Michael Schupbach

Michael Schupbach is a puppeteer, puppet builder, designer, and wrangler who worked on Bear in the Big Blue House and Sesame Street. He started his career on season one of Bear in the Big Blue House as both an assistant and occasional puppeteer. Afterwards, Michael was moved to Sesame Street where he was an on-set puppet supervisor and member of the NY Creature Shop. In the workshop, Schupbach designed and built Sesame Street and Elmo's World characters, such as alternate Elmo puppets. Outside of Sesame Street and Bear, he is one of the co-founders of the Puppet Kitchen (alongside Emily DeCola and Eric Wright). The company's credits include ImaginOcean, Clifford the Big Red Dog Live, Hamlet, and that's only a few of them. Michael Schupbach has also done loads of freelance work on television shows, live shows, and even for stores. He worked on Johnny and the Sprites, Greg the Bunny, and also co-made puppets with both Rick Lyon and Martin P. Robinson for Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors respectively. He even made a series of plush dolls called Konjoined Kitty which can be sold in "urban vinyl" stores, they also come in a series of puppet taxidermy heads. There's nothing Michael can't do for both show business and toy manufacturing. Let's hope Schupbach is still working in the Puppet Kitchen today. I wonder if he's still remembering how much fun he had on Sesame Street today. If he is, then it's a good thing he's never forgotten his friends, like Heather Asch or Kip Rathke. Michael Schupbach, you worked for musicals, television shows, and even stores. I hope you'll continue doing wonderful projects in the Puppet Kitchen for many different projects. To tell you the truth, there wouldn't even be all of the great shows if you were never around. Good for you Michael. Keep up the great work Schupbach!

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