Maecenas/Soothsayer/Ensemble in Antony and Cleopatra; M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias; u/s Weird Sister 1 in Macbeth
Other Theatres: Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, New Stages Theatre, Theatre Lila, Forward Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Robey Theatre, Barter Theatre
Television: Will Trent, Found, Wolfpack, Dopesick, Chicago Med, The Resident, Cobra Kai, Back to the Goode Life
Film: Honk For Jesus
Other Credits: Originated role of Narrator in The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, composed by Teddy Abrams, conductor, Louisville Orchestra
Awards: 2020 Arts and Social Justice Fellowship at Emory University; Spring 2021 Fellow with the Hambidge Center
Publications: “…I Ain’t Nobody’s Cabbage Leaf,” LINES, Lulu Press; “Living in a Covid World,” elderlymag.net, End Capitalism Now Issue
Teaching Credits: UW Madison, Northern Sky Theatre Writing Workshop
Education: B.A., M.F.A
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA
Website: oliviaddawson.com