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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
ALLAN TRAUTMAN
Puppeteer Highlights: Ben has puppeteered for the character "Squen" in the highly successful viral marketing campaign for Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed. His other notable puppet work includes contributions to Slumberkins and Crank Yankers. On Broadway, Ben has performed in acclaimed productions such as Avenue Q, Ragtime, and Peter and the Starcatcher. He was also a member of the original cast of The Book of Mormon. In conjunction with his work in theater, Ben has served as a headlining magician at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. Furthermore, he acted as the Creative Director for new magic and puppet shows at Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Casa Bonita in Denver. Presently, he holds the position of Creative and Show Director for Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Live Entertainment.
BEN SCHRADER
Brian Clark is a writer/showrunner who loves doing multiple impossible things at the same time, like performing puppets and improv in front of hundreds of drunk people. He is an alumni of the the Groundlings Theater Program in Los Angeles and has an MA degree in Children’s TV Writing/Gender Studies from NYU. During the day, he likes to take big intellectual properties and develop them for streaming services and other platforms. Even though he will say very naughty things in this show that will offend his mother, you should trust him to write and produce your children’s TV projects. Or at least take him out for lunch.
BRIAN CLARK
Colleen Smith is a Groundlings' Sunday Co. and Second City Conservatory alumni. She teaches and directs shows at The Groundlings. Colleen co-created GLOP, The Glorious Ladies of Puppetry glop.us. Her credits include Kung Fu Panda 4, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, How I Met Your Mother, King of The Hill, and The Office. Her puppet credits include The Happytime Murders, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell on Netflix. Earth to Ned on Disney + and The Barbarian and the Troll on Nickelodeon.
colleensmi.com @colleenmariesmi
@The.Mysterious.Historian on TikTok
COLLEEN SMITH
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) and most recently on THE MUPPET SHOW (ABC). You can hear Dan’s voice in dubbed versions of TV series and movies on your favorite streaming platforms like Disney+ (“Journey to the Center of the Earth” series) and Netflix (“The Great Seduction”and “What If?” among others.)
@outtapez - Twitter/Instagram // www.dangarzacreative.com
DAN GARZA
Donna Kimball was nominated for a 2024 Emmy for her puppetry performance as Mokey Fraggle in Henson's FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK on AppleTV+. She also voiced Aughra in Henson's Emmy-winning DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE on Netflix. Other puppetry credits include MUPPETS MAYHEM, GUILLERMO & WILL, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, GLEE, COMMUNITY, WORD PARTY, SID THE SCIENCE KID, PAJANIMALS, CRANK YANKERS, and Doc Ock’s badass upper right claw in SPIDER-MAN 2. Donna co-created GLOP: GLORIOUS LADIES OF PUPPETRY seeking to inspire the next generation of women puppeteers. IG: @donnakimball319 @glopstagram
DONNA KIMBALL
Drew Massey has recently been traveling the globe as a puppeteer in Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour. He is the co-star, 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: The Happytime Murders, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Men In Black I and II, MIB: International, The Hangover, Darjeeling Limited, and Team America. His TV work includes: The Muppet Show (2026), Harley Quinn, Abbot Elementary, Muppets Mayhem, Earth to Ned, American Housewife, Young Sheldon, Community, Greg the Bunny, and Angel. He enjoys sculpting, midcentury architecture, science journals, and overly caffeinated beverages.
DREW MASSEY
Grant Baciocco has been a key performer with The Jim Henson Company’s Puppet Up! - Uncensored since 2006, and has gone with the show to Australia, Toronto, Las Vegas, and Knott’s Berry Farm. His puppetry credits include Wet Hot American Summer, The Muppets, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Earth to Ned, and Mystery Science Theatre 3000. In 2024, Grant puppeteered and voiced Chucky on Late Night With Chucky for NBC /Universal. He is also the creator and performer of Toiley T. Paper (@thetoiley), a talking roll of toilet paper with over 3 million followers across social media. Grant was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2018.
IG: @throwingtoasters // MrGrant.com
GRANT BACIOCCO
John Tartaglia joined Sesame Street at 16 as one of the youngest puppeteers in the show’s history. He is a 2 time Emmy nominee for Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles and Disney’s Johnny and the Sprites. TV/FILM: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Jim Henson’s Word Party, Julie’s Greenroom, The Happytime Murders, Animal Jam, Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, Bear in the Big Blue House, Blue’s Room, Dog City, Ugly Betty. BWAY: Avenue Q (Tony nomination), Beauty and the Beast and Shrek. DIRECTOR: Jim Henson’s Inspired Silliness, The Secret Silk , Mary Poppins, Matilda, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Claudio Quest, Shrek the Halls. Instagram/Twitter/Cameo: Johnnytartags
JOHN TARTAGLIA
Kathryn is a puppeteer, fabricator, and wrangler of puppets, creatures, and costumes. Her puppetry can be seen in Slumberkins on Apple+, Coldplay’s “Biutyful” music video, projects for Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Discovery, and various commercials. Fabrication and wrangling credits include Skeleton Crew, The Boys, Crank Yankers, CONAN, and the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Kathryn was part of Henson’s Puppeteer Training Initiative in 2015 and 2021. She is constantly plotting how to get close enough to a sea otter for cuddles. IG: @kathryn.chinn.molloy
KATHRYN MOLLOY
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
MICHAEL OOSTEROM
Nicolette is the puppeteer for Angel Moon in Coldplay’s “Music of the Spheres” World Tour — the most attended concert tour in history. She has performed for over 13 million people in stadiums across 43 countries. Her puppetry can be seen in several films and television shows such as The Today Show, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Nickelodeon’s The Barbarian and the Troll, Disney’s The Muppet Show, Muppets Haunted Mansion, The Muppets Mayhem, Earth to Ned, Comedy Central’s 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!
NICOLETTE SANTINO
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 their 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.
PEGGY ETRA
Raymond is a Jim Henson Company-trained puppeteer who has been performing with Puppet Up since 2016. He played Dunk the Puffer Fish on PBS Kids' Splash and Bubbles and is a former board member of The Jim Henson Foundation. He was the puppet captain for the Netflix limited series ERIC, where he trained Benedict Cumberbatch to be a puppeteer. He was puppet captain for the Adult Swim's Smiling Friends puppet adaptation and is also the lead puppeteer for the Aflac Duck's social media presence. His other credits include work on Earth to Ned (Disney+), Word Party (Jim Henson Company), Crank Yankers, Moon and Me (BBC), LazyTown (Nick Jr), Doom Patrol (HBO Max), Woke (Hulu), Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular Tour, and numerous projects with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim. He directed episodes of the new Yo Gabba Gabbland series on AppleTV+. @theninjapuppet
RAYMOND CARR
Sarah Sarang Oh is a Korean-American puppeteer based in Los Angeles and started working with Puppet Up back in 2012. She got her start in puppetry working on the PBSkids show, Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles. Since then she has worked with the Muppets including the new Muppet Show on Disney+, GLOP: the Glorious Ladies of Puppetry, Postmodern Jukebox and on TV shows like Kidding, CrankYankers, and The Barbarian and the Troll. Sarah was also an animatronic puppeteer for the Blumhouse film, Five Nights at Freddy’s and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. When Sarah is not puppeteering, she enjoys drinking iced matcha lattes, listening to Kpop and disassociating on Instagram where you can follow her @troubadourheart.
SARAH OH
Stoph Scheer is a puppeteer, writer, puppet builder, and retired circus performer who is thrilled beyond words to be in Puppet Up! Her puppetry credits include Slumberkins, The Muppets Mayhem, Coldplay, The Avett Brothers, Womp & Co., Feel Your Best Self, and The Creatures of Yes, which she also co-writes. The first feature length Creatures of Yes film recently premiered at several theaters and will be available online later this year. She’s a grantee of the Jim Henson Foundation and her original work was called “endlessly inventive” by The New York Times. She’s a proud member of the Glorious Ladies of Puppetry. The New York Post has accused her of being Banksy. She is not Banksy.
Scheerbrilliance.com // IG @stophscheer_transpuppeteer // TikTok @StophAndThings
STOPH SCHEER
Peggy is a series regular on "The Barbarian and The Troll” (creating/playing over 10 characters)…find it on Amazon Prime/YouTube/AppleTV. She also worked on The Muppet Show, Showtime's Kidding, as well as Happytime Murders, Earth to Ned, No You Shut Up, Adam Ruins Everything, MISSED and My Mueslings & Me. Is also a proud member of GLOP (the Glorious Ladies of Puppetry) Her non-puppetry work includes: Seinfeld, Boston Legal, The Last Champion. Puppet Up is her Joy.
@peggerpoo2 // @paint.the.pic // Peggy Etra Entertainment on Facebook
