kristiin Räägel, Laurits Muru, Priit Pius 

A documentary-fiction play combining real-life monologues with fictional storytelling, drawing on interviews with teachers, police officers, radicalisation prevention specialists, psychologists, and a sociologist.

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Hanoh Levin

Krum

Tallinn City Theatre

Premiered February 2024

Author – Hanoh Levin

Translator – Margus Alver

Dramaturge – Piret Jaaks

Director – Marta Aliide Jakovski

Set design – Laura Pählapuu

Video – Epp Kubu

Light design – Emil Kallas

Coreographer – Tiina Mölder

Cast: Anne Reemann, Argo Aadli, Elisabet Reinsalu, Sandra Uusbrerg, Rain Simmul, Alo Kõrve, Epp Eespäev, Kristo Viiding, Maiken Pius, Indrek Sammul, Tõnn Lamp, Jan Ehrenberg 

 

Spiced with humor, Krum is an existentialist absurdist play by Israel’s best-known playwright, Hanoh Levin.

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Queen of the Night

Theatre Nuutrum

Premiered July 2024

Author – Piret Jaaks

Director – Jaanus Nuutre

Set design – Jana Volke

Composer – Tobias Tammearu

Light design – Margus Ruhno

Directors assistant – Inge Kaseleht

Cast: Ülle Lichtfeldt, Miika Pihlak, Jaanis Valk

A play about the unexpected encounter between a former opera singer and a young social worker. A mysterious stranger, a forgotten past, and the fear of decline unfold into a humorous and tragic story about what remains of us when we are gone. Written in 2015, the play has been produced four times in Estonia and Finland.

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Photo: Gabriela Liivamägi

Photo of the former production Rites of Passage, directed by Andres Noormets at Theatre Ugala, 2020.

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Rights of the Plays

For the rights of the plays please contact my agent Kirsten Simmo from Estonian Theatre Agency (kirsten @ teater.ee) 

Content copyright Piret Jaaks 2025

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