Niclas Olson’s adaptations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, Carlo Goldoni’s A Servant of Two Masters, Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, A Doll’s House, and Peer Gynt, Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, Molière’s Tartuffe, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein were commissioned and performed by New Muses Theatre Company. His original plays Last Waltz on a Midnight Violin and Dirty Laundry have been staged at Pacific Lutheran University. He studied playwriting in London and received his degree in theatre from Pacific Lutheran University.
Original plays
Untitled 19th Amendment Play | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [announced]
Frankenstein | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Last Waltz on a Midnight Violin | Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA)
Dirty Laundry | Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA)
Adaptations
Frank Wedekind's Spring's Awakening | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [announced]
Karel Capek's R.U.R | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Anton Chekhov's The Seagull | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Molière's Tartuffe, from a translation by Curtis Hidden Page | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Glen MacDonough's Babes in Toyland | Tacoma Little Theatre and New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Aristophanes' Lysistrata, from a translation by Oscar Wilde | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Carlo Goldoni's A Servant of Two Masters | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
August Strindberg's Miss Julie | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet | New Muses Theatre Company (Morton, WA)
Education
Graduate of Pacific Lutheran University's BFA Acting and Directing program. Cum Laude.
Awards and Nominations
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best new play or adaptation for "Tartuffe" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best new play or adaptation for "Hamlet" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best new play or adaptation for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best new play or adaptation for "Hamlet" (Nominee)
BroadwayWorld Seattle: Best new play or adaptation for "Frankenstein" (Nominee)