113 - Stacey Weingarten (The Muppet Show Special, Sesame Street, Rescue Rue)

- Stacey Weingarten is a puppeteer, puppet wrangler, director, writer, and producer who got her puppet start studying with John Tartaglia and later went on to work on the show Johnny and the Sprites. Since then, she's worked with The Muppets and Sesame Street, where she won an Emmy Award for her work on the show's 50th season. She also has her own theatrical puppetry projects — Rescue Rue and Runaway Rue — that have played Off-Broadway and at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. I talk to Stacey Weingarten about all these projects and more, including her work on the upcoming The Muppet Show special for Disney+ , on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Stacey Weingarten by becoming a Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron. Visit for info and to help create more episodes like this. Connect with Stacey Weingarten: Website - Instagram - Facebook - IMDB - Discussed on the show: John Tartaglia - Johnny and the Sprites – Sesame Street – The Muppets – Rescue Rue & Runaway Rue – Fordham University Theatre Program – CTY (Center for Talented Youth) – The O'Neill Puppetry Conference – Tim Lagasse – Jim Henson Company – Puppet Kitchen NYC – John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean – Connect with the Show: Connect with Grant: Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver ©2025 Saturday Morning Media -

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113 - Stacey Weingarten (The Muppet Show Special, Sesame Street, Rescue Rue) is an episode from Under The Puppet by Grant Baciocco.

This episode is 01:29:07 long.

This episode was published on Nov 1, 2025.

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