Ceili Clemens

Ceili Clemens is a puppet builder, puppeteer, and wrangler who was a part of the Muppet design and build team for Muppets Most Wanted. I don't know why she only did one Muppet film and not any of the other late ones. Ceili could have built or puppeteered in The Muppets (2011) or on other Muppet projects such as The Muppets Wizard of Oz. Clemens could have also done Sesame Street as either performing on the set or working in the Muppet Workshop as a builder. Sesame Street seemed like an appropriate show for her as she puppeteered in a spoof of Sesame Street on an episode of Chappelle's Show, one of the non-Muppet projects she worked on. She also built, wrangled, and performed puppets on Between the Lions, Blue's Room, and The Addams Family: A New Musical. If Ceili Clemens could work on a spoof of Sesame Street, then maybe she should work on the real Sesame Street show. Her puppet work could also keep her going with the Muppets since the characters are now designed and built by Puppet Heap, which is where she was for Muppets Most Wanted. As an achievement, she is an alumna of both the UCONN Puppetry Arts Program and the O'Neill Puppetry Conference along with a lot of other puppeteers she worked with. Ceili is also a part of the No Strings production team as well as the No Strings International in-country workshops. Clemens had the privilege to assist Lisa Buckley as a trainer for various programs. I'm amazed that someone who only participated in one Muppet project has been a part of an international puppet company and a puppet conference. But I still wish she would show this off to Sesame Street and the Muppets so she could remain with them. Ceili Clemens, you've done things that nobody (not even I) ever knew. I just wish that you would work on Sesame Street and work with the same people you've performed with over the years of your puppet work. Apart from that, keep up the puppet work and you'll be remembered. Don't stop Ceili. You're a natural Clemens!