posts that contain mini-bios of our writers
Incorporated in October 1939, Olympia Little Theatre is the oldest live theater in Olympia and one of the oldest in Washington state. OLT has been in its current home on Olympia’s hilltop east side since March 1968. It produces a six-to-eight-show mainstage season plus staged readings and cabaret events. OLT is a nonprofit organization dedicated …
by Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS Olympia Family Theater (OFT) is dedicated to bringing quality theater experiences to its audiences. OFT produces a five-show family friendly main-stage season, plus numerous morning and traveling productions for children of all ages. By the end of its 2015-16 season, OFT had produced over 45 main-stage shows, including three world premiere …
Cody Taylor serves as OLY ARTS’ business operations manager. He is from Tumwater, and currently lives in Olympia. On top of managing day-to-day financials for OLY ARTS, he has spent the last 21 years with Prime Locations and the Housing Authority of Thurston County. In his role at the housing authority, he helps fulfill its …
Billy Thomas is the former owner and publisher of OLY ARTS magazine, the south sound’s premier mutli-platform arts publication, reaching 30,000 readers each month. He is an Olympia native and has been an advocate for local arts and businesses for many years. He worked for The Olympian and The News Tribune newspapers for six years, …
Melissa is a graduate of The Evergreen State College who splits her time between whipping up a mean latte, writing in her mobile office, and stage managing local theater productions. Melissa’s roots stretch from the artesian wells of Olympia to the cobblestoned streets of Deutschland. Contact any member of the OLY ARTS writing staff at …
Molly Walsh is a writer and photographer, freelancing for Thurston Talk and the Shelton-Mason County Journal in addition to OLY ARTS. Her reporting assignments take her throughout the South Sound and she loves finding new people to meet and new stories to tell. You can always find Molly with a camera in hand and in …
Rebekah is a freelance writer and editor under Finn Communications LLC, with a background in English literature and a Certificate in Editing. Her experience includes nonprofit communications, including social media and grantwriting. Her passion is to help tell stories that have a positive impact on the world and especially through local arts and business. When she’s …
OLY ARTS Editor Alec Clayton is an artist and writer. In addition to being the editor of and writing for OLY ARTS, he has written art and theater reviews and other feature articles for the Weekly Volcano, The News Tribune, Art Access, The Olympian, and Thurston Talk. His published novels include “Teacher,” “Tupelo,” the three …
Lucia is a writer and visual artist new to the Olympia region. She discovered her love of writing post-college through writing proposals and grants for her own creative work, nonprofits, and art collectives. In addition to writing for Oly Arts, she has had work published in the Mid America Print Council Journal, and has an …
Molly Gilmore has written for many years on arts, culture and entertainment. She writes for OLY ARTS, The Olympian, The News Tribune and a variety of other South Sound publications. Articles