Latest Garrity Podcast Episodes
Puppet Tears, ep 053 — Bird Call Radio
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis episode of Puppet Tears is definitely for the birds ... by that, of course, we mean the flock behind Bird Call Radio: Calvin Lester and Kelsey Brady. Calvin and Kelsey have each worked as puppeteers at Walt Disney World for over a decade, notably performing in The Muppet's Great Moments in ...
Puppet Tears, ep 052 — Cedwan Hooks
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - July 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're going BIG this week, since our guest is a master of costume characters both inside and out! Cedwan Hooks is a puppeteer for screen and stage who you can see on Slugs and Bugs, Moon and Me, and Doom Patrol, plus a wrangler on a number of television series, including Sesame Workshop's Helpst...
Puppet Tears LIVE a palooza! Puppeteers of Color Conversations
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - July 18, 2020 01:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPuppet Tears LIVE!!! This is going to be an exciting chat with David, Liz, and Christopher who are premiering the Puppeteers of Color Conversations next week. We'll learn about what audiences can expect and what they hope to achieve with this innovative programming. This is one Puppet Tears LIVE...
Puppet Tears, ep 051 — Jean Marie Keevins is back
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - July 08, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsJean Marie Keevins is back again on Puppet Tears for an exciting part-two conversation. Jean Marie is the founder of Little Shadow Productions, a full-service production company where she has devised work such as Elephant in the Room, Zwerge, and Whiskey Neat. She is also the Associate Artistic ...
Puppet Tears, ep 050 — Jim Kroupa
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - June 24, 2020 13:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsBack for a THIRD time to help us celebrate two years and 50 episodes of Puppet Tears, we have the one and only Jim Kroupa! Jim is a life-long puppet artist, best known for his mastery of puppet mechanics, performing Batley on Eureeka's Castle, and designing and/or building characters for iconic ...
Puppet Tears, ep 049 — Beccy Henderson
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - June 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsAnother world, another time - in the age of wonder... Beccy Henderson decided she would become a puppeteer. Beccy is the incredibly talented performer behind Deet in Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and also appeared in Pajanimals, That Puppet Game Show, and Wildwoods. She also app...
Puppet Tears, ep 048 — Martin Robinson return
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 27, 2020 12:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're finishing up Fan Appreciation Month with an incredible visit from our friend Martin Robinson. Martin is the legendary puppeteer you know from Sesame Street, Little Shop of Horrors, and the new show from Sesame Workshop and Apple TV+ Helpsters where he performs Mr. Primm. His Halloween-horr...
Puppet Tears, ep 047 — Ingrid Hansen
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis episode is sure to have a lot of Heart ... 's performer from Apple TV+'s Helpster - Ingrid Hansen! Ingrid is an incredibly talented Canadian puppeteer who has performed on programs such as Tiga Talk, Miss Persona, and Princess Sparkly Butt and the Hot Dog Kid. She is also the founder of SNA...
Puppet Tears, ep 046 — Kirk Thatcher
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 13, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhat does Star Wars, Star Trek, Gremlins, and The Muppets all have in common? The inspired influence of this week's guest Kirk Thatcher! Kirk is a prolific creator, writer, designer, director behind Dinosaurs, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, and a whole slew of Muppet projects like...
Puppet Tears, ep 045 — Pam Arciero
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPam Arciero returns to Puppet Tears for an exciting part-two of our ongoing conversation (plus our first guest interview during shelter-in-place). Pam is the veteran Muppet performer best known for her role as Grundgetta Grouch, and is also Artistic Director of the National Puppetry Conference a...
Puppet Tears, ep 044 — Adam Kreutinger on the Magic of Making + Puppetry
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - April 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDesperate times continue! Our month of quarantine shows continues with our co-host Adam Kreutinger in the hot seat. Adam is an art teacher and is best known in the puppet community for his weekly YouTube tutorials, creating puppets for screen and stage productions, and live performances througho...
Puppet Tears, ep 043 — Cam Garrity
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - April 08, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratings#GraphicDesign #Puppetry #Podcast Desperate times call for desperate measures. Since Adam and Cam are trapped in their houses for the time being, they're doing some navel-gazing and interviewing each other! So this week's guest is Cameron Garrity, best known for his TEDxBuffalo presentation The ...
Puppet Tears, ep 042 — James Godwin
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - March 25, 2020 12:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhat does the occult, a talking tongue, and children's television all have in common? This week's guest, James Godwin! Our friend and mentor James is the brilliant mind behind the one-man performances Lunatic Cunning and The Flatiron Hex. He's has worked as a puppet builder and on programs suc...
Puppet Tears, ep 041 — Puppet Pelts
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - March 11, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHave you ever heard of Antron Fleece? If you're a long-time audience member of Puppet Tears, you probably have... Well, this week our guest is Laurie Nickerson - the Dye Master behind Puppet Pelts - who's here to talk all things textiles as we do a deep-dive into Antr-errr-*NYLON* fleece. We'll ...
Welcome to Puppet Tears Patreon!
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - February 26, 2020 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn June of 2018, Adam Kreutinger and Cameron Garrity created Puppet Tears, a podcast that explores the expansive world of puppetry arts by talking to some of its most fervent contributors. Listener support through Patreon allows us to keep producing the show, reduce out-of-pocket expenses, ...
Puppet Tears, ep 040 — The Jim Henson Foundation
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - February 26, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHave you been working on a puppet show and are looking to take it to the next level? Are you hoping to premier your work in a formal theater space? Most importantly - do you need additional funding to make all of this happen? Then you're going to LOVE this conversation with z Briggs, Manager of ...
Puppet Tears - Couples Therapy
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - February 14, 2020 04:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're celebrating Valentine's Day with two guests AND a guest host! Join two puppetry power couples Derek and Lauren Lux as they chat with Adam and his wife Maria Kreutinger. Derek and Lauren are Las Vegas performers who own and operate DLUX Entertainment and have created multi-media adaptations...
Puppet Tears, ep 040 - Couples Therapy
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - February 14, 2020 04:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're celebrating Valentine's Day with two guests AND a guest host! Join two puppetry power couples Derek and Lauren Lux as they chat with Adam and his wife Maria Kreutinger. Derek and Lauren are Las Vegas performers who own and operate DLUX Entertainment and have created multi-media adaptations...
Puppet Tears, ep 039 — Terry Angus
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - January 29, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week on Puppet Tears we're talking to Terry Angus, an incredible puppeteer and builder best known for his work on Fraggle Rock, Blizzard Island, and designing the Muppet Master Replica photo puppets. Terry continues to build for the Canadian series M I Understanding and perform his signatur...
Puppet Tears, ep 038 — Dan Becker talks becoming Disney Dan + puppetry podcasts!
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - January 15, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOur next guest is one half to the dynamic duo behind Getting Felt Up: A Puppetry Podcast with Dan and Nate - Dan Becker! In addition to his contributions to the world of puppet podcasts, Dan has performed in John Tartaglia's ImagineOcean and constructed puppets for stage throughout Pennsylvania....
Puppet Tears, ep.037 — Spencer Lott
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 18, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're closing out 2019 with a very special neighbor... Mister Spencer Lott! Spencer is an accomplished performer, builder, writer, and director best known for his role as Samuel, Julia's brother on Sesame Street. He was the lead puppeteer and builder on the new film A Beautiful Day in the Neigh...
Remembering Caroll Spinney
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 09, 2019 02:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe wanted to share our special from January 2019 where we celebrated Caroll Spinney, who died Sunday at the age of 85. Puppet Tears' very first 'Very Special Special' honors the work of Caroll Spinney, the legendary puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, who retired in O...
Puppet Tears, ep 036 — Steve Axtell
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 04, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIf you've ever tried to buy a puppet online, chances are you've seen the work of this week's guest - Steve Axtell. Steve is a performer, animator, voice artist, inventor, and entrepreneur whose company Axtell Expressions provides professional innovations to help you entertain the world. His cre...
Puppet Tears, ep 035 — Carmen Osbahr
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - November 13, 2019 14:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're not sure if you've heard... but Sesame Street is celebrating a pretty significant milestone this month. As the show marks its 50th anniversary, we're talking to Carmen Osbahr, the puppeteer behind Rosita and Ovejita who has been a Muppet performer for over 30 years. Tune in as we discuss...
Puppet Tears, ep 034 — Tim Lagasse
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 30, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsBrace yourself, friends because this episode's about to face-slam you right in the puppet brains! Our guest is none other than Tim Lagasse, who you'll recognize as the Crash on Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein, Mr. Cook on Nick Jr.'s Allegra's Window, and many, many more. You can see his work on th...
Puppet Tears, ep 033 — Steve Whitmire
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 16, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week on Puppet Tears we're talking to Steve Whitmire, one of the Muppet world's living legends, best known for performing Kermit the Frog, Ernie, Beaker after the deaths of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, as well as originating his own characters Rizzo the Rat, Wembly Fraggle, Bean Bunny, and...
Puppet Tears, ep 032 — Bart Roccoberton
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 02, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThere are certain individuals throughout puppet history whose work and influence create an indelible impact on the art form. One such person is our guest this week: Bart Roccoberton. Bart is the director of the Puppet Arts program at the University of Connecticut, founder of the Eugene O'Neill T...
Puppet Tears, ep 031 — Sarah Nolen
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 18, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week on Puppet Tears, we're joined by our good friend Sarah Nolen to talk with us about her storied career as a puppeteer and filmmaker. Currently the artist in residence at the Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA, Sarah has an incredible background devising works that challenge the b...
Puppet Tears, ep 030 — Nate Begle
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week we're joined by one of the founding fathers of puppetry podcasts -- Mr. Nate Begle! We were so happy to speak with Nate about his show Getting Felt Up, working as a voice actor, and performing on projects like John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the fo...
Puppet Tears, ep 029 — Tyler Bunch
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 14, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHave your toolkits at the ready because this week's guest is here to FILL 'em! Tyler Bunch is here from Sesame Street, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Muppets, Henson Alternative's Stuffed & Unstrung, and so much more. He is also a seasoned traditional actor and voice-over artist you've seen on ...
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