Jeffrey Patrick Olson

Jeffrey Patrick Olson is an actor and physician based in Los Angeles, California, originally from Chicago. Always interested in the arts, he studied piano and clarinet (1st chair) through high school and community theatre since the age of 6. He sang for more than 10 years with Chicago Gay Men's Chorus during residency reinvigorating his love of the stage and prompting more study of the craft performing in black box theatre - mostly camp - in Chicago. Theatrical premieres include "Die, Mommie! Die"(Chicago), and Daddy (West Coast Premiere) and the original showcase of I Love Lucy Live for CAA in Las Vegas. His work in "Fuc&ing Men" (US Premiere) by Tony award winner Joe DiPietro garnered him notoriety as "New Discovery in LA Theatre 2009" and "Best Ensemble/Comedy". He also still practices as a physician, trained as an anesthesiologist at University of Chicago under Dr. Michael Roizen (of "Real Age" books coauthored by Dr. Oz). He was a hospitalist for 12 years in Chicago but once in LA