REALLY QUITE A LOT OF MECHANISMS

By Alex and Olmsted

May 6 - 23

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 Wheel and Axle!

IIn REALLY QUITE A LOT OF MECHANISMS, there is, at the center of the Earth, an unseen boiler room full of machines and the semi-capable technicians who operate them. Told with puppetry, simple machines, and physical theater, two workers perform their endless tasks, troubleshoot mechanical failures, and struggle to maintain productivity quotas under the watchful gaze of an all-seeing, unknowable foreman..

REALLY QUITE A LOT OF MECHANISMS was awarded a 2026 Jim Henson Foundation grant.

Photo by Ryan Maxwell

*Tickets are non-refundable.

**Tickets are also available at the door beginning 45 minutes prior to each show