Ugala

This article is about Estonian theatre. For the student corporation, see Ugala (corporation).

Ugala is a theatre in Viljandi, Estonia.

Ugala theatre

The theatre was founded in 1920^[1] opening on January 10 of that year.^{[citation needed]} The first production was Oscar Wilde's "Salome".^[1]

Ugala's Artistic Directors

• 1925 - 1926: Andres Särev
• 1926 – 1928: Eduard Lemberg
• 1928 – 1932: Alfred Mering
• 1932 – 1933: Valter Soosõrv
• 1933 – 1934: Karl Merits
• 1934 – 1936: Alfred Mering
• 1936 – 1941: Eduard Tinn
• 1942 – 1943: Jullo Talpsepp
• 1943 – 1945: Eero Neemre
• 1945 – 1947: Karl Ader
• 1947 – 1948: Enn Toona
• 1949 – 1970: Aleks Sats
• 1970 – 1979: Heino Torga
• 1979 – 1983: Jaan Tooming
• 1983 – 1988: Jaak Allik
• 1989 – 1991: Kalju Komissarov
• 1991 – 1995: Jaak Allik
• 1995 – 1998: Andres Lepik
• 1998 – 2000: Andres Noormets
• 2000 – 2002: Jaak Allik
• 2002 - 2003, 2009: Peeter Tammearu
• 2002 - 2009: artistic director Peter Tammearu (theater director since 2003)
• 2009 - 2012: head of the theater Hillar Sein [et] and head stage director Indrek Sammul
• 2012 - 2013: head of the theater Heiti Pakk [et] and head stage director Margus Kasterpalu [et]
• 2014 - 2019: theater director Kristiina Alliksaar [et] and creative director Ott Aardam
• 2019 - : Tanel Jonas [et]