The Day God Made Dad
Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki & Q-teatteri
Dad walked out when Moona was just a little girl. Since then she and Mom have been stuck between the local Pentecostal church and a criminal gang. Suddenly Dad comes back.
The Day God Made Dad is a biting, funny and touching play about missing one's father and trying to love somebody. In this thesis piece for her MA at the Theatre Academy, writer-director Ona Korpiranta perfectly captures the confusion of her twenty-year-old subject.
How to survive when surrounded by adults who have never grown up? How to break the curses accumulated over several generations – with a baseball bat or with forgiveness?
Before the 2020 Tampere Theatre Festival, the play has been performed only once, on the Puoli-Q Stage at Q-teatteri this March.
Actors and team
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Ona Korpiranta
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Aamu Milonoff
LIGHT DESIGN
Jaakko Sirainen
SOUND DESIGN
Iida Viljanen
SET DESIGN
Päivi Lehtinen
COSTUME DESIGN
Onerva Luoma
CAST
Sami Harjula, Joel Hirvonen, Hannu Kivioja, Elviira Kujala, Ville Mikkonen, Sara Paasikoski, Rebekka Palanne, Wenla Reimaluoto, Asta Sveholm
PHOTOS
Roosa Oksaharju