ABOUT
Sarah Olmsted Thomas is a fifth generation performing artist. She has been a company member with Happenstance Theater since 2012. She is also half of the award-winning puppet theater company Alex & Olmsted which has toured festivals around the world. Sarah trained with the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia and Le Samovar, École de Clowns, in Paris. B.A., Sarah Lawrence College.
Leslie Swan Photography
AWARDS
2024 Jim Henson Foundation Grant
Alex & Olmsted's "Happy Birthday, Mon Ami"
2024 UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence
for Alex & Olmsted's "MAROONED! A Space Comedy"
2020 State Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council
Alex & Olmsted
2020 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant
Alex & Olmsted's "MAROONED! A Space Comedy"
2018 Helen Hayes Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress
Oops in Happenstance Theater's "Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade"
2017 Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant
Alex & Olmsted's "Milo the Magnificent®"
2017 Best of Baltimore City Paper Award
Best Proposal to My Mom,"H.T. Darling's Incredible Musaeum"
2017 Lisa Simon Scholarship for The National Puppetry Conference
at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
2016 Helen Hayes Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress
Cassiopeia in Happenstance Theater's "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus"
Alex & Olmsted's "Happy Birthday, Mon Ami"
2024 UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence
for Alex & Olmsted's "MAROONED! A Space Comedy"
2020 State Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council
Alex & Olmsted
2020 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant
Alex & Olmsted's "MAROONED! A Space Comedy"
2018 Helen Hayes Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress
Oops in Happenstance Theater's "Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade"
2017 Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant
Alex & Olmsted's "Milo the Magnificent®"
2017 Best of Baltimore City Paper Award
Best Proposal to My Mom,"H.T. Darling's Incredible Musaeum"
2017 Lisa Simon Scholarship for The National Puppetry Conference
at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
2016 Helen Hayes Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress
Cassiopeia in Happenstance Theater's "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus"