Niclas Olson is an actor, playwright, designer, and director based in Tacoma. Regional credits include Little Shop of Horrors, The Glass Menagerie, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Farnsworth Invention, and Sweeney Todd (Lakewood Playhouse); Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Doctor Faustus, Into the Woods, and Frankenstein (New Muses); The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (TMP Family Theatre); Cabaret, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Tacoma Little Theatre); The Firebugs (StageRight); and The Who’s TOMMY (Centerstage). Olson is the managing artistic director of New Muses Theatre Company and resident lighting designer at Tacoma Little Theatre. 

Selected Credits

The Last Five Years | Jamie | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson [announced]

Diary of a Madman | the Madman | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Manfred | Manfred, etc. | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

The Seagull | Trigorin | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Tartuffe | Cleante | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Hamlet | Hamlet | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour | Lakewood Playhouse | Dir. Chris Serface

The Glass Menagerie | Tom | Lakewood Playhouse | Dir. Micheal O'Hara

Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

A Servant of Two Masters | Florindo | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Peer Gynt | Peer | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

​Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding  |  Johnny  |  International Touring Company  |  Dir.  Tony Lauria

Every Afternoon | Him | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

The Rising of the Moon | Ballad Singer | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Dulcitius | Sissinius | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

In the Shadow of the Glen | Tramp | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Into the Woods | Jack | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Fat Pig | Tom | Tacoma Little Theater | Dir. Ellen Peters

Ghosts | Oswald | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

A Doll's House | Krogstad | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Dying City | Peter/Craig | New Muses Theatre Company | Dir. Niclas Olson

Sexual Perversity in Chicago  |  Danny  | New Muses Theatre Company  | Dir. Niclas Olson

Cabaret  |  Cliff  |  Tacoma Little Theater  |  Dir.  John Munn

Doubt  |  Father Flynn  |  Unity Performing Arts Center  |  Dir. David Duvall

True West  |  Austin  |  Tacoma Little Theater  |  Dir. Chris Serface

Doctor Faustus  |  Faustus  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dirs.  Katherine Mahoney and Niclas Olson

On The Verge  |  Grover, etc.  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir. Niclas Olson

This Is Our Youth  |  Warren  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir.  Niclas Olson

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change  |  Man  |  Act 1 Theatre Productions  |  Dir.  Petra Karr

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf  |  Nick  |  Lakewood Playhouse  |  Dir.  Larry Albert

The Shape of Things  |  Adam  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir. Niclas Olson

Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding  |  Johnny  |  National Tour / Broadway Center for the Performing Arts  |  Dir.  Tony Lauria

The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley  |  Stanley Lambchop |  Tacoma Children's Musical Theater  |  Dir.  Harry Turpin

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible... Day  |  Anthony/ Paul  |  Tacoma Children's Musical Theater  |  Dir. Chris Serface

Love Letters  |  Andrew Ladd III  |  Lakewood Playhouse  |  Dir.  John Munn

The Who's TOMMY  |  The Lover/ Ensemble  |  Centerstage  |  Dir.  David Duvall

The Farnsworth Invention  (NW Premiere)  |  Philo Farnsworth  |  Lakewood Playhouse  |  Dir.  John Munn

Peter Pan: The Musical  (NW Premiere)  |  Starkey  |  Tacoma Musical Playhouse  |  Dir. Jon Douglas Rake

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  |  Hyde/Lanyon  |  Tacoma Little Theater  |  Dir. Elliot Weiner

Sweeney Todd:  The Demon Barber of Fleet Street  |  Tobias Ragg  |  Lakewood Playhouse  |  Dir.  James Brown

The Firebugs  |  Ph. D.  |  Stageright  |  Dir.  John Huddleston

Blithe Spirit  |  Charles Condomine  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir.  Niclas Olson

Grease  |  Teen Angel  |  Roxy Theater  |  Dir.  Lynne Olmos

Children of Eden  |  Cain/ Japheth  |  Young-at-Heart Theater  |  Dir.  Isaac McKenzieSullivan

Hamlet  |  Hamlet  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir. Niclas Olson

The Importance of Being Earnest  |  Lane  |  New Muses Theatre Company  |  Dir.  Niclas Olson

To Be Frank  (World Premiere)  |  Benjamin Worley  |  CatBox Productions  |  Dir.  Alexander Peterson

A Midsummer Night's Dream  |  Oberon  |  Roxy Theater  |  Dir.  Lynne Olmos

Anthem:  A Musical Theater Cabaret  |  Performer  |  Roxy Theater  |  Dir.  Niclas Olson

Oliver!  |  Bill Sykes  |  Ascension Productions  |  Dir.  Petra Karr

Gypsy  |  Tulsa  |  Roxy Theater  |  Dir.  Lynne Olmos

South Pacific  |  Lt.  Joseph Cable  |  Roxy Theater  |  Dir.  Lynne Olmos

Education

Graduate of Pacific Lutheran University's BFA Acting and Directing Program. Cum Laude.
Private vocal training with Charles Stephens, Paul Brassey, and Andrew Parks.
Studied classical acting and Shakespeare with Jean Elliot (ILACA London).

Awards & Nominations

​BroadwayWorld Seattle Decade Awards: Performer of the Decade for "Hamlet (2019)" (Nominee)​
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Performer in a Leading Role for "Hamlet" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Performer in a Leading Role in a Musical for "Little Shop of Horrors" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Performer in a Leading Role for "The Glass Menagerie" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2017 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle:  Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Romeo and Juliet" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Featured Role for "Ghosts" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle:  Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for "Into the Woods" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2016 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for "Cabaret" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2015 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Doctor Faustus" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Featured Role for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2014 (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best Actor in a Leading Role for "The Shape of Things" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Person to Watch 2013 (Nominee)

Special Skills

Broad range and ease with dialects: including British, Irish, Southern and character voices.  Good athlete with experience playing competitive basketball.  Formal training in lighting, costume, and make-up design.  Also video editing, photography, graphic design, set design, and projection design. Can grow facial hair.