Had a fun interview with Shana, from CBC this morning- and showed her some puppet moves- she was a natural! And if you missed the preview…
Posts By: Jeny Cassady
“To see or not to see Avenue Q—that shouldn’t even be a question this summer.”
It’s certainly warm for all of us running around on stage with big furry puppets draped over us, but according to Jerry Wasserman of the Province we may be creating a lot more warmth than we thought, as he’s calling Avenue Q this years’ summer sizzler! This year’s summer sizzler is Avenue Q, the hit… Read more »
Talking about the spicy sex life of puppets
Director Peter Jorgensen and I had a lovely interview with Andrea Warner from the Georgia Straight over our lunch break. We talked a lot about puppets, and the process we were going through in rehearsals to make the puppets more human both for our audiences, and also for the actors on stage playing traditional non-puppet… Read more »
Avenue Q explodes with irreverant puppetry in Broadway musical form
Andrea Rabinovitch With Avenue Q, Cassady works with every single puppet at some point during the play. “Peter said to me at the start that before Act 1 was over, I would have my hand up every puppet in the show, “chortled Cassady. “ It’s been really lovely to work with the cast who’ve… Read more »
Puppet video games
Back in 2008 when Nokia was supporting a games platform, they came up with an idea to shoot three short commercials to promote their newest video game MEGAMONSTERS. These commercials were to be released virally and to be shot entirely with PUPPETS. Naturally, I was thrilled. I built three puppets for film, and 30 puppets… Read more »
Behind the scenes of Falling Skies
Nearing the end of Season 2 of Falling Skies, we were inundated daily with reporters, camera crews, and bloggers. One of the groups was there specifically to catch the behind the scenes with all things Skitters. Okay- so when they asked me to introduce Geoff Redknap I completely stumbled over his title, here’s why: Geoff… Read more »
Team Thor: Stargate Atlantis
The Puppet Life
A short film directed by Tracy D Smith starring Jeny Cassady and Charlie the Puppet.