Mehis Pihla

Mehis Pihla born October 28 1988 is an Estonian playwright screenwriter and director He is best known for Rahamaa Business as Usual a play inspired by the Danske Bank money laundering scandal At the 2025 Estonian Theatre Awards Rahamaa won Best Play Since 2018 Pihla has been a dramaturg and director at the Estonian Drama Theatre Mehis Pihla was born in Tallinn Estonia He graduated from Kose Gümnaasium in 2008 In 2011 he graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in semiotics and cultural theory From 2011 to 2012 he worked as a telecommunications and utility networks design engineer In 2016 Pihla graduated from the Theatre Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with a degree in dramaturgy From 2016 to 2018 he worked as a freelance dramaturg playwright and director Since 2016 he has been a member of the Estonian Theatre Union and the Estonian Directors and Dramaturgs Union Since 2018 Pihla has worked in the Literary Department of the Estonian Drama Theatre as a dramaturg