Makers of original puppet works, films, physical theater, and mechanical wonder.
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...amusing, charming, delightful and, at times, utterly and completely astonishing...and I can say, with confidence, that they are out of this world." - Lorraine Treanor, DC Theater Scene 
Alex and Olmsted by DJ Corey Photography
SHORT BIO:
Alex and Olmsted, winner of 2 Jim Henson Foundation grants, is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company based in Maryland, USA. LONG BIO: Alex and Olmsted (Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas) is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company based in Maryland, USA. They have toured at festivals in Italy, Denmark, South Korea, and Canada, and have performed at numerous venues within the United States. Alex and Olmsted was awarded the 2020 State Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, the highest honor for performing artists in the State of Maryland; their works have been supported by the Jim Henson Foundation and Greenbelt Community Foundation, recognized by the New York Times, and named an official selection of the Maryland Film Festival, Paris Art Film, and others. Alex and Olmsted is a resident company at Baltimore Theatre Project. Vernon and Thomas are also proud company members of Happenstance Theater with whom they have created 11 productions since 2012. |
AWARDS AND HONORS:2023 Creativity Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council for HUBBA HUBBA 2022 Honorable Mention: The International Fine Arts Film Festival for Marianne's Onion 2021 Winner: Best Animation or Animated Sequence at the Madrid International Film Festival for Marianne's Onion 2021 Emergent Seed Virtual Gig Grant for Kindred Spirits 2020 Quarantine Micro-Commission from Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams 2020 Regional and State Independent Artist Award for Performing Arts from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) 2020 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant for Marooned! A Space Comedy 2020 Jim Henson Artist-in-Residence Program at the University of Maryland 2017 Lisa Simon Scholarship (for Olmsted) :: The National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2017 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Scholarship (for Alex) :: The National Puppetry Conference at Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2017 Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant for Milo the Magnificent® 2017 Greenbelt Community Foundation Grant for Milo the Magnificent® 2015 National Puppet Slam at the Puppeteers of America Festival at UCONN 2014 National Puppet Slam at the Center for Puppetry Arts company portraits by DJ Corey Photography
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