OLESYA KOMARNYTSKA
THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS
MEMBER WITH IATSE 828 AND PERMITEE WITH IATSE 873
SKILLS
THEATRE/EVENTS CONTRACT WORK
[May - June 2018] Assistant Production Designer/builder/stitcher – “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” Opera5 ON [Mar – May 2018] Scenic Painter – “Innocence Lost”, “Ma Rainey”, & “La Bête” Soulpepper ON [Mar 2018] Scenic Painter – “The Overcoat” Canadian Stage ON [June – Nov 2017] Soft Props/Painter – Disney’s “Lion King”, “Beauty & the Beast”, & “Aladdin” Paragon ON [June – July 2016] Head of Props & Paint/Mentor Watermark Theatre PEI [Sept 2015 – Aug 2016] Rental Staff Malabar Costumes ON [May 2015] Set Painter – “Sleuth” Teatro La Quindicina AB [Apr 2015] Set Painter – “Becoming Sharp” Shadow Theatre AB [Feb - Apr 2015] Head of Props & Set Painter – “Cabaret” Mayfield Dinner Theatre AB [Aug 2008 – Aug 2012] Painter, Video & Board Op [Jan - Feb 2015] Production Assistant – Flying Canoe Festival La Cité Francophone AB [July-Aug 2014] Designer – “Sundogs”- Holding Hollow Theatre Edmonton Fringe Festival AB [Aug 2012] Carpenter – Festival Venue Setup/Teardown [May - July 2014] Head of Props & Set Painter – “Candide”, “Carmen”, and “Cendrillon” Opera Nuova AB [Apr 2014] Props/Paint – “Make Mine Love” Citadel Theatre AB [Mar 2014] Artifacts & Props Crew – “Harry Potter” exhibit Telus World of Science AB [Feb 2014] Stitcher & Dresser – “The Three Musketeers” Red Deer College AB [Nov 2013] Stitcher – “Alice Through the Looking Glass”
FILM CONTRACT WORK
[Aug 2016 - present] Props & Set Dec Permit IATSE Local 873 Toronto ON [Dec 2014] PA – The Cygnets “The Arbour Green” music video Simon Glassman Productions AB [July-Aug 2014] AD & PA – “The Day the Earth Was Fine” short film [Feb 2014] AD – “Jillian and Mark Are Cats” demo shoot Counterfeit Pictures AB [Nov 2013] Costume designer/Buyer – “The Slave” short film Rover Films AB
APPRENTICESHIPS
[Oct - Dec 2014] Props Apprentice – “Shrek the Musical” The Grand Theatre ON [June – Aug 2013] Props Workstudy - “Owen Wingrave” & Dance Masters ballet series Banff Centre AB
VOLUNTEER & ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE ARTS
Clay & Paper Theatre, Winter Garden Theatre, The Wizard of Oddd Antiques, Shakespeare in Action, Walterdale Playhouse, skirtsAfire herArts Festival, Art Gallery of Alberta, & the Works Art & Design Festival
- experience with most shop hand & power tools
- sewing experience
- MIG welding intro
- detail oriented
- VectorWorks
LANGUAGES
Russian & Ukrainian
2010 - present
2010 - present
EDUCATION
[Sept 2011 – Apr 2013] Grant MacEwan University AB Theatre Production Diploma with Distinction
Received - Jason Lang Scholarship [Nov 2012]
- John & Barbara Poole Scholarship [May 2012] - Grant MacEwan Foundation Scholarship [April 2012]
[September 2005 – June 2009] University of Alberta Bachelor of Arts Degree
History of Art, Design & Visual Culture Major / Sociology Minor
THEATRE PRACTICUM
[Mar - Apr 2013] Musical: The Musical of Musicals! - Props
[Jan - Mar 2013] A Little Night Music - Design Assistant
[Nov - Dec 2012] Attempts On Her Life - Props Head
[Oct - Nov 2012] Spring Awakening - Wardrobe
[Mar - Apr 2012] Thebans - Carpentry
[Jan - Mar 2012] Merrily We Roll Along - Props
[Nov - Dec 2011] Vernon God Little - Video
[Sept - Nov 2011] Xanadu - Wardrobe