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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 has 4 Youtube channels, Fathersfridayfone, Willetre, eCappella and Littletheaterbiglaughs. The last one hosting his documentary that follows the 50 year history of a local theater company. Right now, you can see: “Beginnings” which chronicles the first 8 years, The 80’s and The 90’s. The 2000’s will post in mid November. For info and updates,
please visit littletheaterbiglaughs.com
His band, The Etra Glasser Group, has a fourth album, “19 Seconds To Midnight”. The latest featured single is “Broken Moon” and is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc.
Other credits include, Mr Show, Tracey Takes On... and Son Of The Beach.
To see why he doesn’t act, check out “Return To Horror High”, where he butchers 2 roles: Mangled Face and Hatchet Head.
Please wear a helmet while riding a bike or scooter, and enjoy the show!

Bill Barretta (Performing 11/8 & 11/15)

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 11/9-10 & 11/16-17)

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 11/8-10)

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

Ithamar Enriquez (Performing 11/9-10, Hosting 11/17, 7pm)

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 11/15-17)

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. Most recently she performed on America’s Got Talent. 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 early 2025. Her non-puppetry work includes: Seinfeld, Boston Legal, The Last Champion. Puppet Up is her Joy. Let's get this Puppet Up Party Started!
Follow her:
@peggerpoo2
@paint.the.pic
Peggy Etra Entertainment on Facebook

Dan Garza (Performing 11/15-17)

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

Donna Kimball (Performing 11/8-10, 11/15-17)

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 Emmy-winning 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, NO YOU SHUT UP!, 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

Michael Oosterom (Performing 11/8-10, 11/15-17)

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 11/8-10)

Stoph Scheer is a puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, recent LA transplant, retired circus performer and prize-winning rabbit breeder 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. 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. She once accidentally won first place in a drag competition at a bar in Montpelier, Vermont.

Follow her at:

Scheerbrilliance.com

Instagram: @stophscheer_transpuppeteer

Tik Tok: @StophAndThings