Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Sarah Olmsted Thomas, alexandolmsted@gmail.com WORLD PREMIERE! Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms at Baltimore Theatre Project March 12-29, 2026 March 12 @ 7:30pm (Pay-What-You-Can) March 13 @ 7:30pm March 14 @ 3:00pm March 14 @ 7:30pm March 15 @ 3:00pm March 19 @ 7:30pm March 20 @ 7:30pm March 21 @ 3:00pm March 21 @ 7:30pm March 22 @ 3:00pm March 26 @ 7:30pm March 27 @ 7:30pm March 28 @ 3:00pm March 28 @ 7:30pm March 29 @ 3:00pm REALLY QUITE A LOT OF MECHANISMS is a darkly comedic puppet show set in the not too distant Now when nations are at war, bad things happen to good people, and dropped toast always lands butter side down. Life is illogical but you know what isn’t? Mechanisms! The Lever! The Pulley! And, O! Hail the Inclined Plane! Life is full of chaos and confusion but, good people, take solace in the knowledge that just beneath the world we see, there are…Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms. DETAILS: 70 minutes, no intermission. All ages. AWARD: 2026 Jim Henson Foundation grant WHO: Alex and Olmsted* (Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas), winner of 4 Jim Henson Foundation grants, is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company based in Baltimore. www.AlexAndOlmsted.com *Please note the correct spelling of “Olmsted.” TICKETS: https://theatreproject.org/really-quite-a-lot-of-mechanisms General Admission: $25 | Students, Seniors & Artists: $15 | March 12: Pay-What-You-Can Original theater poster by David Plunkert.