Phil Olson

Cheryl is a widow of two years Stan is newly divorced. After failed blind dates their best friends Lori and Dave convince them to try online dating with the new dating website "Friends Love or Whatever." With the worst dating advice in the world from their friends Cheryl and Stan set out to find happiness and true love-online. All the trials and tribulations of online dating come to the forefront including overcoming heartbreak and rejection all in an effort to find love...or best offer.

A Twisted Christmas Carolis a Texas spoof of Charles Dickens' classicA Christmas Carol. It's Christmas Eve in a small west Texas town and cantankerous barbecue joint owner Buford Johnson gets in an argument with his wife Darla tells her he's skipping Christmas storms out of the restaurant goes four-wheeling in his pickup gets hit by a twister rolls his truck and goes into a coma. He comes back in his dream where he's visited by ex-business partner Hank Walker who plays the ghost of Christmas past present and future. Hank takes Buford on a journey similar to Scrooge's inA Christmas Carol only Texas-style.

Five women get together for their birthdays each with her own story to drink celebrate commiserate and support each other as they negotiate through marriage work divorce birth and kids while solving the problems of the world.Cheryl Karen Monica and Abbie started Birthday Club five years ago when their friend Jennifer was diagnosed with cancer as a support group to help her get through it. When Jennifer recently passed away they had an opening for a new member. However it's not easy to join Birthday Club. Birthday Club is very exclusive and there's a three-year waiting list. They bring in Sarah as a potential member but first Sarah must make it through the "interview " and agree to abide by the eight rules of Birthday Club to be considered an official member.One by one they reveal their personal work and family issues and when one of them admits she went out with another's husband the vodka hits the fan. The question is: Will Birthday Club survive or will Rule #5 end it forever?

Set in a little north woods Minnesota town the host of a radio show devoted entirely to ice fishing loses his only advertiser while his wife a popular host of a book show has all the advertisers putting the competitive couple at odds. Their marital problems are compounded when two fish-out-of-water Brooklyn Italians come to the rural Minnesota town buy the radio station and turn everything upside down.

Don't Hug Me We're Married takes place in a small north woods bar in Bunyan Bay Minnesota. Gunner and Clara Johnson are owners of the bar they've been married "a long time " the romance has left the marriage and Clara would like to get it back. When Gunner finds a pamphlet that Clara was hiding for "Divorce Fantasy Camp " he realizes he needs to do something to convince his wife he's a good husband. At the same time Bernice the pretty waitress gets engaged to Aarvid a karaoke sale

It's Christmas Eve and a young newspaper reporter on the brink of being fired has been assigned a last-chance story about a typical family Christmas his family's Christmas. He goes home to his recently widowed mother his crazy uncle his eccentric grandmother and his battling siblings and their neurotic spouses who provide no shortage of material. One by one we learn each family member's secrets problems and dysfunctions and when they learn that he's wr

In this comedy with a heart Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband's birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in "It's A Wonderful Life " she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad's birthday with him as part of her Anger Management

Category: Musical Comedy Characters: 3 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior The story takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, in a little bar called "The Bunyan," owned by Clara and Gunner Johnson. Clara is 81/2 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." 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. Critic's Pick! "Go one, go all to Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant! The show is guaranteed to please, and has big hit written all over it!" - BroadwayWorld.com "GO!" "Think Rowan and Martin's Laugh In on steroids!" - LA WEEKLY RECOMMENDED! "With hilarious lines and 17 uproarious songs, Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant is a laugh a minute, maybe more!...The Olson Brothers, Phil and Paul have done it again, given us a play that keeps us laughing throughout!" - ReviewPlays.com RECOMMENDED! "You will find yourself literally laughing out loud at the antics of Gunner, Clara, Kanute, Bernice and Aarvid, and having them bring a bundle of joy into the world is a good thing!" - Topanga Messenger ENJOY! "Wonderful characters, new terrific original songs, great choreography and belly filled laughs! ...Hysterically funny!...The audience roars with laughter!...Extraordinarily great fun!...For those of you that love silly, funny and entertaining evenings out, this is for you!...Come out and enjoy!" - NoHoArtsdistrict.com "If you're up for a break from the woes of the world, and ready to laugh until your cheeks hurt, this is the one to catch! ...Guttbustingly funny, the nonstop audience laughter was thunderous!...If you're already a Don't Hug Me fan, I know you'll catch this one too. If you've never seen any of the others, it's high time you did! Book a seat today!" - Tolucan Times "The biggest compliment you can pay a musical comedy is that it is funny...Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant is that and so much more...The writing is crisp, intelligent and doesn't miss a beat...proves vastly entertaining and provides a depth uncommon in theatrical comedies and musicals...hilarious yet tender...it touches the funny and musical bones!" - North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch

Musical Comedy / Characters: 3m, 2f The story of The Synchronistics, an over-the-hill ABBA wannabe group that reunites after 20 years to perform at a public access TV telethon, put their differences aside, and try to save the station from going under. The year was 1979 and The Synchronistics were big. Big enough to be on Johnny Carson. Their hit single, "Better Together" rose to number two on the Billboard Charts. Then something terrible happened that drove the group apart. And now, 20 years later, they're back together in Maple Valley, their home town, to perform at the 1999 WKLN public access TV Telethon. Will they overcome their differences from 20 years ago, 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. It's "Mamma Mia" meets "Spinal Tap" Featuring 16 original songs including "The Funk Train" and "Bump Your Booty Rump." "Be sure to check out this toe-tapping, hilarious journey back to your "Dancing Queen" days!...This show will take you back to the 70's, and you'll hardly be able to control your urge to get up on stage and do "The Funk Train!" - Actors Entertainment "Audience members laughed uncontrollably throughout!...Energetically entertaining!...A rollicking good time!" - The Tolucan Times"I loved it!" - Fred Willard "It's great fun!"- BroadwayWorld.com "A fun and entertaining evening with the audience moving and grooving to the sounds of the 70's style original music and contagious dancing in their seats. It's fun, fun, fun all the way through!...You will have a ball! It's the perfect show to pick up your spirits!"- NoHoArtsDistrict.com

Musical Comedy / Characters: 3 male, 2 female 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! 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."