Todd Olson Quotations

We've talked as a staff how important it is to do this one well. And I think it's real important for Grand Forks to show it supports high school basketball. Hopefully the people in the community will come out and support the tournament. Devils Lake losing in the boys regional didn't help our attendance. They were by far the best-followed team in the East Region tournament.

It's traditional to have a live tree. It supports American farmers. Most the tree farms are in Oregon so it keeps a lot of the money in the Northwest. The truckers make a lot bringing them back and forth. It's one of the few American made products left.

They won't be new pumps but they'll look brand new, ... We're just going to freshen things up.

We'd been looking for ways to help the community. This fits the bill.

People said that they would be much more willing to attend American Stage in the Park if we would program something other than Shakespeare, specifically musicals. The musicals we will do will still be uniquely American Stage. They will be musicals you would not likely see a (touring) Broadway series.

If the present situation continues unregulated, this is going to be catastrophic. There's no oversight. The more this goes unregulated, the more stories will come out, and the public will lose confidence.

Originally I thought I'd go back to the H.G. Wells novel. But gradually I realized the beauty of the Howard Koch and Orson Welles version.

It's half radio play and it's half theater. It's not a film and it's not all special effects, but it's very theatrical.

We had the land for about three years before we started building, ... Timing is everything for us when putting up a site. We were waiting for the right time.

He's a real authentic new talent. I'd like to see more plays come out of this guy. If we could just get him to stop writing books.