Kelly Vrooman

Kelly Vrooman is an actress, puppeteer, singer, dancer, and writer who is best known for doing various programming blocks on PBS Kids Sprout (now called Universal Kids). She was one of the hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show from 2007-2013, performed Patty on The Sprout Sharing Show, and was both an actor and writer on The Chica Show. Before Sprout, Kelly had a successful theatre and also commercial career with leading roles in plays like Fiddler on the Roof. Vrooman is also a member of the excellent improv comedy troupe called Comedy Sportz. Other puppeteers she worked with include Jack Venturo, Stacia Newcomb, Kevin Yamada, and Ali J. Eisner, to name a few. Her other acting works include Wait, Rekindled, Invisible Virtual Table Read, and Bot Harmony, she wrote for those too. Kelly Vrooman had been very popular with children and, with Forrest Harding as Chica, got to appear with many characters from several children shows, including Sesame Street. Her recent projects include Warped! and Tuttle Twins, writing and voice acting for the latter. There's even photographic proof of her puppeteering on The Sprout Sharing show online, if you look it up on Google Images. Kelly is still doing wonderful for television today with her work on Tuttle Twins. Let's hope Vrooman is still remembering how much fun she had working on Sprout for many years and appearing with many kid show characters. There is not another network that does that anymore. But you never know. Kelly Vrooman, you did great on Sprout and you've had an excellent theatre and commercial career as far as I know. Keep on writing and acting because it's what you do best. Excellent work Kelly. May all of your days be "sunny" Vrooman!

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