Brian Olsen
(Director)

Brian Olsen directed The Merry Wives of Windsor and Much Ado About Nothing for Gorilla Rep's final season. For 13th St. Rep, he directed the 2001-2002 production of A Christmas Carol. He has previously directed The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) at the Washington Shakespeare Festival, The Mousetrap and Camelot at the Saxtons River Playhouse, and assistant directed Cymbeline with Gorilla Rep. He wrote, directed and performed his one-man show, Typical, here in New York at Upstairs at Rose's Turn and in Vancouver, BC, at the Granville Studio. Also in Vancouver, at the Granville Studio and at New Image Studios, Brian taught classes in acting and scene study and led workshops in Shakespeare text. He has a BA in Drama from Stonehill College in Massachusetts, and studied at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York.

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