Changes: David Stephens

Revision as of 11:02, 17 April 2020

Dave Stephens w Skippy — Stephens with Skippy from the stage version of *Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas*.

David Stephens is a puppeteer and musician who began performing on Sesame Street in Season 39. He also performed in the direct-to-video specials Abby in Wonderland and Being Green.

Stephens participated in Goodspeed's live stage production of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, where he performed Yancy Woodchuck as well as other rabbits and squirrels, and understudied live actor Alan Campbell as Russ and Pa Otter in the 2008/2009 season. For the 2009/2010 show, Stephens continued to perform Yancy, as well as Fred Lizard and Pa Otter, and was promoted to Puppet Captain.

Stephens founded a puppet company, All Hands Productions, in 2002. His production "Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stuff" received a Citation of Excellence from the international puppetry organization Union Internationale de la Marionetta in 2005.

Stephens also performs the banjo with his band, Banjolicious, and served as one of the musicians on Jerry Nelson's album Truro Daydreams.

Muppet Credits

Sesame Street Season 39: Stephen in Episode 4170, Cow in Episode 4176
Abby in Wonderland
Being Green
Families Stand Together: Mr. Jerry (puppetry only)

External links

All Hands Productions
David Stephens and Banjolicious (archive link)

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-[[Image:Davidstephens.jpg|frame|Stephens with a puppet version of Jeff Foxworthy, which he performed on an episode of ''Blue Collar TV''.]]
+[[Image:Dave_Stephens_w_Skippy.jpg|thumb|300px|Stephens with [[Squirrels|Skippy]] from the stage version of ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas''.]]
-'''David Stephens''' is a puppeteer and musician who began performing on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Season 39 (2008)|Season 39]]. He also performed in the 2008 direct-to-video special ''[[Abby in Wonderland]]''.
+'''David Stephens''' is a puppeteer and musician who began performing on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Season 39 (2008)|Season 39]]. He also performed in the direct-to-video specials ''[[Abby in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Being Green (video)|Being Green]]''.
+Stephens participated in Goodspeed's live stage production of ''[[Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (stage show)|Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas]]'', where he performed [[Yancy Woodchuck]] as well as other rabbits and squirrels, and understudied live actor [[Alan Campbell]] as [[Russ]] and [[Pa Otter]] in the 2008/2009 season. For the 2009/2010 show, Stephens continued to perform Yancy, as well as [[Fred Lizard]] and Pa Otter, and was promoted to Puppet Captain.
 Stephens founded a puppet company, All Hands Productions, in 2002. His production "Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stuff" received a Citation of Excellence from the international puppetry organization Union Internationale de la Marionetta in 2005.
-Stephens also performs the banjo with his band, Banjolicious.
+Stephens also performs the banjo with his band, Banjolicious, and served as one of the musicians on [[Jerry Nelson|Jerry Nelson's]] album ''[[Truro Daydreams]]''.
+==Muppet Credits==
+* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Season 39 (2008)|Season 39]]: Stephen in [[Episode 4170]], Cow in [[Episode 4176]]
+*''[[Abby in Wonderland]]''
+*''[[Being Green (video)|Being Green]]''
+* ''[[Families Stand Together]]'': [[Mr. Jerry]] (puppetry only)
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.mojono.com/allhandsproductions/index.html All Hands Productions]
+* [https://www.allhandsproductions.com/ All Hands Productions]
-* [http://www.davidstephensbanjo.com/ David Stephens and Banjolicious]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180411001052/http://www.davidstephensbanjo.com/ David Stephens and Banjolicious] (archive link)
+__NOWYSIWYG__
-[[Category:Muppet Puppeteers|Stephens, David]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, David}}
+[[Category:Muppet Performers]]
+[[Category:Stage Show Performers]]