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.
Originals
Diary of a Madman | 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
A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
William Shakespeare's Henry IV | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
Lord Byron's Manfred | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)
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)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | 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)