Charles Olsen (Director) came to Tallahassee from New York City over 25 years ago to head up the graduate directing program at FSU's School of Theatre. Since then he has directed and acted there and at TLT, at TCC, for the Southern Shakespeare Festival, and for the Capitol City Shakespeare Company, among others. He is a proud founding member of the Actors Repertory Theatre of Tallahassee, whose last production was Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at TLT. Last year he guided the TLT productions of Neal Simon's "45 Seconds From Broadway" and David Mamet's "The Water Engine" in the Coffeehouse.

He is very fond of actors. His mother was a Broadway actress. His wife is a Broadway actress - only one show, sad to say. Even his son and daughter were actors - until they wisely opted for the real world. He is also very fond of Irish playwrights, having staged plays by Sean O'Casey, Lady Gregory and Eugene O'Neill (American Irish). He is presently directing "The Weir" by Conor McPherson for the Tallahassee Irish Society which is slated to play January 18, 19 and 20 at The Warehouse on Gaines Street. It should provide a bracing introduction to contemporary Irish playwrights and Martin McDonagh's challenging "Pillowman".