Other plays
by Phil Olson
A Nice Family Gathering is now available for licensing through Samuel French Publishers. For a perusal script contact Brad Lohrenz at blohrenz@samuelfrench.com or (212) 206-8990
A Nice Family Gathering won the Rochester Playwright Festival and the TRU New Voices Playwright Competition, was a finalist in the The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, the Phoenix Theatre’s Festival of Emerging American Theatre, the Ukiah Players New Comedy Festival as well as the Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project. The screenplay was a finalist in the Chicago Film Festival Indiefest.
The play was produced in Los Angeles at the famous Groundlings Theatre as well as at The Group Repertory Theatre, receiving LA WEEKLY Pick of the Week. The play was also produced in Rochester, Minnesota at the national playwright competition.
A Nice Family Gathering has played in over 40 cities around the U.S. and Canada.
Synopsis: A Nice Family Gathering is a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her.
It’s Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since Dad died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife of 35 years that he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. The problem is, she can’t hear or see him. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner.
WINNER!
Rochester Playwright Festival
WINNER!
TRU New Voices Playwright Competition
"Hilarious and touching!" - LA WEEKLY Pick of the Week
"Exquisite sense of humor!" - Daily Variety
"A good heart is behind all this family silliness!" - Los Angeles Times
"Garrison Keillor meets "Topper" by way of "Fargo"!" - NPR
"A surefire, laugh-a-minute hit!" - The Tolucan Times
"Hilarious!" - American Eagle News
"Superb!" - NoHo News
"It’s packed with mishaps that translates into fun!" - Encino News
"'A Nice Family Gathering' is that rarest of all plays – a fun evening that is both comic and tender." - NewJerseyNewsroom.com
"A heart touching comedy that every family can relate to."
- Lake Orion Review
"It's a wonderful play to take all your loved ones to, and maybe you will come out realizing how much you care for each other and how comparatively "normal" your family is." - JAZ Tech
"For a heart warming comedy, be sure to catch 'A Nice Family Gathering!'" - The Theater Mirror
A Nice Family Gathering is a laugh-out-loud funny play with great comic performances and a lively script where sibling rivalry and running gags abound!" - Studio City Sun
If you want to spend an evening at the theater laughing until the tears stream down your face, don't miss 'A Nice Family Gathering!'" - The Pantagraph
Other plays
by Phil Olson
A comedy by the
award-winning writer of
Don't Hug Me,
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, A Don't Hug Me County Fair,
Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant Polyester The Musical,
KOLD Radio, Whitefish Bay
