Allana Olson

Allana Olson recently lighting designed shows for Joking Envelope and CONvergence 2010. 2010 also marks her 5th year as a venue technician for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She also frequently works for The Jungle Theater (carpenter), Bloomington Civic Theater (electrician), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (strike/load-in carpenter), for the IATSE Local 13, and has previously worked as a stage manager and props designer/assistant for various shows around the Twin Cities. She has a FT job as a carpenter/welder/painter/builder for an event production company in Burnsville called metroConnections. A work-a-holic by trade, Allana spends her free time playing board games, decorating cakes, and working on her new house. She will rarely will turn down a game of Pictionary, bakery-fresh bread, or social drinking.

Union membership

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Affiliations

Jungle Theater
MN Fringe Festival

Contact information

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Education

B.A., History (Theater minor), U of MN Twin Cities, 2005
A.A., General Studies, North Hennepin Community College, 2002

Training

Graduate of Brave New Institute; improv, 2006

Crew jobs

Deck Electrician
Light Board Operator
Property Master
Sound Operator
Stagehand
Lighting Technician
Painter
Load in Electrician
Set Construction
Sewing

Now playing

The Taming of the Shrew, Sept 11-26, 2010.  Theatre Pro Rata.

The Taming of the Shrew

See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in Minneapolis. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.

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