Anney McKilligan

Anney McKilligan (also known as Anney Fresh and Anney Ozar) is a freelance puppet builder, wrangler, and puppeteer who often works at the Jim Henson Company in New York City. She garnered seven Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling for The Book of Pooh, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Sesame Street with wins in 2007, 2009, and 2010 for Sesame Street. She can be seen briefly in the Sesame Street episode of inFANity making iPod earbuds for Snuffy in a Season 40 segment.

At the 2000 Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater, Anney puppeteered and designed costumes for Janie Geiser's production of "Night Behind the Windows". Also at the 2000 festival, Anney designed costumes for The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre's "Assemblage of Souls". As pictured, she is accomplished in the field of large inflatables, and is a member of an arts collective known as the Madagascar Institute of Brooklyn, NY. She was also part of the original cast of the reality show Artstar, which airs on the Gallery HD Channel. She referees/judges at the Idiotarod Shopping Cart Race and sings with the Loser's Lounge at Joe's Pub in New York City. She travels internationally with her inflatable costume project, Space Kittys, which is documented on her blog and YouTube Channel.

CreditsEdit

Bear in the Big Blue House: Rita Mouse, Wrangler
Sesame Street: Builder/ Wrangler Seasons 37, 38, 39.
Little Shop of Horrors: Puppet Builder
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (stage show) Puppet Builder, Puppeteer
X•tink•shun: Puppet Builder

Non-Muppet CreditsEdit

Blue's Room: Puppet Builder, Puppeteer, Puppet Wrangler
The Book of Pooh: Puppet Builder, Puppeteer, Puppet Wrangler
Chappelle's Show: Puppeteer for segment Knee High Park in episode 2.10
Johnny and the Sprites: Puppet prop builder and additional puppeteer for season one and two
No Strings International: Puppeteer, Props
The Beaver: Puppet wrangler for Mel Gibson