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Piret Jaaks

Silver

R.A.A.A.M. Theatre

Premiered July 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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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Piret Jaaks

The End

Theatre Vanemuine

Premiered January 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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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