Phil Olson

Phil has written 19 published plays that have had over 600 productions in eight countries He grew up in Edina Minnesota He was cocaptain of the varsity football basketball and track teams at Edina East High School winning the Minnesota State High School Track Meet in the discus He went on to Dartmouth College where he majored in mathematics was All Ivy All New England and All East in Track and All Ivy in Football playing tight end on the Ivy League Championship Football team After graduating from Dartmouth Phil tried out for the Chicago Bears After a summer with the Bears he went on to receive an MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and pursued a business career while writing stage and screenplays