Brian Henson
(Creator, Producer, Performer)

Brian Henson is an award-winning director, producer, writer and performer. Henson served as Executive Producer on many television projects incuding: *Creature Shop Challenge* (which he also was lead judge on) *Sid the Science Kid*, *Farscape*, *Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars* (which he also directed) and *Jim Henson’s Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story* (which he also co-wrote and directed), *Muppets Tonight*, and *Dinosaurs*. Henson’s film credits includes *Labyrinth*, *Little Shop of Horrors*, *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*, *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (which he also directed) and *Muppet Treasure Island* (which he also directed).
Henson oversees the groundbreaking work at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character building, digital and physical visual effects facility. Recently, he has been leading the Shop’s work with its revolutionary digital puppetry system.

Patrick Bristow
(Co-Creator, Director, Host)

In addition to hosting Puppet Up Uncensored, Patrick teaches improv and acts here and there. You may remember him as the “Wigmaster” on SEINFELD, or as the hyper-goodie “Peter” on ELLEN. Other TV credits include THE MORNING SHOW, MINX, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, FRIENDS, THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK AND CODY, MINX, and more. Film credits include BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, the accidental comedy SHOWGIRLS, PAIN AND GAIN, and the evil voice in SUPERINTELLIGENCE. In 1985, he appeared as an uncredited extra in the opening scene of the TV movie, HOLLYWOOD WIVES. Somehow that ended up on his IMDB. Also - his hair used to be bright red. Like crazy red. Really red.

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!

Willie Etra (Musical Director)

Willie’s new album, **Friday’s 4 Friends** is now streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and all good services. You can also catch songs from the **Etra Glasser Group’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1** on the same streamers.
On the small screen, you can hear his music on shows like: Tracey Takes On..., Instant Comedy With The Groundlings, On The Television (Nickelodeon), A&E’s Biography, Including the 2 hour specials, The Wild Ride Of Outlaw Bikers and Bob Newhart: The Last Sane Man, Ketchup With The Hotdogs, Puppet Up! Uncensored, Puppet High and Son Of The Beach.
On the big screen you can hear him give George Clooney nothing to work with in **Return To Horror High**.
Willie hopes to play a theme from a Kirk Douglas film each night. See if you can guess the film title.

Bill Barretta (Performing 7/16,17,18)

Bill Barretta began performing with The Jim Henson Company in 1991 landing the lead character of Earl Sinclair on the ABC hit television series *Dinosaurs* and would soon become one of the leading Core Muppet performers. His characters include Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama, and Bobo the Bear, to name a few. In addition, Barretta is honored to carry on several of Jim Henson's iconic and beloved creations: Rowlf the Dog, The Swedish Chef and Dr. Teeth.
He was also the main puppet character Phil Phillips in *The Happytime Murders,* and over the last thirty years, Barretta’s multi-hyphenate career has helped create numerous Muppet features, specials, commercials, live shows and social media productions. Most recently the Co-creator of the Disney+, Emmy award winning series, *The Muppets Mayhem*.…Oh, and he’s a nice Italian boy.

Grant Baciocco (Performing 7/16,17,18 & 7/25,26)

Grant Baciocco has been a key performer with *Puppet Up!* since 2006, and has gone with the show to Australia, Toronto, Las Vegas, and Knott’s Berry Farm. His extensive puppetry credits include *Wet Hot American Summer*, *The Muppets*, *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver*, *Earth to Ned*, and *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*. Recently, 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.
IG: @throwingtoasters
MrGrant.com

Raymond Carr (Performing 7/26,27)

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

Brian Clark (Performing 7/26,27)

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.

Ithamar Enriquez (Hosting 7/19,20 matinees, 7/25, 7/26, 8pm)

Ithamar Enriquez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and is an alum of The Second City Chicago as well as a guest improviser at The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade and is currently a member of the long-running improv group, *Opening Night: The Improvised Musical!* 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.* Instagram: @ithamarenriquez

Peggy Etra (Performing 7/16,17,18 & 26,27)

Peggy is a series regular on "The Barbarian and The Troll” (creating over 10 characters)…find it on Amazon Prime/YouTube/AppleTV. She  also worked on Showtime's Kidding, as well as Happytime Murders, Earth to Ned, No You Shut Up, Adam Ruins Everything and has performed with The Muppets and Fraggle Rock. Is also a proud member of GLOP (the Glorious Ladies of Puppetry). She just wrapped shooting on MISSED, a Dark Comedy Short.Will be released in 2025. Her non-puppetry work includes: Seinfeld, Boston Legal, The Last Champion.
Puppet Up is her Joy.
Follow her:
@peggerpoo2
@paint.the.pic
Peggy Etra Entertainment on Facebook

Dan Garza (Performing 7/16,17,18 & 23,24,25)

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.
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.)
Dan is consistently pushing his craft through a love of collaboration, connection and his Latino heritage. Yes, he also laughs in fluent Spanish.
Social Media:
@outtapez - Twitter/Instagram // www.dangarzacreative.com

Ted Michaels (Performing 7/16,17,18 & 26,27

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.

Kathryn Chinn Molloy (Performing 7/16,17,18)

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

Sarah Oh (Performing 7/19,20 & 23,24,25)

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, 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 she recently finished production for the sequel, *Five Nights at Freddy’s 2* (in theaters December 5, 2025). When Sarah is not puppeteering, she enjoys drinking iced matcha lattes, listening to Kpop and disassociating on instagram where you can follow her @troubadourheart.

Michael Oosterom (Performing 7/19,20 & 23,24,25)

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

Stoph Scheer (Performing 7/16,17,18 & 23,24,25)

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.

Follow her at:

Scheerbrilliance.com

Instagram: @stophscheer_transpuppeteer

Tik Tok: @StophAndThings

Ben Schrader (Performing 7/19,20 & 23,24,25)

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*, and was a member of the original cast of *The Book of Mormon*. Other work includes headlining at The Magic Castle in Hollywood, serving as a Creative Director for Walt Disney Imagineering, and Creative Directing shows at *Casa Bonita* in Denver for Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Colleen Smith (Performing 7/19,20 & 26,27)

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

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