ALEX & OLMSTED
  • THEATER
    • Milo the Magnificent
    • Marooned! A Space Comedy
    • Happy Birthday, Mon Ami
    • Hubba Hubba
    • Homebodies
    • Variety Acts
    • Crankies
  • FILM
    • Marianne's Onion
    • Kindred Spirits
    • World Puppetry Day Shorts
  • Build Videos & Tutorials
  • UPCOMING
    • 2024
    • 2023
  • SUPPORT
  • ABOUT
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Makers of original puppet works, films, physical theater, and mechanical wonder.
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Alex and Olmsted by DJ Corey Photography
Alex and Olmsted (Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas) is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company based in Baltimore, Maryland. They have toured in Germany, Italy, Denmark, South Korea, and Canada, and have performed at numerous venues within the United States including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., HERE Arts and Symphony Space in New York, the Detroit Institute of Art, and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, to name a few. 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 Mid Atlantic Arts, 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 12 productions since 2012.
Documentary Film by Carlos Gonzalez-Fernandez 

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2024 Jim Henson Foundation grant for Happy Birthday, Mon Ami
2024 UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence for MAROONED! A Space Comedy
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 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 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
We are incredibly grateful to the organizations below for their support.
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  • THEATER
    • Milo the Magnificent
    • Marooned! A Space Comedy
    • Happy Birthday, Mon Ami
    • Hubba Hubba
    • Homebodies
    • Variety Acts
    • Crankies
  • FILM
    • Marianne's Onion
    • Kindred Spirits
    • World Puppetry Day Shorts
  • Build Videos & Tutorials
  • UPCOMING
    • 2024
    • 2023
  • SUPPORT
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT