Therese Olson

Highlights

• Therese is a dual Canadian-American actor-singer- vocal artist with extensive training and experience in theater, media, and music. She’s worked in the USA, Canada, Cuba, Wales, England, Ireland, Austria, Germany & Italy. She holds an MA Acting from ArtsEd London headed by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Ht: 5'7" Wt: 130.
• REVIEWS & SHOW AWARDS
  
   I. THE ART OF FACING FEAR Company of Angels/Os Saytros: 
    --WINNER 2021 Younge-Howze Award Collaborative Work of the Year  -WINNER 2020 Broadway World Awards: Best Ensemble, Production of a Play of the Decade, Top Streaming Production/Performance -WINNER -2020 Good Theatre Festival, India Best Production, Best Ensemble
  
   “...dedicated to their performance(s), decidedly talented and serve both their director and this project excellently, with special notice in this regard going out to ...the always entertaining, Therese Olson.”—TVolution (Ernest Kearney)
  
  II. ROMEO & JULIET IN HELL
  Force of Nature Productions:  
   --Nominee “Best Ensemble Cast”2020 Valley Theater Awards (VTA) -Winner Better Lemons Best of Shows  -Double Sweet Choice Award  
  
  “The absolutely wonderful Therese Olson nailed this role…” .—allaboutthestage.com (Mary E Montero) 
  
     “Therese Olson’s Lady Macbeth is outlandish and amusing.” —Stage Raw (Dana Martin)
  
   “The cast… offers some gems in the performances, such as...the slightly insane Lady Macbeth as portrayed by Olson.” The TVOLUTION  (Ernest Kearney)
  
   “ In an ensemble cast that hits all the right notes, Therese Olson hits them a bit more fortissimo...” —Hollywood Gothique (Steve Biodrowski)
  
  “It’s a performance that requires vast stores of energy throughout, and Olson never seems to run out.” —The Haunting (Erik Blair)
  
   III. ARISTOPHANES THE BIRDS
  The Broadwater:
  
    “...select individual performances ruled the roost…. Therese Olson’s deadpan serious commitment”… “created wonderfully weird chorus leader(s)….”—STAGE RAW (Taylor Kass) .
  
  ”...starts off strong with Hitchcock’s Melanie, played by Therese Olson...” --THETVOLUTION (Ernest Kearny)
  
   IV. EURYDICE  
   Fusion Theatre Company: 
  
   “In the title role Therese Olson imparts Eurydice's neither/both status with grace and vivacity.  Her performance of elation and grief, especially in the play's final moments, pays tribute to the force of Ruhl's modern myth.”  -Albuquerque Journal (Marissa Greenberg)  
  
     “The FUSION performance…is brought to life by the graceful interpretation of Therese Olson in the title role as a beguiling combination of innocence and seductiveness.” --The Independent East Mountain (Wally Gordon)
  
  V. ANNA KARENINA
  James A Little Theatre:
  
  “Olson as Anna....is a superb actor with a searing ability to concentrate on the moment at hand."--The Santa Fe New Mexican (Craig Smith {RIP})