Heather Asch with Click from Between the Lions.
Heather Asch performing in a No Strings Production.
Heather Asch performing Tonton at the 2005 Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala.
Heather Asch has worked as a puppet builder on many Muppet projects, including The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Animal Jam, and Sesame Street. She was a credited performer on Sesame Street for three seasons, assisting for Baby Bear, and playing Hansel (of Hansel and Gretel), among others.
Asch is a graduate of The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program, and she has created her own puppetry pieces, including Bosom Buddies, which deals with the subject of breast cancer. Asch performed Bosom Buddies at "A Passion For Puppetry", a tribute benefit to Nikki Tilroe in January 2006.
Asch also works at Jim Kroupa's puppet workshop, 3/Design.
Asch now serves as Executive Director and Producer for Kathryn Mullen and Michael Frith's No Strings Productions.
Credits[]
- Performer
- Sesame Street: Hansel (Season 37)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: background characters and assistant puppeteering in "Yertle the King"
- Bear in the Big Blue House: occasional puppeteer
- Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments
- Elmo's Potty Time
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa: background puppeteer
- When Families Grieve
- Math Is Everywhere: Rosita (assistant)
- Designer and Builder
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: puppet builder
- Sesame Street: puppet builder, wrangler and photo styling
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: puppet supervisor and builder
- Muppets Tonight: puppet builder; built Muppets Tonight Band violinist
- Muppet Treasure Island: puppet builder
- Bear in the Big Blue House: fill-in puppet wrangler
- CityKids: puppet builder; built Trish
- Animal Jam: puppet builder & wrangler
- Kermit's Swamp Years: puppet builder and wrangler
- The Secret Life of Toys: puppet builder
- Pajanimals: puppet builder
- The Happytime Murders: puppet fabricator
Non-Muppet Puppeteering Credits[]
- Allegra's Window: Vi
- Between the Lions: Click the Mouse, Clay Pigeon, Smarmy Marmy Smartie Pants
- Oobi: Additional Puppeteer
- Pigeon-Holed: Miss Fork In The Outlet
- LazyTown: Trixie
- It's a Big Big World: Puppet Department Head
- Blue's Room: additional puppeteer
- Nick Jr.'s Play Along: Pinky, Lefty
- Johnny and the Sprites: Root the Earth Sprite (Full Series Version)
Voice Credits[]
- Leslie Carrara and Lolly's Spunkinsass (CD): Armond