Sabrina Kalman

Sabrina Kalman is an actress, dancer, puppeteer, singer, and teacher who was one of the puppeteers on the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live show. She was trained to puppeteer by Jennifer Barnhart at the Rick Lyon Puppets which led to the former performing on Avenue Q. Sabrina must have been excited to be chosen to puppeteer on a stage-show version of the iconic Fraggle Rock reboot series. Kalman was paired with both Genevieve Flati and Thomas Whitcomb in the concert as they performed stage puppet versions of the Doozers and Marjory the Trash Heap. Apart from puppetry, she acted in regional theatre, educational theatre, and one dance show over the years in her career. Some of the shows she did include Newsies, Footloose, La Cage Aux Folles, and even the classic The Nutcracker. It seems Sabrina Kalman has not only performed in this country but around the world as well, but when she's not performing, she serves as a full-time teaching artist as well as a director/choreographer for some shows. I hope someday she'll do more projects with the Henson Company on series as well as live shows, whenever that's going to happen. Other things she did throughout include touring with The Wizard of Oz, choreographing at John M. Engmen's studio, and teaching dance with DMF Youth. There are just so many things Sabrina did throughout her career which I must say is impressive. Perhaps someone will visualize Kalman as a role model to them since she does a wonderful job as a teaching artist of all genres of theatre. A great performer like her could even make a difference to the world and encourage actors and actresses to get out and do all sorts of things. Let's hope she continues doing Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live for the near future since it's fantastic across the US. Sabrina Kalman, you're a marvelous performer and a swell teaching artist. Keep on doing freelance work such as live performances or art education. There's nothing you could do that's impossible. Until then, get down and boogie Sabrina. Rock on Kalman!

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