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Design & Production 

Comprehensive design, construction and maintenance skills across many puppet styles, sizes and materials. I've built and styled puppets for stage, screen, parades and theme parks.

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Materials
  • fabric & textiles

  • foam 

  • wood

  • metal

  • leather

  • cardboard & paper

  • plastics & thermoplastic

  • feathers

  • sequins

  • sprays & adhesives

Skills
  • costume design

  • detail work

  • draping

  • features

  • gluing & assembly​

  • marionette stringing & controls

  • millinery

  • molding & casting

  • patterning

  • painting

  • props rigging

  • power tools

  • sewing (hand & machine)

  • sculpture

  • wig styling

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Get Carole's production resume

Film, TV & Web

  • Wondermore Kids, InTouch Media: Puppet Wrangler/Props Master (2020-2022)

  • HomestarRunner.com, Chapman Brothers/Jason Hines: Puppet Build Assist (2014)

  • The Muppets: Most Wanted, Puppet Heap: Hand/Rod Muppet Builder (2013)

  • Sesame Street Season 45, Jim Henson Company: Costume Builder/Wig Styling (2013)

  • Sesame Street Season 44, Jim Henson Company: Costume Builder, Cookie Monster’s Crumby Pictures (2012)

  • Pajanimals on Sprout, Jim Henson Company: Mascot Maintenance (2010-2011)

  • No Strings: Syria, Michael Frith/Kathy Mullen: Hand/Rod Puppet Builder & Wrangler (2013)

  • Glen Martin, DDS, Charged Studios, Nick-At-Nite: Costume Builder/Wig Styling (2009)

  • Crank Yankers Season 4, MTV2: Hand/Rod Puppet Builder (2007)

  • The Tomatos, Charged Studios, MTV2: Costume Builder/Shopper (2007)

  • Smoking Gun TV, Charged Studios, Court TV: Costume Builder/Wig Styling (2006)

  • Greg the Bunny on IFC, The Lyon Puppets: Hand Puppet Costumes (2005-2006)

  • The Upside Down Show, Nickelodeon/Puppet Heap: Hand/Rod Puppet Builder (2006)

Live Puppet Theater

  • Fraggle Rock Live! Jim Henson Creature Shop NYC: Puppet Builder, Mascot Pattern Revision (2024)

  • Sesame Place Parks and Resorts, CJS Workshop: Soft Goods Lead/Specialist (2023-2024)

  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Kennedy Center/HBOMax: Puppet Designer/Fabricator (2019)

  • Harold and the Purple Crayon, Center for Puppetry Arts: Puppet Builder (2019)

  • The Ghastly Dreadfuls, Center for Puppetry Arts: Costumer/Puppet Builder (2015-2022)

  • Pete the Cat, Center for Puppetry Arts: Puppet Builder (2017, 2022)

  • Click, Clack, Moo! Center for Puppetry Arts: Puppet Builder (2018, 2022)

  • Play the Play with Cat the Cat, Alliance Theater/Mo Willems: Puppet Designer/Builder (2016)

  • World of Coca Cola: Atlanta/Vegas, Jim Henson Company: Mascot Designer/Builder/Maintenance (2009-2013)

  • The Snowflake Man, PuppetKabob/Sarah Frechette: Marionette Builder: Czech style (2009)

  • A Boy and His Dog on the High Seas, Mum Puppet Theater: Hand Puppet Builder (2001)

  • Disney Cruise Line, Mystic Scenic Studios: Rod Puppet Builder (1997)

Theater

  • The Dancing Granny, Alliance Theater: Puppet Designer (2017)

  • Three Penny Opera, Atlanta Opera: Puppet Builder (2021)

  • The Magic Flute, Atlanta Opera: Puppet Builder (2017)

  • Pippin: Broadway, Transformed Puppet: Magic Prop Build Assistant (2013)

  • Disney’s Aladdin, Broadway, Killer Productions: Puppet/Costume Builder (2013)

  • Avenue Q, Broadway / Off Broadway, Rick Lyon: Hand/Rod Puppet/Costume Builder/Wigs (2002-2013)

  • Arias with a Twist, Off Broadway, Basil Twist: Puppet/Set Builder – Devils/Jungle (2011)

  • The Little Prince, Off Broadway, Puppet Kitchen: Rod Puppet Builder – Fox (2010)

  • Shrek! The Musical, Broadway, Killer/Marian Jean Hose: Puppet Builder - Rats, Humpty Dumpty (2008)

  • Walt Disney World EPCOT, CostumeWorks: Crafts/Stitcher - Millennium Man (1999)

  • La Boheme, Glimmerglass Opera: Crafts/Millinery (1999)

  • The Mikado, Huntington Theater Company: Crafts/Millinery (1998)

  • Man of LaMancha, Connecticut Repertory Theater: Crafts/Stitcher/Wardrobe (1997)

© 2025 by Carole D'Agostino.

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