Books by Phil Olson

Five women get together for their birthdays, each with her own story, to drink, celebrate, commiserate and support each other as they negotiate through marriage, work, divorce, birth and kids, while solving the problems of the world.Cheryl, Karen, Monica and Abbie started Birthday Club five years ago when their friend Jennifer was diagnosed with cancer, as a support group to help her get through it. When Jennifer recently passed away, they had an opening for a new member. However, it's not easy to join Birthday Club. Birthday Club is very exclusive, and there's a three-year waiting list. They bring in Sarah as a potential member, but first Sarah must make it through the "interview," and agree to abide by the eight rules of Birthday Club, to be considered an official member.One by one, they reveal their personal, work and family issues, and when one of them admits she went out with another's husband, the vodka hits the fan. The question is: Will Birthday Club survive, or will Rule #5 end it forever?

Set in a little north woods Minnesota town, the host of a radio show devoted entirely to ice fishing loses his only advertiser while his wife, a popular host of a book show, has all the advertisers, putting the competitive couple at odds. Their marital problems are compounded when two fish-out-of-water Brooklyn Italians come to the rural Minnesota town, buy the radio station, and turn everything upside down.

Musical Comedy / Characters: 3m, 2fThe story of The Synchronistics, an over-the-hill ABBA wannabe group that reunites after 20 years to perform at a public access TV telethon, put their differences aside, and try to save the station from going under.The year was 1979 and The Synchronistics were big. Big enough to be on Johnny Carson. Their hit single, "Better Together" rose to number two on the Billboard Charts. Then something terrible happened that drove the group apart. And now, 20 years later, they're back together in Maple Valley, their home town, to perform at the 1999 WKLN public access TV Telethon. Will they overcome their differences from 20 years ago, act professionally and help save WKLN from going under? Probably not. But you never know what to expect when this dysfunctional group gets together...one last time. It's "Mamma Mia" meets "Spinal Tap" Featuring 16 original songs including "The Funk Train" and "Bump Your Booty Rump.""Be sure to check out this toe-tapping, hilarious journey back to your "Dancing Queen" days!...This show will take you back to the 70's, and you'll hardly be able to control your urge to get up on stage and do "The Funk Train!" - Actors Entertainment"Audience members laughed uncontrollably throughout!...Energetically entertaining!...A rollicking good time!" - The Tolucan Times"I loved it!" - Fred Willard"It's great fun!"- BroadwayWorld.com"A fun and entertaining evening with the audience moving and grooving to the sounds of the 70's style original music and contagious dancing in their seats. It's fun, fun, fun all the way through!...You will have a ball! It's the perfect show to pick up your spirits!"- NoHoArtsDistrict.com

Musical Comedy / Characters: 3 male, 2 femaleA Don't Hug Me County Fair is the summer sequel to the smash hit musical comedies Don't Hug Me and A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol!It's summer time and the Bunyan County Fair is approaching, the biggest thing that's happened in Bunyan Bay since the winter carnival snowplow parade. This year the Bunyan County Fair means one thing to Gunner and Clara Johnson, owners of a little bar called The Bunyan; The Miss Walleye Queen Competition. Bernice, the pretty waitress, sees this as her big chance to win Miss Walleye Queen, to be discovered, and more important, to have her face carved in butter at the Minnesota State Fair. The stakes have never been higher in Bunyan Bay. The trouble begins when Gunner's wife, Clara, decides she also wants to win Miss Walleye Queen. Bigger trouble arrives when Gunner's estranged twin sister, Trigger, (played by Gunner) shows up to try to win the beauty pageant.Featuring 18 original songs including, "My Campfire is Burnin'," "I'm a Bunyan Woman," "If I Could Win Miss Walleye Queen," "Pontoon Ladies,", "I'm Just a Pretty Forest Ranger," and "Our Butter Face Queen."

Category: Musical Comedy Characters: 3 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior The story takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, in a little bar called "The Bunyan," owned by Clara and Gunner Johnson. Clara is 8¿ months pregnant with their first child, and today she's looking forward to her baby shower, getting lots of presents, and taking a break from her raging hormones. Suddenly, a freak snow storm, a "tsnownami," hits Bunyan Bay and they find themselves snowed in. All ro