John Olson

John Olson moved to Cuenca from Chicago in June 2022. He followed a long career in Chicago and Milwaukee advertising agencies by moving into arts marketing and publicity in 2010. He worked at two theatres as Director of Marketing and Press while building a list of freelance clients that grew into a practice large enough to become a full-time job. Working under the name John Olson Communications, he provides marketing and public relations support to a wide range of Chicago storefront theatre companies. John continues to serve Chicago theatre clients remotely from Cuenca. John was an associate editor of the quarterly Sondheim Review, for which he contributed many articles about the work of musical theater writer Stephen Sondheim; and for 18 years was a regular contributor to the theatre website TalkinBroadway.com. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John holds an M.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.