REUEL OLIN, an inaugural Shubert Theatre Fellow, earned a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from NYU and has been an actor, a director and artistic director (San Diego's Diversionary Theatre). He produced musical theatre at his theatre at the Villa Resort in Palm Springs, including directing his original musical Santa Babies there. He has been a resident of San Diego for 37 years and began writing plays in earnest late in life. Since then his short play Okay Now was chosen as Best Drama at the Eclectic Company Theatre's staged reading in Los Angeles and was short-listed at the Pittsburgh Players New Works Festival. Washington's Pend Oreilles Players staged his short comedic play Wrong Turn and his plays The Birthday Party and What’s In A Name were presented at two of the San Diego Center for...
REUEL OLIN, an inaugural Shubert Theatre Fellow, earned a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from NYU and has been an actor, a director and artistic director (San Diego's Diversionary Theatre). He produced musical theatre at his theatre at the Villa Resort in Palm Springs, including directing his original musical Santa Babies there. He has been a resident of San Diego for 37 years and began writing plays in earnest late in life. Since then his short play Okay Now was chosen as Best Drama at the Eclectic Company Theatre's staged reading in Los Angeles and was short-listed at the Pittsburgh Players New Works Festival. Washington's Pend Oreilles Players staged his short comedic play Wrong Turn and his plays The Birthday Party and What’s In A Name were presented at two of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Short Play festivals. His one-act play The Gift was chosen by Shawnee Playhouse in Pennsylvania and Frostburg State University’s Center for Literary Art in Maryland for presentation and his one-act play A Visit From Mars was a prizewinner at the Scripteaser’s San Diego Festival and a finalist at the 2019 Inge Festival in Indiana. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.