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Phil Olson

PHIL OLSON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Phil's plays include DON'T HUG ME winner of 4 Artistic Director Achievement Awards in Los Angeles including Best Original Musical and Best Author Original Play, published by Samuel French and booked into over 40 cities around the country since it opened in 2003, A NICE FAMILY GATHERING, Winner of the Rochester Playwright Festival, published by Samuel French, CRAPPIE TALK, Winner of the Gilmore Creek Playwriting Competition, published by Eldridge. His new musical comedy, A DON'T HUG ME CHRISTMAS CAROL, the sequel to DON'T HUG ME, opened in 5 cities in 2006. Phil has several published one-acts that have been produced in Los Angeles and New York. He also sold a couple screenplays, script doctored three screenplays that were produced, and wrote for two television shows.

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 Don't Hug Me         Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, A         Don't Hug Me County Fair, A         Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant         Folk Singer, The         Girls Night Out         Hurricane Gramma         KOLD Radio, Whitefish Bay         Mom's Gift         Nice Family Gathering, A         Polyester - The Musical         Security Guard         Todd and Becky         Tour Guide, The

Don't Hug Me

Synopsis:
It's "Fargo" meets "The Music Man" (without the blood or the trombones). DON'T HUG ME takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota. It's the coldest day of the year and cantankerous bar owner, Gunner Johnson, wants to sell the business and move to Florida. Clara, his wife and former Winter Carnival Bunyan Queen, wants to stay. Bernice Lundstrom, the pretty waitress, wants to pursue a singing career. Her fiance, Kanute Gunderson, wants her to stay home. It's a battle of wills, and when a fast-talking salesman, Aarvid Gisselsen, promises to bring romance into their lives through the 'magic' of karaoke, all heck breaks loose! Featuring the songs, "I'm a Walleye Woman in a Crappie Town," "My Smorgasbord of Love," and "I Wanna Go to the Mall of America."

Notes:
written by Paul And Phil Olson. Don't Hug Me won four Artistic Director Achievement Awards in Los Angeles including: Best Original Musical; Best Author Original Play; Best Director  Musical; Best Ensemble Cast - Musical

1st Produced:
Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles, California    2003

Company:
Dan Hirsch

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, A

Phil Olson
It's Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota and cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson gets in an argument with his wife, Clara, tells her he's skipping Christmas, he storms out of the bar, goes snowmobiling across the lake, falls through the ice on his skidoo and goes into a coma. He comes back in his dream where he's visited by folk legend, Sven Yorgensen, who plays the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. Sven takes Gunner (Scrooge) on a journey similar to that in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" only very different. Featuring 17 original songs including:The Christmas Cheese Polka; The Wheel is Turnin' but the Hamster is Dead; I'm so Hosed; Gunner Fell Into an Ice Hole; It's Christmas Time so Please Give Me Some; The Bunyan Beguine; I Love You More Than Football; What Would Barbra Streisand Do?; I'd Rather be Naughty.

Notes:
written by Paul And Phil Olson. Sequel to the smash hit musical comedy, Don't Hug Me.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, California    2006

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Don't Hug Me County Fair, A

Phil Olson
It's summer time and the Bunyan County Fair is approaching, the biggest thing that's happened in Bunyan Bay since the winter carnival snowplow parade. This year the Bunyan County Fair means one thing to Gunner and Clara Johnson, owners of a little bar called The Bunyan; The Miss Walleye Queen Competition. Bernice, the pretty waitress, sees this as her big chance to win Miss Walleye Queen, to be discovered, and more important, to have her face carved in butter at the Minnesota State Fair. The stakes have never been higher in Bunyan Bay. The trouble begins when Gunner's wife, Clara, decides she also wants to win Miss Walleye Queen. Bigger trouble arrives when Gunner's estranged twin sister, Trigger, (played by Gunner) shows up to try to win the beauty pageant. Featuring 18 original songs including, "My Campfire is Burnin'," "I'm a Bunyan Woman," "If I Could Win Miss Walleye Queen," "Pontoon Ladies,", "I'm Just a Pretty Forest Ranger," and "Our Butter Face Queen."

Notes:
Book & Lyrics by Phil Olson. Music by Paul Olson. A Don't Hug Me County Fair is the summer sequel to the smash hit musical comedies Don't Hug Me And A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol! A Don't Hug Me County Fair won three Artistic Director Achievement Awards in Los Angeles including: Best Author Original Play.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, California    Feb 2009

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant

Phil Olson
The story takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, in a little bar called The Bunyan, owned by Clara and Gunner Johnson. Clara is 8½ months pregnant with their first child, and today she's looking forward to her baby shower, getting lots of presents, and taking a break from her raging hormones. Suddenly, a freak snow storm, a tsnownami, hits Bunyan Bay and they find themselves snowed in. All roads are closed. No one can get in or leave. Gunner's worst nightmare comes true when Clara goes into labor and he realizes he's going to have to deliver the baby in the bar. Featuring 17 original songs including, Babies and Beer, If I Only Had a Boy, Bun in the Oven, Baby Fever, The Just Got Hosed Over by a Dork' Blues, and If Men Had Babies, We'd All Be Extinct.

Notes:
Book & Lyrics by Phil Olson. Music by Paul Olson. Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant is the fourth in the smash hit Don't Hug Me series of musical comedies. The others include Don't Hug Me, A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, And A Don't Hug Me County Fair, Also Available from Samuel French! The Don't Hug Me musicals Are All stand Alone musicals. You do not have to see them in Any particular order to fully enjoy them.

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood, CA    30 Sep 2011

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Genre:
Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Folk Singer, The

Synopsis:
A folk singer pretends to be more than he really is

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Girls Night Out

Synopsis:
A woman has a dark secret

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shotgun Production's Dramathon, New York, NY    2004

Company:
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1st Published:
Heuer Publishing,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hurricane Gramma

Synopsis:
Three people are evacuated to a High School gymnasium during a hurricane.

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1st Published:
JAC Publishing,    -

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Genre:
One act

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KOLD Radio, Whitefish Bay

Phil Olson
KOLD Radio is located in a corner of Carl and Lena's Place for Beer in a small Minnesota town near the Canadian border. Lars Knudsen is the host of a radio show called Crappie Talk, devoted entirely to ice fishing for crappies. Because it is a somewhat narrow subject, Lars has no listeners, so he loses his only advertiser, Ole's Bait Mart and Deer Petting Farm. Martha Bjorklund, Lars' unrequited love interest, hosts Book Beat. She has all the listeners, and all the advertisers. Lars has issues with Martha ever since she beat him in the 50-yard dash in 6th grade. Lars' jealousy toward Martha multiplies when a fish-out-of-water Brooklyn Italian comes to Whitefish Bay, buys the radio station, promotes Martha and fires Lars. Lars has his work cut out for him. He needs his job, he needs his dignity, but most important, he needs Martha.

Notes:
Winner of the Gilmore Creek Playwright Competition; finalist in the prestigious Chesterfield Writer's Project, And A Pick of the Week in the LA Weekly.

1st Produced:
Los Angeles, California    1997

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1g 1m voice

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Mom's Gift

Synopsis:
Mom has been dead for 11 months when she shows up at her husband's birthday party

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Dramatists Guild, New York    23 Jan 2013

Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nice Family Gathering, A

Synopsis:
A Nice Family Gathering is a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. It's Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since the Patriarch died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. After all, they were only married for 41 years. The problem is, she can't hear or see him. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner.

Notes:
A Nice Family Gathering, won the Rochester Playwright Festival, was A finalist in the The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, And The Phoenix Theatre's Festival of Emerging American Theatre, And A semi-finalist in the Ukiah Players New Comedy Festival As well As the Chesterfield Writer's Film Project.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, California    2000

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Polyester - The Musical

Phil Olson
It's "Mamma Mia" meets "Spinal Tap." Polyester The Musical is the story of The Synchronistics, an over-the-hill, ABBA wannabe group that re-unites after 20 years to perform at a public access TV Telethon. It was 1979, and The Synchronistics were big. Johnny Carson big. Their hit single, "Better Together" rose to 2 on the Billboard Charts. Then something terrible happened that drove the group apart. And now, twenty years later, they're back together to perform at the WKLN public access TV Telethon. Will they overcome their differences, act professionally, and help save WKLN from going under? Probably not. But, you never know what to expect when this dysfunctional group gets together. . .one last time! Featuring 16 Original 70's Songs including, "The Funk Train," and "Bump Your Booty Rump."

Notes:
Music by Wayland Pickard; lyrics by Wayland Pickard And Phil Olson; book by Phil Olson.

1st Produced:
Actors Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA    Nov 2009

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Genre:
Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Security Guard

Synopsis:
A security guard has a new trainee

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, CA    1996

Company:
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1st Published:
Heuer Publishing,    -

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Todd and Becky

Synopsis:
Two homeless people find love

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Heuer Publishing,    -

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tour Guide, The

Synopsis:
At the Gene Autry Museum - the guide has started making things up to make things more interesting

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Genre:
One act

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