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I'm the first Black woman puppeteer on 'Sesame Street.' I was about to give up on my puppeteering dreams for a stable career — and then Big Bird emailed me.

Por: Business Insider Entertainment October 05, 2022

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Megan Piphus Peace, crew member and voice of Gabrielle on Sesame Street. It has been edited for length and clarity.I first learned ventriloquism when I was 10 years old. A woman at my church started a puppetry team to teach older kids how to perform puppetry for the smaller kids' ministry. I volunteered to learn, and she took all of us to a puppetry conference in Illinois.There were... + full article



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