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A few weeks out from closing OH, SCARY in Provincetown, and I’m still on high from this incredible summer!

🌊✨A show like this takes a village. Endless love & gratitude to the dream team who brought every ridiculous idea to life:

✍️ Writing & Comedy: Patricia Taylor, Eric Kornfeld, Jon Emerson, Rick Andreoli, & Rob Zappulla.

👗 Wardrobe & Costumes: David Dalrymple, Patrick Howell & Troy Meeks, Marco Marco, & JD Martin.

🎭 Puppets & Props: Ben Durocher (brilliant puppet design!), Handmade by Jacob, Lonelle Yoder, Zac Delmonte, & Garret Beltis.

🎵 Music:Mark Byers (Markaholic) for the tracks, melodies, & lyrics.

🎥 Video: Michael McCreary & Jake Primmerman for the cinematic magic.

📍 Filming Locations & Cameos: Post Office Cafe & Cabaret, Land’s End Inn, Provincetown Inn, PTown Public Library, Lobster Pot, Spiritus Pizza, The Boatslip, Town Hall, Pilgrim Monument. MASSIVE THANKS TO MISS RICHFIELD 1981 for her very special cameo!

🎨 Artwork & Visuals: John Olson, Chip Tompkins, David Postlewate, Christian Cimoroni, Hayden Evans, Trey Thomas, Aaron Rodriguez, Jeffrey Aviles, James Haskins, & Patty McAvoy.

🏠 Post Office Cafe & Cabaret Family: Kristiyan Aleksiev, Jack Kelly, Paul Melanson, Mike Flannigan, Raquel Blake, Vivienne Fontaine, Kira Stone, Garret Beltis, & my incredible TD/stage manager Ritchard Druther. And the entire team at the PO. Such an incredible family.

💖 Sponsors: The Anchor Inn, Sniffs of Adventure, PettyKings, & Natalie’s Grandview.

✨🌈 THANK YOU to the amazing people of PTown who helped celebrate this show and spread the word. THANK YOU to everyone who came to the show and celebrated our beloved Provincetown.

☀️ See you next summer!

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Such an amazing time @puppetup last night with such an amazing crew of friends!!

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I have gotten a LOT of autographs throughout the weekend at MOMI!! And for the first time I’ve gotten my fanart signed as well!

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Where a Kid Can Be a Kid! And also where two childless adults can celebrate their wedding!

Thanks to everyone who traveled all the way to a Long Island Chuck E Cheese to have some fun, eat some pizza, and get strange looks from parents of random children.

📸 @bnotbea

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We’re celebrating our friends at Little Shop of Horrors as they hit the incredible milestone of being the longest-running production in the show’s history! 🪴

Join us for Talking Shop: The Puppetry of Audrey II, where we’ll go behind-the-seeds to hear all about how the pod squad puppet team brings Audrey II to life. Moderated by Ben Durocher (Life of Pi, Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets, Avenue Q), this is going to be an unforgettable talkback! 🩸🦷🌱

Tickets to the show are required for the post-show talkback. Visit the link in our bio to grab yours today!

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As @startrek celebrates its 60th anniversary, @strangenewworlds takes its biggest swing yet with "Level-Five Transporter Accident."
Spending three weeks on the Enterprise as Dr. M'Benga's puppet self, etc., with such a stellar cast of puppeteers (and normies), was a dream come true that'll never be topped as long as this Trekkie lives! 🖖🏾

Shoutouts to @b_olusanmokun1965 for being so chill about sharing a character he knows much deeper than I do, and to our fearless puppet captain @frankmeschkuleit who's about due for a starship of his own.

Now streaming on @paramountplus

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #BehindTheScenes #Puppets
#JimHenson

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Thanks for all the love on our SpongeBob puppet show! For those asking, this was a show called Pineapple Playhouse that you can find on SpongeBob’s YouTube channel. We loved making it. Let’s do more! Let’s do a special! Write to your [@nickelodeon] representatives today!

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last day with the green owl 💚🦉 the best part of any gig is the chance to work with kindhearted, passionate individuals and i feel really lucky for the creatives i got to share space with over the past 6 months 🎬 proud of the work our team did & our projects grounded in puppetry, mascots, practical effects and props. onto the next!

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Summer is summering! Some pictures from the first half of my Ptown summer!

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Various ‘80s/‘90s cable promos for Under the Umbrella Tree. 🏡🌳

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This week we celebrated The Craft of Broadway Puppetry with members of the puppetry community! Don’t miss the chance to catch this limited-time special exhibit, on display now through Labor Day!

#museumofbroadway #puppetry #theatre #nycmuseums #broadway

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Another wonderful year around the ☀️
Grateful for all the amazing adventures had, the relationships created, the personal depths explored and the characters lived through. I do love getting older. Each year an onion peel of ignorance sheds giving light to a new perspective of looking at the same world. The knowledge that this life is cyclical makes time flow by because you know there's always a gift around the corner. This year will be a year of humanity in the face of eveything from tech to politics vying to tear us apart. A year of art, theater and impact. And Im so lucky to have the support system that I have in so many of you....also it was Ishaans birthday 2 days ago on June 9th. So be sure to wish my doggy as well. Love you all and thank you for the good times! Party time?....Party time!🎉
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#birthday #indianactor

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