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| − | Tim Lagasse is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker. |
+ | '''Tim Lagasse''' is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker. |
| − | He earned his BFA from The |
+ | He earned his BFA from The University of [[Connecticut]]. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the [[Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry]]. His series ''A Show of Hands'' (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Tim acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like [[PBS]], [[MTV]], [[HBO]], and [[Nickelodeon]]. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across [[New York]] and [[New England]]. |
In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the [[Puppet Arts Program]] at the University of Connecticut and the [[O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference]]. |
In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the [[Puppet Arts Program]] at the University of Connecticut and the [[O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference]]. |
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==Non-Henson Credits== |
==Non-Henson Credits== |
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*''Oobi:'' Puppet Coordinator, Oobi |
*''Oobi:'' Puppet Coordinator, Oobi |
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*''[[Between the Lions]]:'' Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck |
*''[[Between the Lions]]:'' Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck |
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Revision as of 02:23, 27 January 2007
Tim Lagasse is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker.
He earned his BFA from The University of Connecticut. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. His series A Show of Hands (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Tim acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like PBS, MTV, HBO, and Nickelodeon. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across New York and New England.
In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the Puppet Arts Program at the University of Connecticut and the O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference.
Credits
- Bear in the Big Blue House: Jet Setter Tutter, Ensemble Puppeteer
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Annoying Greebles, Bunky Balaban, The Clam, Eskimo Kid, Mr. Moriarty Seagoon Eccles, Old Man Time, Scotty, The Speaker, Fox in Socks, Junior Kangaroo, Others
- Sesame Street
Non-Henson Credits
- Oobi: Puppet Coordinator, Oobi
- Between the Lions: Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck
- Blue's Room: Polka Dots, Puppet designer and builder
- Johnny and the Sprites: Basil
- Allegra's Window: Mr. Cook, Tweeter
- It's a Big Big World: Ick and Wartz, director for some episodes
- The Book of Pooh: Ensemble puppeteer
- Chappelle's Show: Knee High Park