Oslo by J.T. Rogers

First Preview Jun 16, 2016

Opening Night Jul 11, 2016

Closing Aug 28, 2016

Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre

Everyone remembers the stunning and iconic moment in 1993 when Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the South Lawn of the White House. They were “two old warriors who personified the conflict between their peoples,” wrote The New York Times, “sealing the first agreement between [them] to end their conflict and share the holy land they both call home.” But among the many questions that laced the hope of the moment was that of Norway’s role. How did such high-profile negotiations come to be held secretly in a castle in the middle of a forest outside Oslo?

Decades later, during the run of LCT’s acclaimed 2011 production of Blood and Gifts, director Barlett Sher introduced two Norwegian diplomats to playwright J.T. Rogers. After seeing the show, they approached Rogers in the lobby. “We have a tale,” they told him, “and we have been waiting twenty years for the right person to tell it to.” Over drinks that night, it came out that the pair had covertly organized the back-channel talks that led to the Oslo Peace Accords — and Rogers knew he had his next play.

A darkly funny and sweeping new work, OSLO is about a group of Israeli, Palestinian, Norwegian and American men and women struggling to overcome their fears, mistrust and hatred of each other. As he did with such wit and intelligence in Blood and Gifts, Rogers once again presents a deeply personal story set against a complex historical canvas: a story about the individuals behind world history and their all too human ambitions.

Cast

Michael Aronov

LCT: Blood and Gifts (U.S. premiere). Theater: Manigma (Harold Clurman Theatre),A Streetcar Named Desire (Europe), Spain (Lucille Lortel), Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck (world premiere/Elliot Norton Award, IRNE Award nom.), Unusual Acts of Devotion by Terrence McNally (world premiere), Salome (with Al Pacino), Miss Julie(Cherry Lane), That Tuesday (Actors Studio), The Late Henry Moss by Sam Shepard (Signature/NY premiere), The Bacchae 2.1 (Flea Theater), King Lear (Chekhov Theatre Ensemble). Film: Amexicano, Lbs., Hedwig and the Angry Inch. TV: “Gun Hill” (upcoming), “Golden Boy,” “Americana,” “Person of Interest,” “The Good Wife,” “The Closer,” “Burn Notice,” “Blue Bloods,” “White Collar,” “Without a Trace,” “Life on Mars,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: CI,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “Threat Matrix,” “The Game,” “Spin City,” “The Beat,” “All My Children.”
Anthony Azizi
Born in New York City of Iranian descent, Azizi is mainly known for his television work. He has had recurring roles on 24 as terrorist Mamud Faheen (Season 2), on 24 as Rafique (Season 4) and on Commander in Chief as presidential aide Vince Taylor. Azizi was also a regular on the short-lived television series Threat Matrix. He has also guest-starred on Single Ladies, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, JAG, Gilmore Girls, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Veronica Mars, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Prison Break, The Mentalist, Leverage, NCIS and Chuck. He also starred in the 2002 film Phobic and the 2008 thriller Eagle Eye.
Adam Dannheisser

LCT: Cymbeline, The Coast of Utopia, Twelfth Night, 1st National tour of Contact(Ovation Award nominee). Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Rock of Ages, Proof, The Tempest. Off-Broadway: Henry V, Henry VIII, The Tempest, Macbeth (Public Theater);The Arabian Nights (BAM); The Blues Are Running (MTC). Regional: Awake and Sing!(Arena Stage), Safe in Hell (Yale Rep.), The Provok’d Wife (A.R.T.), Beast on the Moon(Portland Stage). Film: Down to Earth, A Price Above Rubies. Television: “The Good Wife,” “Damages,” “Law & Order,” “Brotherhood,” “Third Watch,” “Law & Order: CI,” “Sex and the City,” “Mad About You.” MFA: NYU.
Jennifer Ehle

• Oslo
• The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, Part 3
• The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Part 2
• The Coast Of Utopia: Voyage, Part 1

Daniel Jenkins

LCT: Spinning Into Butter. Broadway: Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, Wrong Mountain, Big(DD nom), Angels in America, Big River (1985/2003 Tony, DD noms.). Off- Broadway: Paris Commune (Civilians associate artist); Benefactors; Love Child(cowritten with Robert Stanton); Bye Bye Birdie, The Pajama Game (Encores!);Dream True; The Maiden’s Prayer; Feast Here Tonight (composer); Triumph of Love; Johnny Pye; Five Visits From Mr. Whitcomb. Regional: ART, Arts Emerson, ACT/Seattle, Hangar Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville (two years), O?Neill Theater Center, Sundance Playwrights Lab. Film: O.C. and Stiggs (dir. Robert Altman), Tanner ’88, The Caine Mutiny Court- Martial, Joshua, Cradle Will Rock, Glory, In Country, What Comes Around, Infested, The Perfect You, Five Corners. TV: “Law & Order(s),” “Cracker,” Alex in “Going to Extremes.”
Dariush Kashani

Most recently, he appeared in VEIL’D by Monet Hurst Mendoza at The Women’s Project Pipeline Festival, The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar (directed by Ken Rus Schmoll) at New York Theatre Workshop and The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegría Hudes, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at Second Stage Theatre in New York City.
His work in Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul began with the premier at New York Theatre Workshop (directed by Declan Donnellan) and continued with subsequent productions at Mark Taper Forum and Brooklyn Academy of Music, both directed by Frank Galati. Other plays include East is East by Ayub Khan-Din (Manhattan Theatre Club), Naomi Wallace’s The Retreating World (McCarter Theatre & Cooper Union) and Amadeus, directed by Hal Scott.
On Television, he’s appeared in “Franklin & Bash,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Law & Order,” “CSI,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “NCIS,” “Medium,” “Drive,” “Lost,” “24,” “JAG,” “Without a Trace,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” and “Guiding Light.” Film appearances in Eagle Eye, Wasabi Tuna and The Magic Shoes, an Official Selection of the 2014 Noor Film Festival.
Jeb Kreager

True West, Austin Theatre Exile (d. M. Pfeiffer), The aliens-Jasper Theatre Exile (Pfeiffer)
The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity – EKO, InterAct (d. S. Rozin) Frozen – Ralph (Barrymore Award)InterAct (d. W. MacLaughlin) Freedom Club – John Wilkes Booth The Riot Group, MR. Marmalade – Mr. Marmalade (Barrymore Nom)Theatre Exile (d. J. Canuso)Picasso At The Lapin Agile – Freddy Delaware Theatre Co,. The Foreigner-Ellard Sims (Barrymore Nom)People’s Light & Theatre Co.The Four Of Us – Benjamin 1812 Productions (d. P. Pryor) Recent Tragic Events-Ron (Barrymore Nom)1812 Productions (Pryor)Sherlock Holmes & The Case Of The Jersey Lily-Oscar Wilde, People’s Light & Theatre Co.
Jefferson Mays

LCT: Blood and Gifts. Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, I Am My Own Wife, Pygmalion, Journey’s End, Of Thee I Sing. Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure, Lydie Breeze, Quills, Orestes. Regional: My Fair Lady, Quartermaine’s Terms, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Cherry Orchard, Peter Pan, She Stoops to Conquer, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Hamlet, Miss Julie, Private Lives. Film: Alfie, Kinsey, The Notorious Bettie Page, Cousin Better.TV: “The Good Wife,” “Mildred Pierce,” “Detroit 1-8-7,” “Lie to Me,” “Fringe,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: CI,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Closer,” “Dolley Madison,” “Liberty!” Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Obie (1993, 2004), Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes, Elliot Norton, Lucille Lortel, Theatre World, Drama League, Jefferson, Drama- Logue, Sir Robert Helpmann.
Christopher McHale

LCT: Macbeth, Nikolai and the Others, Golden Boy, King Lear, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Broadway: Execution of Justice, Julius Caesar, Piaf, The Iceman Cometh. Off-Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, Othello, Richard II (NYSF); Domino (NYTW); Lemkin’s House (McGinn-Cazale). Select Regional: Yale Rep, Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Magic Theatre. Film:The Devil’s Own, Sunset Park, F/X, The Seduction of Joe Tynan. TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “New York News,” “The Equalizer,” “Without a Trace,” “Charles & Diana.”
Daniel Oreskes

Hir-Playwrights Horizons-11/08/2015-(Arnold), The Revisionist- Cherry Lane Theatre 02/21/2013 (Zenon)
The Twenty-Seventh Man-Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall-11/19/2012 (Moishe Bretzky)
Russian Transport – Acorn Theater- 01/30/2012 (Misha) A Perfect Future-Cherry Lane Theatre-02/17/2011(Elliot Murphy)  A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Delacorte Theater -08/23/2007 -(Theseus), Jayson With a Y – Lion Theatre – 06/01/2006 (Mike),  Terrorism – Harold Clurman Theater – 05/09/2005, Roar – Harold Clurman Theater-04/07/2004 (Abe), Henry V Delacorte Theater – 07/15/2003 -(Duke of Exeter), Julius Caesar – Lucille Lortel Theatre – 01/19/2003 (Caius Cassius),   The Fourth Sister – Vineyard Theatre – 11/21/2002 – (Ivan Pavlovicz/Yuri), Cellini – Second Stage Theatre- 01/24/2001 (Duke of Florence/Judge/Merchant),   Mr. Peter’s Connections – Peter Norton Space – 04/28/1998 – (Larry), The Devils – New York Theatre Workshop – 05/02/1997   Missing/Kissing: Missing Marisa/Kissing Christine – Primary Stages -10/17/1996,Henry V – Delacorte Theater – 06/18/1996-(Constable of France),  Quills – New York Theatre Workshop – 11/03/1995 – (Dr. Royer-Collard) Troilus and Cressida – Delacorte Theater – 08/04/1995 – (Agamemnon)  The Tragedy of Richard II – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater – 03/15/1994 – (Carlisle/Corp)  Tis Pity She’s a Whore – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater –  03/17/1992 -(Lt. Grimaldi)  Othello – Delacorte Theater – 06/21/1991 – (Grantiano), Henry IV Part II – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater – 01/23/1991- (Lord Bardolph)  Henry IV Part I – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater – 01/22/1991- (Thomas) Daniel Oreskes describes himself as “a theater guy” with Broadway (“Electra,” “Aida”) and Off-Broadway (Arthur Miller’s “Mr. Peter’s Connections”) credits and numerous Shakespeare performances.

Henny Russell

Henny Russell is an actress, known for Bridge of Spies (2015), You Don’t Know Jack (2010) and Freeheld (2015).
The Audience – [Play, Original] – Performer: Henny Russell [Queen’s Secretary, Mistress of the Robes] – Understudy: Henny Russell [Margaret Thatcher, Bobo MacDonald] – Mar 08, 2015 – Jun 28, 2015, Machinal – [Play, Revival] – Performer: Henny Russell [Stenographer/Mother in Tenement/Matron] – Jan 16, 2014 – Mar 02, 2014, The Winslow Boy – [Play, Revival] – Performer: Henny Russell [Violet]- Oct 17, 2013 – Dec 01, 2013 – The Other Place – [Play, Thriller, Original] – Understudy: Henny Russell [Juliana] – Jan 10, 2013 – Mar 03, 2013 – Lombardi – [Play, Original]- Understudy: Henny Russell [Marie Lombardi]- Oct 21, 2010 – May 22, 2011 – The Royal Family – [Play, Comedy, Revival] – Performer: Henny Russell [Miss Peake]- Understudy: Henny Russell [Della, Kitty Dean, Julie Cavendish]
Oct 08, 2009 – Dec 13, 2009, Impressionism – [Play, Drama, Original]- Understudy: Henny Russell [Katharine Keenan, Julia Davidson]- Mar 24, 2009 – May 10, 2009 – Major Barbara – [Play, Comedy, Revival] – Performer: Henny Russell [Sarah Undershaft] -Understudy: Henny Russell [Barbara Undershaft]

Joseph Siravo

Joseph Siravo (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor known for his role as Johnny (“Johnny Boy”) Soprano on the HBO series, The Sopranos.  Broadway performances, The Light in the Piazza, Coversations with My Father, The Boys from Syracuse, Off Broadway: Gemini, Mad Forest, My Night With reg

T. Ryder Smith

LCT: debut. Broadway: Equus. Off-Broadway: world premieres by Richard Foreman, David Greenspan, Anne Washburn, Glen Berger; Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play (Epic Ensemble) and Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Playwrights Horizons);Lebensraum (Drama Desk Award). Regional theater: world premieres by Charles Mee, Doug Wright, Jeffrey Hatcher, Tanya Barfield; Lincolnesque (Old Globe, Craig Noel Award). TV/film/voice: Brainscan, Horrible Child, MindFlux, Happy Tears, “The Venture Bros.,” “Becoming Helen Keller,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Law & Order: SVU.”

Creative

J.T. Rogers – Author

J.T. Rogers is the author of the play The Overwhelming (produced in New York by the Roundabout Theater Company and in London at the National Theatre, in association with Out of Joint), Madagascar, White People, Murmuring in a Dead Tongue and Seeing the Elephant which was nominated for the Kesselring Prize for Best New American Play.

Bartlett Sher – Director

LCT: The King and I (Tony nomination), Golden Boy (Tony nomination); Blood and Gifts; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (also current London production); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony nom.); South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics awards; also London and Australia); Awake and Sing!, The Light in the Piazza (Tony noms.). Recent New York: The Bridges of Madison County(Schoenfeld), Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons), Waste (Best Play Obie Award), Cymbeline (Callaway Award, also at Royal Shakespeare Company), Don Juan, Pericles (TFANA, BAM). Artistic director of Seattle’s Intiman Theater (2000-2009). Previously company director for the Guthrie Theater and associate artistic director at Hartford Stage. Opera: Faust (Baden Baden); Two Boys (ENO, Metropolitan Opera); Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Le Comte Ory, L’Elisir d’Amore (Metropolitan Opera); Romeo et Juliette (Salzburg, Milan, Chicago);Mourning Becomes Electra (Seattle Opera, New York City Opera). Upcoming productions include Otello (Metropolitan Opera), Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway), Adam Guettel’s new musical Millions.
Michael Yeargan – Sets

LCT: Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Blood and Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony nom.), South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk awards; Outer Critics Circle nom.), Cymbeline, Awake and Sing! (DD Award, Tony nom.), Edward Albee’s Seascape, The Light in the Piazza (Tony, DD awards). Broadway: The Ritz, Bad Habits, A Lesson from    Aloes, The Road to Mecca(Roundabout). Also credits Off-Broadway, in regional theater, London, ten productions at the Metropolitan Opera and work at major opera companies throughout the United States, Europe and Australia.
Catherine Zuber – Costumes

LCT: The King and I (Tony, Outer Critics Circle awards), Macbeth, Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Outer Critics Circle nom.), South Pacific(Tony Award; OCC nom.), The Coast of Utopia (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC awards),The House in Town, Awake and Sing! (Tony Award), Edward Albee’s Seascape (Tony nom.), The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award; DD, OCC noms.), Dinner at Eight (Tony, DD, OCC noms.), Twelfth Night (Tony, DD noms.), Ivanov. Broadway: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Born Yesterday (Tony noms.); The Royal Family (Tony Award; OCC nom.); Doubt. TV: NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!,” “Peter Pan Live!”
Donald Holder – Lighting

LCT: The King and I (Tony nomination), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Blood and Gifts, South Pacific (Tony Award), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lortel Award), A Man of No Importance. Broadway: On the Twentieth Century, You Can’t Take It With You, The Bridges of Madison County (Tony nom.),Bullets Over Broadway, Come Fly Away, Ragtime, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Streetcar Named Desire, Gem of the Ocean, Movin’ Out, Juan Darien, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Little Dog Laughed, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boy from Oz. Opera: The Magic Flute, Two Boys (Metropolitan Opera); Carmen (Houston Grand); Death and the Powers (Dallas Opera). TV: “Smash” (seasons one and two, NBC/DreamWorks).
Peter John Still – Sound

LCT: Awake and Sing! Off-Broadway: Don Juan, Waste, Cymbeline. West End:Breaking the Code, The Best of Friends, It’s Ralph. He is a long-time collaborator with Barlett Sher. His home theater is Boise Contemporary Theater where he has designed the sound for world premieres by Sam Hunter, Lauren Weedman, Andy Weems, and others.

Oslo playing at Lincoln Center – Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Located in the lower level of the Vivian Beaumont Theater building, this space was originally called the Forum during the residency of the now-defunct Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center.

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Wheelchair access to the Lincoln Center Theater box office, serving the Vivian Beaumont, Mitzi E. Newhouse and Claire Tow Theaters, is available from the street-level entrance on 65th Street. Enter through the glass doors in front of the large curved mural, and use the wheelchair lift on the left. The doorbell next to the lift will call a security guard to assist if necessary. The Beaumont lobby and orchestra level is accessible by a ramp located to the right of the box office.

Wheelchair access to the Beaumont and Newhouse Theaters is available from the street-level entrance via a manned elevator located to the right of the large mural.

Wheelchair access to the Claire Tow Theater is available via two elevators located inside the Beaumont lobby, at the Lincoln Center plaza level. The lobby and box office open one hour prior to curtain. At all other times, please visit the main LCT box office for ticket sales and will-call pick-up.