Jake Bazel

Jake Bazel is a puppeteer, poet, voice actor, and director who has done puppetry on both stage & screen for many years. He started out as an uncredited assistant Muppet performer during Sesame Street's 46th season. Jake later assisted in subsequent seasons, including web videos, Sesame Street in Communities, and a Sesame Street birthday song, where he played a potato. Bazel has also done one project with the Muppets, and that was assisting them in their opening number of the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was followed by the pre-filmed Sesame Street section of the 2019 parade. Outside of Sesame Street, he has many theatrical credits such as Paddington Gets in a Jam, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, and All Hallows Eve, to name a few. I read that Jake Bazel also got to collaborate with picture book legends Eric Carle and Sandra Boynton. He's also an animation voiceover/puppetry coach with Great Big Voices and a designer for many theater workshops, something I didn't know. His recent work has been an ensemble puppeteer for the Sesame Workshop series Helpsters. Jake probably got to assist the main performers such as Stephanie D'Abruzzo or Tim Lagasse. I just hope that someday Bazel will be credited as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street. I am amazed that he got to collaborate with two famous picture book authors. Some of the people that have worked behind the scenes of Sesame Street and the Muppets have also been book authors (I think). Jake Bazel, you're a stage and screen puppeteer master, so you deserve to have a performing credit on Sesame Street. Maybe one day you'll be credited on that show and even get a chance to play a character. Once the other performers like Matt Vogel see how talented you are, they'll just have to give you a promotion on Sesame Street. For right now, you just keep on puppeteering and voice acting and you'll do great Jake. You're one of the best Bazel!