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Photo by Alex Griffin at the 2015 National Puppet Slam in Storrs, Connecticut.

MILO ​THE MAGNIFICENT 
Available for virtual performances 

Alex and Olmsted's Jim Henson Foundation Grant awarded Milo the Magnificent is a highly engaging puppet show about an aspiring magician. This wordless comedy, inspired by turn of the century vaudeville entertainers, is as highly physical as it is charming. Using stunningly innovative puppetry, Milo presents a variety of magic tricks which don’t always go as planned. Great for all ages!

40 minutes. Wordless. No Intermission.​​ All ages.
Available for virtual live performances as well as tours! 
Tech rider available upon request.
PRESS:
The New York Times:
"Milo is a bit of a cardboard character, but you can’t blame him for that. He’s a puppet: specifically, a huge cutout fellow, whose arms, hands and feet belong to one of his creators, and whose changing facial expressions are recorded on flippable circular cards. The duo Alex & Olmsted — Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas — invented his world, which includes other puppets made of cleverly repurposed materials. Milo, appearing here as part of the Just Kidding series, 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 (Jan 5, 2018)


​Mon Théâtre (Montréal, Canada):
"L’ensemble demeure d’une superbe cohérence avec sa charmante enveloppe surannée (de la musique rétro dont le célébrissime In The Mood de Glen Miller, la présence d’un 45 tours, les diverses expressions faciales de Milo reproduites sur divers cartons blancs). Nous sortons le cœur léger après cette rencontre avec Milo le magnifique." 
- Olivier Dumas, Mon Théâtre (March 11, 2018) 


​The Puppetry Journal:
"The anchor of The National Puppet Slam, this piece amazed audiences in more ways than one... Performed so masterfully and effectively, the audience is swept away in Milo's quick changes of expression as he struggles and achieves each feat."
​- Jamie Donmoyer, The Puppetry Journal (Fall 2015)
AWARDS:

2017 Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant
2017 Greenbelt Community Foundation Grant
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
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At the 2015 Puppeteers of America Festival. Photo by Chuck Robinson.
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At Vermont Vaudeville in Hardwick, VT, 2013.
INTERNATIONAL:
Festival of Wonder (Silkeborg, Denmark) - 2019
Festival of Animated Objects (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - 2019
​​Puppet Festival Chuncheon (Chuncheon, South Korea) - 2018
​Festival de Casteliers (Montréal, Québec, Canada) - 2018
UNITED STATES:​
Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) - 2020
Goat on a Boat (West Sag Harbor, New York) - 2019
​Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry (Storrs, Connecticut) - 2019
The Greenwoods Puppet Festival (Norfolk, Connecticut) - 2019
Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan) - 2019
​​Sandglass Theater (Putney, Vermont) - 2019
Unexpected Stage Company (Bethesda, Maryland) - 2019
First Night Talbot (Easton, Maryland) - 2018
Puppets off Broad Street (Richmond, Virginia) - 2018
The Columbia Marionette Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina) - 2018
​Puppet Showplace Theater (Boston, Massachusetts) - 2018
University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) - 2018 & 2022
Mayo Street Arts (Portland, Maine) - 2018​
​Symphony Space (New York City) - 2018
Dragon Con (Atlanta, Georgia) - 2017
Black Cherry Puppet Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) - 2017
10 MINUTE SLAM (International & USA):
​​The Dolly Wiggler Cabaret (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - 2019
Festival de Casteliers Slam (Montréal, Québec, Canada) - 2018
Dragon Con Puppet Slam (Atlanta, Georgia) - 2017
Puppet Homecoming (Kerhonkson, New York) - 2016
Strathmore (Bethesda, Maryland) - 2016
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (New York City) - 2015
Bread and Puppet Theater (Glover, Vermont)
National Puppet Slam (Storrs, Connecticut) - 2015
Puppeteers of America Festival Fringe (Storrs, Connecticut) - 2015
The Shakespeare Theater (Washington, D.C.) - 2014
Dragon Con Puppet Slam (Atlanta, Georgia) - 2014
National Puppet Slam (Atlanta, Georgia) - 2014 
Vermont Vaudeville (Hardwick, Vermont) - 2013
Clown Cabaret (Washington, D.C.) - 2012


We are incredibly grateful to the organizations below for their support:
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