Scott Olson, teaching at Act One for several years and also on faculty at Columbia College for the last eight years, is now also part of the Acting faculty of the Conservatory at Act One.

Acting in Chicago for the last sixteen years, his most recent credits include Alex in THE COCKTAIL PARTY with Caffeine Theatre and Edmund in WINTERTIME at Reverie Theatre.

As a director his work is always in demand, resulting in noted shows at a wide variety of cutting edge theatres in Chicago including Bailiwick, Boxer Rebellion, Synergy Theatre, The Shakespeare Project and others. Act One students have been fortunate to have Scott as director in Student Theatre Fest productions including GOODNIGHT TEXAS, SPITTIN' IMAGE, HIDDEN IN THIS PICTURE, MISADVENTURE, and YOU CAN'T TRUST THE MALE. His most recent directing project was COTTON PATCH GOSPEL at Columbia.