MAROONED! A Space Comedy
Available for touring engagements!
Available for touring engagements!
Alex and Olmsted's Jim Henson Foundation grant awarded MAROONED! A Space Comedy is an innovative new puppet show, featuring music from the Voyager Golden Record, that takes place at the outer reaches of space. An astronaut crashes on an uncharted planet. Will she be able to survive strange creatures, anomalous atmosphere, and isolation in order to find her way home? See for yourself… in MAROONED!
60 minutes. No intermission. All ages.
Tech rider available upon request.
60 minutes. No intermission. All ages.
Tech rider available upon request.
Photographs by Glenn Ricci Photography.
PRESS:
"★★★★★"
"...amusing, charming, delightful and, at times, utterly and completely astonishing."
- Lorraine Treanor, DC Theater Scene
“Achingly beautiful…The setup is ingenious and inventive with what seem to be deliberately low-tech execution of some very ambitious production ideas…The puppets are captivating in their design simplicity and impressive in their use. The costumes seem right out of a George Lucas movie. In fact, everything about the production feels perfectly integrated, and the storytelling is personal, enchanting, and rich… Alex and Olmsted have devised a beautiful piece of theater..."
- Max Garner, MD Theatre Guide
“What’s in a name? That which we call Alex and Olmsted would by any name or names be full of innovation, emotion, and wry commentary on contemporary conventions...."
"...The magnetism of the performers, the deliberately slow-paced action, the array of media and the required attention to interpret the story were so mesmerizing… It is extraordinarily engaging to immerse into this performance collage, which, despite feeling deeply familiar, is packed with startling surprises....”
- Cybele Pomeroy, DC Theater Arts
"★★★★★"
"The playfulness of what is happening, despite the severity of the astronaut’s situation, is a driving force in the production’s overall flow. There is a thriving heart of hope and excitement, charged by Thomas, channeled to and reciprocated back by Vernon; the pair are a divine duo of comedic understanding, physically nuanced exchanges, and crafting extraordinary moments of motion in tandem with one another."
- Amanda N. Gunther, TheatreBloom
"See this wholesome and utterly mesmerizing show! Alex and Olmsted are leaders in their field for a reason. They are the mark all other puppetry is trying to achieve."
- Baltimore Independent Theater Review
"★★★★★"
"...amusing, charming, delightful and, at times, utterly and completely astonishing."
- Lorraine Treanor, DC Theater Scene
“Achingly beautiful…The setup is ingenious and inventive with what seem to be deliberately low-tech execution of some very ambitious production ideas…The puppets are captivating in their design simplicity and impressive in their use. The costumes seem right out of a George Lucas movie. In fact, everything about the production feels perfectly integrated, and the storytelling is personal, enchanting, and rich… Alex and Olmsted have devised a beautiful piece of theater..."
- Max Garner, MD Theatre Guide
“What’s in a name? That which we call Alex and Olmsted would by any name or names be full of innovation, emotion, and wry commentary on contemporary conventions...."
"...The magnetism of the performers, the deliberately slow-paced action, the array of media and the required attention to interpret the story were so mesmerizing… It is extraordinarily engaging to immerse into this performance collage, which, despite feeling deeply familiar, is packed with startling surprises....”
- Cybele Pomeroy, DC Theater Arts
"★★★★★"
"The playfulness of what is happening, despite the severity of the astronaut’s situation, is a driving force in the production’s overall flow. There is a thriving heart of hope and excitement, charged by Thomas, channeled to and reciprocated back by Vernon; the pair are a divine duo of comedic understanding, physically nuanced exchanges, and crafting extraordinary moments of motion in tandem with one another."
- Amanda N. Gunther, TheatreBloom
"See this wholesome and utterly mesmerizing show! Alex and Olmsted are leaders in their field for a reason. They are the mark all other puppetry is trying to achieve."
- Baltimore Independent Theater Review
TESTIMONIALS:
"Marooned! took me into intra-terrestrial spaces where laughter, tenderness, terror, sadness, irony, inanity spun in orbits for two hours which felt like only a moment before crash landing back on Earth. You are a national treasure!"
- Renee Dunham, May 2022
"Just watched The final show of Marooned! with my son. It was the first live performance we have been to in 2 years, and he just turned 6, so he doesn’t remember much from pre-pandemic. With all the horrors in recent news… things feel so gloomy lately and its hard to be a parent and show hope. I Just wanted to write you to say I was SO happy watching you two today, and watching him laugh and experience it all and get so excited for creative people he didn't know about… I have to admit I cried in the middle because we were having so much fun. Thank you for helping us escape earth and all its complexities for the afternoon. Wishing you all the success in the world. Please keep making wonderful things. In awe."
- Rachel, May 2022
"Marooned! took me into intra-terrestrial spaces where laughter, tenderness, terror, sadness, irony, inanity spun in orbits for two hours which felt like only a moment before crash landing back on Earth. You are a national treasure!"
- Renee Dunham, May 2022
"Just watched The final show of Marooned! with my son. It was the first live performance we have been to in 2 years, and he just turned 6, so he doesn’t remember much from pre-pandemic. With all the horrors in recent news… things feel so gloomy lately and its hard to be a parent and show hope. I Just wanted to write you to say I was SO happy watching you two today, and watching him laugh and experience it all and get so excited for creative people he didn't know about… I have to admit I cried in the middle because we were having so much fun. Thank you for helping us escape earth and all its complexities for the afternoon. Wishing you all the success in the world. Please keep making wonderful things. In awe."
- Rachel, May 2022
AWARD:
Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant - 2020
Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant - 2020
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
(Upcoming) Puppeteers of America National Festival - 2023
(Upcoming) The Detroit Institute of Arts - 2023
Santa Fe Playhouse, New Mexico, USA - 2022 - Skeletal Series New Works Festival
Baltimore Theatre Project, Maryland, USA - 2022 - Jim Henson Foundation grant premiere
Baltimore Theatre Project, Maryland, USA - 2019 - Workshop premiere
(Upcoming) The Detroit Institute of Arts - 2023
Santa Fe Playhouse, New Mexico, USA - 2022 - Skeletal Series New Works Festival
Baltimore Theatre Project, Maryland, USA - 2022 - Jim Henson Foundation grant premiere
Baltimore Theatre Project, Maryland, USA - 2019 - Workshop premiere
Original poster design by David Plunkert
