Niclas Olson is an actor, playwright, designer, and director based in Tacoma. Regional credits include Frankenstein, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Into the Woods, The Seagull and Lysistrata for New Muses Theatre Company; Evil Dead: The Musical, Of Mice and Men, The Library, and My Name is Rachel Corrie for Tacoma Little Theatre; and Angels in America Parts I and II for Olympia Little Theatre. He is the managing artistic director of New Muses Theatre Company, resident lighting designer at Tacoma Little Theatre, and technical director for Open Space for Arts & Community.

Director's Resume

Theatre

Spring's Awakening | Frank Wedekind | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [postponed]

Evil Dead: The Musical | Bond, Cipolla, Morris, Reinblatt | Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma, WA)

The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Tartuffe | Molière | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Hamlet | William Shakespeare | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Babes in Toyland | Glen MacDonough | Tacoma Little Theatre and New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Lysistrata | Aristophanes | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

A Servant of Two Masters | Carlo Goldoni | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

1984 | George Orwell | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Of Mice and Men  | John Steinbeck  | Tacoma Little Theatre  (Tacoma, WA)

Every Afternoon | Gertrude Stein | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

The Rising of the Moon  | Lady Gregory  | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Dulcitius  | Hrotsvitha  |  New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Riders to the Sea  | J.M. Synge  | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

In the Shadow of the Glen  |  J.M. Synge  |  New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Six Characters in Search of an Author  |  Luigi Pirandello  |  New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Into the Woods | Sondheim and Lapine | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Ghosts | Henrik Ibsen | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

A Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

The Library | Scott Z. Burns | Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma, WA)

Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Dying City | Christopher Shinn | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Reasons to be Pretty  | Neil Labute | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Sexual Perversity in Chicago | David Mamet | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Miss Julie  |  August Strindberg  |  New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Angels in America: Perestroika  |  Tony Kushner  |  Olympia Little Theater  (Olympia, WA)

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches  |  Tony Kushner  |  Olympia Little Theater  (Olympia, WA)

My Name Is Rachel Corrie  |  Corrie, Rickman, Viner  |  Tacoma Little Theater (Tacoma, WA)

Doctor Faustus  |  Christopher Marlowe  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Tacoma, WA)

Copenhagen  |  Michael Frayn  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Lakewood, WA) 

On The Verge  |  Eric Overmeyer  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Tacoma, WA)

This Is Our Youth  |  Kenneth Lonergan  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Tacoma, WA)

The Shape of Things  |  Neil Labute  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Tacoma, WA)

The Emperor's New Clothes  |  The Prince Street Players  |  Tacoma Musical Playhouse - YSAS  (Tacoma, WA)

The Fever  |  Wallace Shawn  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Seattle, WA)

Blithe Spirit  |  Noel Coward  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Morton, WA)

Hamlet  |  William Shakespeare  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Morton, WA)

The Importance of Being Earnest  |  Oscar Wilde  |  New Muses Theatre Company  (Morton, WA)

Anthem: A Musical Theatre Cabaret  |  Various  |  Roxy Theater  (Morton, WA)

Last Waltz on a Midnight Violin (World Premiere)  |  Niclas Olson  |  Pacific Lutheran University  (Tacoma, WA)

Oleanna  |  David Mamet  |  Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA)

Flop Cop  |  Laura Cunningham  |  Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA)

Streaming

Manfred | Lord Byron | New Muses Theatre Company (announced)

R.U.R  |  Karel Capek  |  New Muses Theatre Company

Education

Graduate of Pacific Lutheran University's BFA Acting and Directing program.  Cum Laude.

Awards and Nominations

​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Theatre Company of the Decade for New Muses Theatre Company (Nominee)​​​​​​
​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Production of a Play of the Decade for "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (Nominee)​​​​​​
​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Production of a Play of the Decade for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)​​​​​​
​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Production of a Play of the Decade for "Romeo and Juliet" (Nominee)​​​​​​
BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Musical of the Decade for "Evil Dead: The Musical" (Nominee)​​​
​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Musical of the Decade for "Into the Woods" (Nominee)​​​
BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Direction of a Musical of the Decade for "Evil Dead: The Musical" (Nominee)​
BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Direction of a Play of the Decade for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)​​
BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Direction of a Play of the Decade for "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (Nominee)​
​​​BroadwayWorld Seattle: Top Streaming Production for "R.U.R" (Nominee)​​​
South Sound Stage Excellence: Best Play for "Evil Dead: The Musical" (Winner)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Play for "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Lysistrata" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Play for "Of Mice and Men" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Of Mice and Men" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2017 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Romeo and Juliet" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Ghosts" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Musical for "Into the Woods" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2016 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "Miss Julie" (Nominee)
​BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2015 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2014 (Nominee)
​BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Direction of a Play for "The Shape of Things"  (Nominee)
​BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2013 (Nominee)
​Alpha Psi Omega Awards:  Best Direction of a Play for "Oleanna" (Nominee)
​Alpha Psi Omega Awards:  Best Play for "Oleanna" (Nominee)