OSLO Program Book Supplement
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Here is information that didn’t make it into our printed Playbill program book before it went to print, including a complete list of special thanks, full production team credits, bios for our cultural consultants, and more!
OSLO Special Thanks
This production owes special thanks to numerous individuals and organizations for their time, talents and support, including: Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ, Broadway In Chicago, Stacey Ballis and Bill Thurmond, The Chicago Green Theatre Alliance, Chicagoland Truck Rental, Madeleine M. Scott and Court Theatre, Stephanie Diaz, Jen Gadda, Jeremy Wilson and The House Theatre, Eleanor Katz, Jamil Khoury, Cambra Overend, Erik Reppen, Vern Shultz, Fouad Teymour, The Theatre School at DePaul, Pat Henderson and Trinity High School, and Erica Sandvig and Victory Gardens Theater.
Production Consultants
David Y. Chack (Israel Consultant) is Producing Artistic Director of ShPIeL-Performing Identity in Chicago and in Louisville, Ky. Also on faculty at The Theatre School at DePaul University, through ShPIeL he has directed and/or produced THE GREEN BOOK (Pegasus Theatre, Chicago and Bunbury Theatre; Louisville, Ky.), THE TIMEKEEPERS (Windy City Theatre), ANGINA PECTORIS and CONVICTION (Theater Wit), CITIES OF LIGHT and THE PASSIONS OF EMMA GOLDMAN (Skokie Theatre and Stage 773) and THE INVASION OF SKOKIE (Jewish Community Center Theatre; Skokie, Ill.). David is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre an international organization. His doctoral work was under Elie Wiesel at Boston University, his masters work at Tufts University in Drama and Performance, and his BFA degree from N.Y.U Tisch School of the Arts and Circle-in-the-Square Theatre. Upcoming projects include a Jewish theatre conference and “TEATRON-Chicago’s First Jewish Theatre Festival” at Victory Gardens Theatre in November 2019.
Irmelin Dahl (Norway Consultant) is the Audience Services Assistant at TimeLine and a Norwegian/American dual national who holds a BFA degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gloria Imseih Petrelli (Palestine Consultant) is a Chicago based actor, writer, and organizer. She is a graduate of Illinois State University holding a BA degree in Acting. When she’s not making work with theatre companies across Chicago such as The Neighborhood, Haven, and Interrobang, she can be found organizing for a free Palestine with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network.
Full Production Team
For artist bios, please visit timelinetheatre.com/oslo.
| Nick Bowling+, SDC | — | Director |
| Jeffrey D. Kmiec, U.S.A | — | Scenic Designer |
| Christine Pascual, U.S.A | — | Costume Designer |
| Jesse Klug, U.S.A. | — | Lighting Designer |
| Andre Pluess^, U.S.A. | — | Sound Designer |
| Amy Peter | — | Properties Designer |
| Mike Tutaj^, U.S.A. | — | Projections Designer |
| Katie Cordts | — | Wig and Hair Designer |
| Eva Breneman^ | — | Dialect Designer |
| Deborah Blumenthal | — | Dramaturg |
| Maren Robinson+ | — | Dramaturg |
| Jonathan Nook* | — | Stage Manager |
| Mary Zanger* | — | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Alka Nayyar | — | Associate Director |
| Lauren Sheely | — | Assistant Director |
| Christopher M. LaPorte | — | Associate Sound Designer and Audio Engineer |
| Gaby Labotka | — | Violence and Intimacy Choreographer |
| David Y. Chack | — | Israel Consultant |
| Irmelin Dahl | — | Norway Consultant |
| Gloria Imseih Petrelli | — | Palestine Consultant |
| Milo Bue | — | Assistant Scenic Designer |
| Meriem Bahri | — | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Nick Canepa | — | Assistant Sound Designer and Programmer |
| Paloma Locsin | — | Assistant Properties Designer |
| Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller | — | Assistant Wig and Hair Designer |
| Holly Dayton | — | Dramaturgy Assistant |
| Stan Hicks | — | Technical Director |
| Jessie Howe | — | Scenic Charge Artist |
| Elle Erickson | — | Costume Manager |
| Neal Javenkoski | — | Master Electrician |
| Steve Labedz | — | Projections Engineer |
| Krista Mickelson | — | Assistant Production Manager |
| Kevin Calhoun, Caitlin Cash, Joseph Craig, Michael Gobel, Kevin Knox, Chris Jett, Brandon Johnson, David Moreland, Daniel Parsons, Mitchell Ransdell, Matthew Sand, Johnnie Schleyer, Christopher Scholtens, Joseph Schupbach, Caitlyn Woods | — | Scenic Carpenters |
| Elyse Balogh, Brandon Johnson, Josh McGrane, Eileen Rozycki | — | Scenic Artists |
| Andrew Balmer, John Kelly, Tristan Meredith | — | Electricians |
| Aaron Sobetski, Kristen Ahern | — | Stitchers |
+ TimeLine Company Member
^ TimeLine Associate Artist
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers
SDC The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union
U.S.A Those designers and scenic artists identified by U.S.A. are members of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local 829, AFL-CIO