SARAH OLMSTED THOMAS
  • Alex and Olmsted
  • HAPPENSTANCE THEATER
  • About

DEVISED THEATER (highlights)

  • Milo the Magnificent* :: Alex & Olmsted :: USA, South Korea, Canada, Denmark
  • Impossible! A Happenstance Circus :: Cassiopeia**:: Happenstance Theater
  • Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade :: Oops** :: Happenstance Theater
  • H.T. Darling's Incredible Musaeum :: H.T. Darling*** :: Submersive Productions
​

ACTING (highlights)

  • ​The Possibilitarian Circus :: Riot Cop :: Bread and Puppet Theater (dir. Peter Schumann)
  • Late: A Cowboy Song (DC PREMIERE) :: Mary :: No Rules Theatre Company (dir. Rex Daugherty)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Bottom :: Maryland Shakespeare Festival (dir. John Bellomo)
  • Amadeus :: Ensemble :: Center Stage Baltimore (dir. Kwame Kwei-Armah)
  • The Wizard of Oz :: Wicked Witch :: Adventure Theatre (dir. Roberta Gasbarre)
  • Wake Up, Brother Bear! :: Sister Bear :: Imagination Stage (dir. Kate Bryer)
  • The Christmas Revels :: Witch Queen Louhi :: The Washington Revels (dir. Roberta Gasbarre)
  • Einstein’s Dreams :: Lieserl :: Spooky Action Theater (dir. Rebecca Holderness)
  • Hopa Tropa! :: Boriana :: Ambassador Theater (dir. Lilia Slavova)
​

DIRECTING (highlights)

  • Swimming With Whales (excerpt) by Bob Bartlett :: The National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center****
  • Marooned! A Space Comedy (co-director) by Alex & Olmsted :: Baltimore Theatre Project
  • Homebodies (co-director) by Alex & Olmsted :: Baltimore Theatre Project
  • Milo the Magnificent* (co-director) by Alex & Olmsted :: Black Cherry Puppet Theatre
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (co-director) :: Cabin John Middle School

    TRAINING

    ​PARIS:  Le Samovar, Ecole de Clowns – Philippe Dormoy, Michael Egard, Charlotte Saliou
    PHILADELPHIA:  The Pig Iron Theatre Company – Quinn Bauriedel, Sarah Sanford, Geoff Sobelle, Charlotte Ford
    VERMONT:  Bread and Puppet Theater – Peter Schumann
    WASHINGTON, DC:  Synetic Theater – Irina Tsirkurshvili, Paata Tsirkurshvili
    ​NEW YORK:  Sarah Lawrence College – Dave McRee, Christine Farrell, Angela Moger, Richard Dickinson, Michael Davis

    AWARDS

    *2017 Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant
    Alex & Olmsted's Milo the Magnificent
    **Helen Hayes Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress
    Cassiopeia in Happenstance Theater's "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus"
    Oops in Happenstance Theater's "Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade"

    ***2017 Best of Baltimore: City Paper Award :: Best Proposal to My Mom, "H.T. Darling's Incredible Musaeum"
    "Hi, Maura Callahan, City Paper's Performing Arts Editor, here.  So, I took my mom to this show at the Peale Museum and I lost her for maybe 20 minutes after the title character started flirting with her.  I searched every floor of the Peale only to find her walking out of a private room, giggling uncontrollably, with a brand new rock on her ring finger.  That mustachioed slimebag had lured her into his private "study" and apparently asked her for advice for dealing with his insomnia, and somehow segued into a proposal.  I'm still uncomfortable just thinking about it, but kudos to the actor, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, for doing a whole act just to make my mom blush."
    ****
    2017 Lisa Simon Scholarship :: The National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
    "The Lisa Simon scholarship is awarded to a female director whose work is currently, or is growing, in the puppet arts."
    All content © Copyright 2013 - 2023 Sarah Olmsted Thomas |  All Rights Reserved
    • Alex and Olmsted
    • HAPPENSTANCE THEATER
    • About