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 and resident lighting designer at Tacoma Little Theatre.

Director's Resume

Theatre

Richard III | William Shakespeare | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [announced]

Henry VI | William Shakespeare | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [announced]

Henry V | William Shakespeare | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA) [announced]

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

The Last Five Years | Jason Robert Brown | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

Saint Joan | George Bernard Shaw | New Muses Theatre Company (Tacoma, WA)

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)

Film & Digital Theatre

Diary of a Madman | Niclas Olson | New Muses Theatre Company and Falling Sparrow Films

Manfred | Lord Byron | New Muses Theatre Company and Falling Sparrow Films

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)