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James Wojtal Jr                         wojtaljr@aol.com                         973 220 6409

Designer, Puppet Performer, Puppet and Prop

Designer and Builder, Set Wrangler,

                Jack-of-All-Trades

    I have been working as a designer, and puppet builder, as well as

Performer for the last 10 years during my career, I have been proud to be

a part of such projects as “AVENUE Q”, “BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE”,

“CRANK YANKERS”, ”SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” and  ”SESAME STREET”.

In addition to these programs, I have worked with the classic “MUPPET” characters

in a series of shorts, as well as being the lead puppet designer and

Builder for numerous smaller projects for individuals through the United

States, and Canada..

 2006 /2007Freelance work

 “Evil Dead The Musical” Off BRoadway

 Talking Moose Puppet ,Talking Beaver Puppet

“Go Diego GO” Stage Tour

 8’ 4” Elephant Flat/Puppet

 Macy’s Puppet Theatre

 2 Hand Puppets for new show

 “King Hedley II “, Broadway Play

 Dead Cat Puppet/Prop

“Ruby Tuesday”, Commercial Spots.

 Designed and built 3 Chicken Puppets

Performed Puppets for Commercial spots,

 “Diggy” Traffic Cone Puppet

 “Big ,Big ,World“, TV show

 Puppet Wrangler

 “Diddy Doodle Works”, TV Show

 Wardrobe, Puppet Wrangler

 “Olde English Comedy”

Talking Dirty Dishes

For comedy short ,webcast.

“The Adventure of Young Thomas Edison"

 Designed and Built Puppet for

Nightstand Creations,

Pitch Pilot for TV

 Monkey Boys Productions.

2006-2007

"SONY BRAVIA"Dancing Animal Puppets,Tv commercial

Working with MonkeyBoysProductions.Com and CINECONCEPTO.COM,
I designed seven animal Puppets in a Combination of 
Traditional Hand Mouth puppets (Muppet style),and Bunraku puppetry, 
the puppets were built by Myself, and the rest of the company,(Russel J Tucker,
Marc Petrosino,Mike Latini, Scott Hitz and Paul Mcginess), 
Build was supervised by Russel J Tucker.
the add was produced by CINECONCEPTO, for Sony.Directed by Fredd Clapp.
you can see a sample of the puppets in action on my YOUTUBE.COM link.

The six of us also Performed the puppets for the Film Shoot,in Mexico City,Mexico.

 “GO DIEGO GO” Stage Tour

9 foot Giraffe

“PLANET CAMP (JAM)” TV Pilot

“Tiki Island” TV Pilot

 The Jim Henson Company

1998-2002

'Bear In The Big Blue House'

 'Play House Disney’, live shows

P.R. 'Bear'

'Mop-a-Top's Shop'

'Classic Muppet'

'Plaza Sesamo'

'Sesame Street-Germany'

'Sesame Street-Egypt'

'Kermit's Swamp years'

'Telling Stories With Tommie DePola'

'Animal Jam'

'Smart Heads' Research and Design Project, 'GONZO'

'Set Work, Puppet Wrangling'

'A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Special' NBC (non-credited)

Puppet builder, Designer, Wrangler,

Den Design

 2002-2003

“Crank Yankers” Comedy Central

 “Dave Chappelle Show”.

 'Wicked'-Broadway musical

 'Saturday Night Live' –

 The Lyon Puppets

2003-2006

Avenue Q, London

Shop Manager, Puppet Builder

'Avenue Q 'Las Vegas,

Tony Award Winning Musical,” AVENUE Q'

Puppet Builder/Designer

 'CBS 2 AND AVENUE Q'

 'AL BLOOD'

 ' Nickelodeon'

Macy’s Parade Studio,

 Fall 2005

Puppet fabricator, Sculpture, Float Construction

'Animal Planet Float' 'HIHI PUFI AMI YUMI Float'

 Macy’s Trolley Tour

Puppet Builder/Designer

“THE SMOKING GUN TV”

Court TV, Summer 2005

Art Department, Puppet Wrangler, Puppeteer     August 2005

The Puppetworks Inc. Theatre

1996 to present,

Puppeteer, Puppet Designer, Puppet Builder,

Freelance Puppet Designing, and Building

2002-2006

“The Reluctant Dragon”

Co-Writer, Designer, Puppet Builder, New Show

For Puppetworks Inc., Park Slope Brooklyn,

Custom Puppet build,

For Author Tony Diterlizzi

Book Character “ONSIE”

Central Park zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect park zoo

'WILDLIFE THEATRE'

Designed and built, puppets and props

'Igby Gets a Job’, short film, L.A.,

Puppet Builder/Designer

'United States, Marine Corps. Educational video '

Puppet Designer/Builder, Lead Performer, Wrangler

'Dog, Bear, Frog and Pig, Video Series Canadian Production'

Puppet Builder/Designer

'Greg the Bunny', New IMC interstitials

Assisted designer in building the Puppet Character “Wumbus”.

“Ollie”

“Sports car, shopping cart” puppet-H.I.T. Entertainment

Puppet Builder/Designer, Pilot TV Show,

EDUCATION

FASHION INSTITUE of TECHNOLOGY 1993-1995

Associates Degree, General Illustration,

NEW SCHOOL, for SOCIAL RESEARCH   1995-1996

Continuing Education, Sculpture, Puppetry,

•INTERNSHIP

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

Photo Album: PUPPETS FROM MY HANDS

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:23:09 GMT

PUPPETS FROM MY HANDS

WOJTALJR@AOL.COM

BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE

PLAYHOUSE,DISNEY BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE ,TOUR

ME ,Hard at Work

EVIL DEAD MOOSE

GO DIEGO GO,ELEPHANT

GO DIEGO GO,ELEPHANT,and ME

GO DIEGO GO,GIRAFFE

MOP a TOP's SHOP

LOTS OF CLEAN CHICKENS,repaired by me

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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:41:59 GMT

Puppetvision
All the puppet news and reviews u need, Andrew finds it all, a great site about Puppet Happenings.
Puppetworks Theatre,
Marrionette Theatre , Park Slope Brooklyn
The Rag Show
Tim and Jim's Puppet Web series
Puppets 101 interview
Sean Johnson's interveiw with me about puppet building,also check out his blog lots of great puppet building tips
Chris Chua
Agood friend of mine and a talented animator/Designer , check out his work
MonkeyBoys Productions
Friends and Collegues, with who i am currentley working.
YOUTUBE.COM
my Youtube page, see videos of me puppeteering.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2071482/
internet movie data base page

Puppet Designer ,James Wojtal

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