It’s a Beautiful Wound – psychedelic monologue by playwright Rich Orloff on March 8 (Helsinki) and March 13 (Jyväskylä) 2025
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It's a Beautiful Wound, written and performed by Rich Orloff, is the true story of Rich's adventures in underground therapy using MDMA (a.k.a. Ecstasy) and psilocybin mushrooms. These sessions, based on cutting-edge experiments to help people heal from deep psychological wounds, propel Rich beyond his ego and defenses into a journey that both challenges his perceptions and reveals possibilities he never before considered.
Inspired by the autobiographical monologues of Spalding Gray, It’s a Beautiful Wound takes the audience through the experience of psychedelic-assisted therapy in an honest, amusing, and deeply compelling way. But the show is about more than just psychedelics. Ultimately, It's a Beautiful Wound is about one person's journey towards reconciliation with the soul.
Since 2018, Rich has performed his monologue in a variety of settings – in theaters, at events organized by psychedelic organizations, in art galleries, and in treatment centers. In March 2025, he will be performing It’s a Beautiful Wound in three Finnish cities. Psykedeelisen sivistyksen liitto (The Association for Finnish Psychedelic Education & Culture) is organizing two of these performances: Rich will perform It’s a Beautiful Wound on March 8 in Helsinki at Kulttuurimylly and on March 13 in Jyväskylä, where the event is organized in collaboration with Jyväskylän Huoneteatteri and will take place at their venue. In addition to these, the performance will also be shown on March 6 at Joensuu City Theatre.
In Helsinki, the location for It’s a Beautiful Wound is the Feeniks Hall in Kulttuurimylly, located next to the Myllypuro metro station at Jauhokuja 3 A1/C. In Jyväskylä, the venue is Jyväskylän Huoneteatteri, located at Sammonkatu 4. Both venues are wheelchair accessible.
Schedule:
17:30 Ticket sale opens
18:00 Show
19:20 Audience Q&A
20:00 End of program
Tickets:
€14 – Discount ticket for low-income attendees
€20 – Standard ticket
€30 – Supporter ticket
€50 – Supporter ticket
By buying one of the more expensive tickets, you help cover our expenses and support the work of Psykedeelisen sivistyksen liitto ry (Association for Finnish Psychedelic Education & Culture).
Members of Psykedeelisen sivistyksen liitto ry who’ve paid our membership fee for 2025 get a 2 € discount.
You can pay your ticket with MobilePay or card. At the event, you can also pay with cash, assuming the event hasn’t already sold out.
In addition to his monologues, Orloff is in Finland to attend two of his plays staged here: Jyväskylän Huoneteatteri is staging his play Joku on ovella until mid-March, while Joensuu City Theatre will be performing his play Isot pojat until around mid-April.
GET your tickets by using the following payment links:
Helsinki 8.3.
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Jyväskylä 13.3.
MobilePay: [ 20 € ] [ 30 € ] [ 50 € ] [ 14 € ]
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In addition to the monologue, Orloff is visiting Finland because two of his plays are being performed here: Jyväskylän Huoneteatteri is performing his play Someone’s Knocking until mid-March, while the Joensuu City Theatre is showing his play Big Boys until around mid-April.
About the performer:
Rich Orloff is a playwright (mostly) and performer (occasionally).
As a playwright: Rich is one of the most popular unknown playwrights in the country. The New York Times called his play Big Boys “rip-roaringly funny” and named his comedy Funny as a Crutch as a Critic’s Pick. His comedic revue Romantic Fools has had over 100 productions around the world, including two productions in Madrid, where apparently they’re no better at romance than we are. His 15 other full-length plays (mostly comedies, mostly award-winning) have had over 300 productions around the world.
Author of over 80 short plays, Rich’s short works have had more than 1,900 productions on six of the seven continents - and a staged reading in Antarctica. His short comedies have been published seven times in the annual Best American Short Plays series (more than any other contemporary playwright) and in numerous other anthologies, including the bilingual collection An Anthology of Contemporary American Plays, published in China.
As a performer: Years ago, Rich acted in a community theater production of You Can’t Take It With You, playing the role of a repressed banker. He was horribly miscast.