Alex and Olmsted, winner of 3 Jim Henson Foundation grants, is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company based in Baltimore, Maryland.
"The duo Alex & Olmsted — Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas — invented [Milo's] world, which includes other puppets made of cleverly repurposed materials. Milo... aspires to be an illusionist, and while his tricks and experiments rarely work out as planned, children will still find them magical."
- Laurel Graeber, The New York Times Milo the Magnificent® |
“Weird and wonderful… an innovative romp through the nature and paradoxes of puppetry itself. It is clear why Alex and Olmsted have the Henson Foundation’s support — their work is a delight that pushes the boundaries of the art.”
- Jennifer Georgia, DC Theater Arts Milo the Magnificent® |
“...equal parts awkwardness and side-splitting laughter... You might expect sappy. It's not sappy. You might expect sentimental. It's not sentimental. You might expect predictable. It's not predictable. ...This team has an amazing mastery of their craft... each movement of each performer is so precisely choreographed that it resembles dance even when it isn't.”
- Cybele Pomeroy, Broadway World HUBBA HUBBA |
Photo by DJ Corey Photography.