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OLMSTED



about this episode


This week on Puppet Tears, we're joined by our good friends Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas to talk with us about their storied careers as performance artists.  Their theater company Alex & Olmsted has devised many works for stage including Homebodies, Marooned! A Space Comedy, and Milo the Magnificent; the latter two productions were made possibly by grants from the Jim Henson Foundation.  

We talk to Alex and Sarah about their early influences as performers and how they found puppetry, their process of creating puppetry theater with little or no text, and some great tools to help you overcome stage-fright.  Don't miss this deep-dive into magic puppets and puppet magic!


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Website: AlexAndOlmsted.com
YouTube: Alex and Olmsted
Instagram: @alexandolmsted
Facebook: Alex and Olmsted
Patreon: Alex and Olmsted 
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National Capital Puppetry Festival learn more HERE
Odyssey of the Mind learn more HERE
Happenstance Theater learn more HERE
Black Cherry Puppet Theater learn more HERE
Henson Foundation learn more HERE
Fettig Book download HERE
World Puppetry Day video watch HERE
Title Card Making-Of video watch HERE

Release date: August 19, 2020
​Edited by Matt Bowen
Hosted by Adam Kreutinger & Cameron Garrity

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  • Episodes
    • 2022 >
      • Jake Bazel, ep 81
    • 2021 >
      • Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway, ep 80
      • Haley Jenkins, ep 79
      • Brian Jay Jones, ep 78
      • ToughPigs.com, ep 77
      • Chase Woolner, ep 76
      • Jim Kroupa, ep 75
      • Hugh Purves, ep 74
      • Stacey Gordon, ep 73
      • Jamie Bressler, ep 72
      • Street Gang Film, ep 71
      • Fergie L Philippe, ep 70
      • Madison J Cripps, ep 69
      • Warrick Brownlow-Pike, ep 68
      • Phil Fletcher, ep 67
      • Chris Thomas Hayes, ep 66
    • 2020 >
      • Debra Spinney, ep 65
      • Dave Goelz, ep 64
      • Richard Termine, ep 63
      • Eric Jacobson, ep 62
      • Vincent Anthony, ep 61
      • Barnaby Dixon, ep 60
      • Bonnie Erickson, ep 59
      • Michael Curry, ep 58
      • Phillip Huber, ep 57
      • Matt Vogel, ep 56
      • Fran Brill, ep 55
      • Alex + Olmsted, ep 54
      • Bird Call Radio, ep 53
      • Cedwan Hooks, ep 52
      • Jean Marie Keevins, ep 51
      • Jim Kroupa, ep 50
      • Beccy Henderson, ep 49
      • Martin Robinson, ep 48
      • Ingrid Hansen, ep 47
      • Kirk Thatcher, ep 46
      • Pam Arciero, ep 45
      • Adam Kreutinger, ep 44
      • Cam Garrity, ep 43
      • James Godwin, ep 42
      • Puppet Pelts, ep 41
      • Derek + Lauren Lux, ep 40
      • Terry Angus, ep 39
      • Dan Becker, ep 38
    • 2019 >
      • Spencer Lott, ep 37
      • Steve Axtell, ep 36
      • Carmen Osbahr, ep 35
      • Tim Lagasse, ep 34
      • Steve Whitmire, ep 33
      • Bart Roccoberton, ep 32
      • Sarah Nolen, ep 31
      • Nate Begle, ep 30
      • Tyler Bunch, ep 29
      • James Wojtal, ep 28
      • Louise Gold, ep 27
      • Liz Hara, ep 26
      • Jamie Bell, ep 25
      • Jim Kroupa, ep 24
      • Bill Barretta, ep 23
      • Noel MacNeal, ep 22
      • Melissa + Matt Dunphy, ep 21
      • Jon Little, ep 20
      • Ryan Dillon, ep 19
      • Terry Fator, ep 18
      • Pam Arciero, ep 17
      • Mervyn Millar, ep 16
      • Jessica Simon, ep 15
      • David Stephens, ep 14
    • 2018 >
      • Ronnie Burkett, ep 13
      • Derek Lux, ep 12
      • Louis Henry Mitchell, ep 11
      • Patrick + Sean Johnson, ep 10
      • Martin Robinson, ep 9
      • Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, ep 8
      • Katie Williams, ep 7
      • Sangya Ojha, ep 6
      • Barnaby Dixon, ep 5
      • Jean Marie Keevins, ep 4
      • Peter Linz, ep 3
      • Rick Lazzarini, ep 2
      • Jim Kroupa, ep 1
    • Cheers!
    • Very Special Specials >
      • #1, Celebrating Caroll Spinney
      • #2, Cookie Monster + Hasbro's Bill Rawley
      • #3, Puppet Tears Christmas LIVE
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