Articles Tagged With: Alex and Olmsted

Alex Vernon (left) and Sarah Olmsted Thomas (right) in Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms đź“· Gwen Grastorf

Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms with Alex and Olmsted at Baltimore Theatre Project

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The Pulley. The Lever. The Wheel and Axle. And I promise it sounds much more lyrical and entertaining when being chant-call-and-responded by Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas in their latest Alex and Olmsted production, Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms appearing now through March 29th 2026 at Baltimore Theatre Project. Devised by Alex and Olmsted (with lighting design by John McAfee and Board Op by Nicholas Boone) this whimsically wonderful explorative piece of puppet-forward theatrical engagement is a remarkable adventure that starts off with simple machines,

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Alex & Olmsted's Hubba Hubba. ???? Ryan Maxwell Photography

Hubba Hubba at Baltimore Theatre Project

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The sickness which no doctor can treat; the wound which can only be healed by the weapon which dealt the blow; Love. Movies, musicals, live-stage performances, television programs, radio dramas— you name it— have all attempted to conquer the subject, explore it or explain it, celebrate it, degrade it, deconstruct it— the path to love in our lives, particularly that interwove into our digestible media, is unending. But never has it felt so real, so relatable,

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Marooned! at Alex and Olmsted

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*ccchk* Houston? *ccchk* Hello? *ccchk* Is there anybody out there?

Space.

The final frontier.

It is man’s destiny to go forth and explore. It is Alex
& Olmsted’s destiny to go forth and create extraordinary theatre with puppetry
and puppets being their cynosure into the next leg of their extraterrestrial
and theatrical experience. Marooned! A
Space Comedy is the latest offering from the Jim Henson Foundation Grant
Winning company.

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