The Shylock and the Shakespeareans

                                                                                                                  by Edward Einhorn
UTC#61 at the New Ohio Theater, NYC
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"Equally solid is Oleson's characterization of the egocentric arrogance of Antonio when it comes to money, his business interests and his hatred of Jews" 
                                                                          -- Scotty Bennett, TheaterScene
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"Oleson gives Antonio just the right edge, a man who should know better but has fallen under the spell of the Shakespeareans."
                                                                                                                                                      -- Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York
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"...domineering performances by Haskal and Oleson as Shakespeare himself, brings the nonesensical absurdity of the forces of hate to bear on the viewer..."
                                                                               --Noah Simon Jampol, Thinking Theater
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Photos by Richard Termine

2019

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Winner, 2020 Best Ensemble Performance at both
​the  Melech Film Festival, Tel-Aviv, and the Chain Film Festival, NYC

The Poor of New York
by Dion Boucicault
Presented by Metropolitan Playhouse

"...Artistic Director Alex Roe has gathered an excellent slate...of actors...."                           
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As Captain Fairweather (Photo: Emily Hewitt)
"Exquisitely portrayed by a fine cast."
                                     -- Brenda Ropland, Eyes On World Cultures
PictureAs Policeman, wiith (left to right) Alexandra O'Daly and David Logan Rankin (Photo: Emily Hewitt)
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With Bob Mackasek (Photo: Emily Hewitt)
"[A]...talented, wonderfully in-tune cast squarely take aim at the audience's emotions..."
                            -- Joseph Pisano, TheatreScene.com
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With (clockwise from center) Jon Lonoff, Jo Vetter, Luke Hoffmaier, Benjamin Russell, Tess Frazer, SJ Hannah, and Teresa Kelsey (Photo: Emily Hewitt)
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​The Tragedy of Arthur
Adapted from the novel by Arthur Phillips
Presented by the Guerrilla Shakespeare Project
Directed by Jordan Reeves

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"As the father...Oleson projects both a touching humility and a warm humanity."
                                             -- Deirdre Donovan, CurtainUp.com


"The ensemble of seven...get to play from the peak of their classical range to the colloquial medium--and they excel at both."
                                                             -- PJ Grisar, nytheatre.com

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 "...the actors act up a storm."
                                                        -- Ron Cohen, Backstage.com
Pictured with Tom Schwans (Photo: Joel Isaac Ramirez)

UNtitled theater #61

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  IPHIGENIA AT AULIS
Adapted from EURIPIDES and directed by Edward Einhorn
Presented by UTC#61 at La Mama

"Einhorn...seems to have wrangled his most talented friends..."
                                    -- Catherine Rampell, New York Times

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"Oleson is impressively impassioned as the shamed-into-fury
​but not insensitive Menelaus."
                                   -- Jon Sobel, blogcritics.org

Pictured with Lynn Berg (Photo: Richard Termine)
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with Robert Honeywell (Photo: Jane Stein)

The Lathe of heaven

Adapted from the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
and Directed by Edward Einhorn

​"Mick O'Brien as Jung, Eric Oleson as Freud, and Kris Lundberg as both their maids, are delightful."
                                -- Martin Denton, nytheatre.com
"While Dr. Haber seems like your garden variety mad scientist, Mr. Oleson plays him soberly."
                                                                                                                                           -- Jason Zinoman, New York Times  

"...Oleson gives us both a ruthless, mad scientist and a genuine seeker for truth."  
                                                                                                                                                         -- Clifford Lee Johnson III, Backstage
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RUDOLF II
by Edward Einhorn
Directed by Henry Akona
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Oleson, as Rudolf's disapproving, yet loyal Lord Chamberlain,
plays the flabbergasted straight man to perfection."
                                           -- Christopher Grobe, Village Voice 


​"...Oleson is wonderful as Rumpf."
                                                   -- Darron Cardosa, theasy.com

REGIONAL

GROSS INDECENCY               by Moises Kaufman

Presented by Cortland Repertory Theatre                                                                                               Directed by Bill Kinkaid
“(Oleson) embodies the gloomy, relentless nature of the law.”  -- Paul Hansom, Ithaca Times

                                                 "Another star of the show was Eric Oleson.”  -- Danica Hall, Cortland Standard

                                                                                             “Oleson...stands out in a variety of roles."      -- Tom Woods, CNY Theatre News