New Plays from Finland

The Docents

Juha Jokela’s Dosentit (The Docents, unofficial translation) explores conflicts in the academic world on many levels. The central character is Johanna Virtanen, whose research on the work environment...

Alina

Alina is a story about unconditional familial love in the face of addiction. Specifically, it is a story about a brother and sister, Emil and Alina, and the way in which Emil’s substa...

Cutting a Cake

Cutting a Cake - A play about justice in six uneven slices (Att dela en kaka - sex olika stora bitar om rättvisa) is an exploration in justice and injustice. The play ponders who has the right to dete...

My Capital

My Capital (Pääomani) is a contemporary drama based on Milja Sarkola’s novel by the same name which deals with a large taboo in Finnish society: wealth inequality and money. However, it does not seek...

Arctic Games

And so the glaciers melt and people change. Arctic Games (Arktiset Leikit, 2019), is the fourth and final part of the Klemola siblings’ Arctic trilogy. The story deals with heavy themes s...

Eriopis. Medea's Daughter Survivor Tells All

Eriopis. Medea’s Daughter Survivor Tells All is a play by E.L. Karhu which explores the potential world and story of Medea’s daughter, Eriopis, if her life were to take place in modern-day Finland run...

The Map

The Map is a play that has been described as a modern-day version of Beckett’s famous play, Waiting for Godot. Some might categorize it as an unusual comedy. Some might call it an existential explorat...

Medusa's Room

Medusa’s Room is a contemporary drama that serves as a commentary on what it is to be a woman and what it is to grow up into a woman amidst our male normative culture. At its core, Medusa’s Room is a...

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New Plays from Finland

The Docents

Alina

Cutting a Cake

My Capital

Arctic Games

Eriopis. Medea's Daughter Survivor Tells All

The Map

Medusa's Room

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