Peer Gynt birthplace, where Ibsen claims he found inspiration for the character "Peer Gynt", and is regarded by many as the most authentic version. The play is performed by professional actors from the national theater institutions, and nearly 80 local amateur actors. The music to the play is inspired by the original theatre music by Edvard Grieg - the "Peer Gynt suite". The play is one of the most popular theater productions in Norway, attracting more than 12,000 people every summer. The festival also holds the Peer Gynt Prize, which is a national Norwegian honor prize given to a person or institution
Jan Eliasberg first woman to direct Michael Mann's "Crime Story," as well as "Wiseguy." Her other television directing credits include multiple episodes of Nashville, The Magicians, Blue Bloods, NCIS;Los Angeles, Parenthood, Criminal Minds, 21 Jump Street", "Dawson's Creek", "Sisters" (also a producer and writer), "Early Edition", "Party of Five", among many other notable series. She was fired from directing "How I Got into College" only five days into filming. She has directing such plays as "Spring Awakening", "Peer Gynt", "Hedda Gabler", "The Threepenny Opera", the American premiere of Howard Brenton's "Sore Throats" and "The Importance of Being Earnest". In 1991, Eliasberg married