Ugala is a

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. The theatre was founded in 1920 opening on January 10 of that year. The first production was

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Ugala's Artistic Directors

*1925 - 1926: Andres Särev *1926 – 1928: Eduard Lemberg *1928 – 1932: Alfred Mering *1932 – 1933:

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*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 and head stage director Indrek Sammul *2012 - 2013: head of the theater and head stage director *2014 - 2019: theater director and creative director Ott Aardam *2019 - :

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