Westbeth Entertainment

WESTBETH ENTERTAINMENT is a unique company that has produced live entertainment for over 35 years with artists such as Billy Connolly, Noel Fielding, John Leguizamo, Eric Idle, and The Jim Henson Company. Our most recent productions include Eddie Izzard’s Wunderbar, Hannah Gadsby’s Nannette and Douglas, and Professor Brian Cox’s Universal Adventures in Space and Time in multiple cities across the US and Canada, as well as award winning Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna premiering 2 hit shows across North America.

Visit www.WestbethEnt.com for more and never miss out on one of our shows!

ithamar enriquez (guest host)

Ithamar Enriquez is an alum of The Second City Chicago and has been a guest improviser at The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade. His TV and film appearances include: WandaVision, Miracle Workers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lady Bird, The Conners, Arrested Development, 9-1-1, Key and Peele, The Office and A Series of Unfortunate Events. His voiceover work includes American Dad, Netflix’s Chicago Party Aunt and Nick Jr's Pop up Problem Solvers. 

willie etra
(MUSICAL DIRECTOR)

Willie is currently editing the 4th installment of a video history of The Groundlings Theater “Dying Is Easy, Improv Is Hard: The New Millennium”. For info and updates, please visit littletheaterbiglaughs.net It’s planned for release in 2024 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the company. His band, the Etra Glasser Group’s first single from the upcoming album is “Dance 4ever With Me” and follows this year’s “Truth Or Lies” and “If You Need A Friend”. Scoring credits include: 'Mr. Show', 'Tracey Takes On...', 'Son Of The Beach', 'The Wild Ride Of Outlaw Bikers' and 24 episodes of the series 'Biography'. He hopes your holidays are filled with joy and laughter!

PERFORMING Friday and Saturday- April 26 & 27

GRANT BACIOCCO (performer)

Grant Baciocco has been with Puppet Up! since 2006 and has performed with the show in Australia, Toronto, Las Vegas and at Knott's Berry Farm. His other puppetry credits include Wet Hot American Summer, The Muppets, Last Week Tonight, Earth to Ned and Mystery Science Theatre 3000 where he plays M. Waverly.  Grant is also the creator of Toiley T. Paper (@thetoiley) who has over 3 million followers across various social media platforms.

IG: throwingtoasters
MrGrant.com

RAYMOND CARR (performer)

Raymond is a Jim Henson Company-trained puppeteer who's been performing for over 20 years. He was recently the Puppet Captain for the upcoming Netflix limited series ERIC, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and is also a former board member of The Jim Henson Foundation. He is a main character on JHC's, Splash and Bubbles for PBS Kids. Some credits include: JHC Earth to Ned on Disney Plus, JHC Word Party, Crank Yankers, Moon and Me for the BBC, Lazytown for Nick Jr, Doom Patrol on HBOmax, Woke on Hulu, Walking with Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular Tour, and various projects for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Cartoon Network & Adult Swim.

PEGGY ETRA (performer)

Peggy is a series regular on "The Barbarian and The Troll” …find it on Amazon Prime. She also worked on Showtime's Kidding, as well as Happytime Murders, Earth to Ned and has performed with The Muppets and Fraggle Rock. Most recently she performed on America’s Got Talent. Is also a proud member of GLOP (the Glorious Ladies of Puppetry).

SARAH OH (performer)

Sarah Sarang Oh is a Korean-American puppeteer based in Los Angeles and started working with Puppet Up back in 2012. She is Stacey the Owl on Nickelodeon’s  The Barbarian and the Troll and she also plays Bean in  GLOP: Glorious Ladies of Puppetry. Recent film credits include Kung Fu Panda 4 and Five Nights at Freddy’s. Other puppeteering credits include The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+), The Muppets Haunted Mansion(Disney+), Sex: Unzipped(Netflix), Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles(PBSkids),  Crank Yankers (Comedy Central),  Kidding (Showtime), and Postmodern  Juicebox (Youtube). She has studied improv at the Groundlings as well as Improvitorium. You can follow Sarah on Instagram/Twitter: @troubadourheart

DREW MASSEY (performer)

Drew Massey is the costar, co-creator and executive producer of Nickelodeon's all-puppet fantasy series The Barbarian and the Troll, and starred as Sid in Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid. His film resume includes: GoodBurger 2, MIB: International, The Happytime Murders, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Men In Black I and II, The Hangover, Doctor Dolittle, Muppets Wizard of Oz, Darjeeling Limited, and Team America. His TV work includes: Harley Quinn, Abbot Elementary, Muppets Mayhem, Earth to Ned, American Housewife, Young Sheldon, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, Community, Greg the Bunny, and Angel. As a director, he helmed six Splash & Bubbles episodes for the Jim Henson Company and over 80 web shorts for DreamWorks Animation.  As a person, he enjoys sculpting, science journals, and overly caffeinated beverages.

nicolette santino (performer)

Nicolette has traveled across 30 countries performing on stage with Coldplay as the puppet character Angel Moon in the Music of the Spheres World Tour.  She also is a series regular on Nickelodeon’s The Barbarian and the Troll where she plays multiple characters including Sharon, Tee-Winkle, and Kendar. Her puppetry can be seen in other films and television shows such as Muppets Haunted Mansion, The Muppets Mayhem, Earth to Ned, Crank Yankers, and the feature film The Happytime Murders. When she's not puppeteering, Nicolette loves to paint, sculpt, and teach her cat Walter new tricks!

TED MICHAELS (performer)

As an actor, Ted has starred in tv shows like The Comeback, CSI, According To Jim, Mad TV, and in the acclaimed web series The Guild. As an improviser, Ted performed with Eddie Izzard in his One Word Improv and is a founder of the Crazy Uncle Joe Show at the Groundlings Theater in LA.  As a puppeteer, Ted starred in The Happytime Murders, The Muppets on ABC, MTV's Warren The Ape, and the 2011 Grammy Awards as Cee Lo Green’s bass player. Check out his new improv comedy podcast "And Who Are You?" - out on most podcast platforms.

PERFORMING SUNDAY- APRIL 28

MICHAEL OOSERTOM (PERFORMER)

Puppetry credits include Cornelius on Earth to Ned (Disney+), Rankle in The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell (Netflix), Blurp in Sigmund & The Sea Monsters (Amazon), No, YOU Shut Up!, and numerous projects with The Muppets. Film & TV: Where The Wild Things Are, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Happytime Murders, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, Pushing Daisies, A.N.T. Farm, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Middleman & Strange Angel. Stage: A.C.T., California Shakespeare Festival, The Wilma Theater, The Magic Theater, The San Francisco Mime Troupe & the national tour of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Michael is an alumnus of The Groundlings Sunday Company.  www.michaeloosterom.com

DAN GARZA (PERFORMER)

Dan Garza has contributed his puppetry and character voices to diverse projects with skill, laughter, and kindness. Some of his credits include Junior Gorg on FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK (AppleTV+), Ennui Le Triste on KIDDING alongside Jim Carrey (Showtime), THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (Henson Alternative), Jim Henson’s SPLASH AND BUBBLES (PBS Kids) among others. Dan is consistently pushing his craft through a love of collaboration, connection and his Latino heritage. @outtapez - Twitter/Instagram  //  www.dangarzacreative.com

DONNA KIMBALL (PERFORMER)

Donna Kimball most recently played Mokey Fraggle in Henson's FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK on AppleTV+.  She also voiced Aughra in Henson's DARK CRYSTAL AGE OF RESISTANCE on Netflix.  Other puppetry credits include THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, LIFE IN PIECES, GLEE, COMMUNITY, WORD PARTY, MUTT & STUFF, SID THE SCIENCE KID, SPLASH & BUBBLES, NO YOU SHUT UP!, PAJANIMALS, CRANK YANKERS, and Doc Ock’s badass upper right claw in SPIDER-MAN 2.  And she co-created GLOP: THE GLORIOUS LADIES OF PUPPETRY (www.glop.us).

SARAH OH (PERFORMER)

Sarah Sarang Oh is a Korean-American puppeteer based in Los Angeles and started working with Puppet Up back in 2012. She is Stacey the Owl on Nickelodeon’s  The Barbarian and the Troll and she also plays Bean in  GLOP: Glorious Ladies of Puppetry. Recent film credits include Kung Fu Panda 4 and Five Nights at Freddy’s. Other puppeteering credits include The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+), The Muppets Haunted Mansion(Disney+), Sex: Unzipped(Netflix), Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles(PBSkids),  Crank Yankers (Comedy Central),  Kidding (Showtime), and Postmodern  Juicebox (Youtube). She has studied improv at the Groundlings as well as Improvitorium. You can follow Sarah on Instagram/Twitter: @troubadourheart

BENJAMIN SCHRADER (PERFORMER)

Career highlights: TV/FILM: Disney’s FROZEN, Slumberkins, True Detective, Revenge, Coop & Cami Ask The World, and Crank Yankers. BROADWAY: Avenue Q, Ragtime, Peter and the Starcatcher, Big River, and was a member of the original cast of The Book of Mormon. Other works include headlining as a magician at The Magic Castle, a Writer and Director at Walt Disney Imagineering, and a Creative Director for Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Casa Bonita in Denver.

STOPH SCHEER (PERFORMER)

Stoph Scheer is a puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, circus performer, recent LA transplant and prize-winning rabbit breeder who is thrilled beyond words to be in Puppet Up!  Her puppetry credits include Slumberkins, The Muppets Mayhem, Womp & Co., Feel Your Best Self, and The Creatures of Yes, which she also co-writes.  She’s a grantee of the Jim Henson Foundation and her original work was called “endlessly inventive” by The New York Times. The New York Post has accused her of being Banksy.  She is not Banksy.  She once accidentally won first place in a drag competition at a bar in Montpelier, Vermont.  Scheerbrilliance.com

ALLAN TRAUTMAN (PERFORMER)

Allan Trautman is an Emmy-nominated founding member of Puppet Up—Uncensored! He performed live in London in The Muppets Take the O2, and in The Muppets Take the Bowl here in Hollywood. Features: Happytime Murders, The Jungle Book, Men in Black, Babe, Dr. Dolittle, Muppets From Space. TV: Muppets Haunted Mansion, Earth to Ned, The Barbarian and the Troll, Dinosaurs, Splash and Bubbles, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, Muppets Tonight. Allan is also an experienced improv and puppetry teacher. More at allantrautman.com