Changes: Pigeon-Holed

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Pigeonholed1 — Pidge and Miss Poppy in *Pigeon Holed* from the O'Neill performance.

Pigeonholed2 — Pidge (performed here by Patrick Holmes) and Miss Poppy in *Pigeon Holed* from the O'Neill performance.

Pigeon-Holed, a one-act play by Sesame Street writer Annie Evans, deals with the backstage politics of Miss Poppy's Place, a fictional children's television show. The play features several in-jokes for Sesame Street performers and writers, and is a relatively accurate, if exaggerated, portrayal of the show's backstage scene.

In its original production at the O'Neill Puppetry Conference in 2004 , Leslie Carrara-Rudolph played Miss Poppy, a bitter actress who would rather be playing Lady MacBeth. The production featured several puppeteers from Sesame Street, including Heather Asch (as Miss Fork in the Outlet), Martin P. Robinson (as Jon, the voice from the control room) and Patrick Holmes (as Pidge, a full-body puppet).

The play was also performed in January 2006 at "A Passion For Puppetry", a tribute benefit for Nikki Tilroe, with many of the same cast members. Pam Arciero played Pidge in this production.

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 [[Image:Pigeonholed2.jpg|frame|Pidge (performed here by Patrick Holmes) and Miss Poppy in ''Pigeon Holed'' from the O'Neill performance.]]
-This live piece, written by ''[[Sesame Street]]'' writer [[Annie Evans]], deals with the backstage politics of fictional  children's show, ''Miss Poppy's Place''. [[Leslie Carrara]] plays Miss Poppy, a bitter kiddie-show actress who wants to play Lady MacBeth. The show features puppeteers from ''Sesame Street'' including [[Pam Arciero]] (Pidge, the giant pigeon puppet, a la [[Big Bird]]) [[Heather Asch]] (Miss Fork in the Outlet), [[Marty Robinson]] (Jon, the voice from the control room), and others. The show features several in-jokes for ''Sesame'' performers and writers, and shows a fairly accurate description of the show's backstage scene.
+''[[Pigeon-Holed]]'', a one-act play by ''[[Sesame Street]]'' writer [[Annie Evans]], deals with the backstage politics of ''Miss Poppy's Place'', a fictional children's television show. The play features several in-jokes for ''Sesame Street'' performers and writers, and is a relatively accurate, if exaggerated, portrayal of the show's backstage scene.
+In its original production at the [[O'Neill Puppetry Conference]] in [[2004]] , [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] played Miss Poppy, a bitter actress who would rather be playing Lady MacBeth. The production featured several puppeteers from ''Sesame Street'', including [[Heather Asch]] (as Miss Fork in the Outlet), [[Martin P. Robinson]] (as Jon, the voice from the control room) and [[Patrick Holmes]] (as Pidge, a full-body puppet).
-The show began as a piece for the O'Neill Puppetry Conference in 2004 and went on to play at "A Passion For Puppetry", a tribute benefit for [[Nikki Tilroe]], in January 2006.
+The play was also performed in January 2006 at "A Passion For Puppetry", a tribute benefit for [[Nikki Tilroe]], with many of the same cast members. [[Pam Arciero]] played Pidge in this production.
-[[Category:Muppet Mentions]]
+[[Category:Stage Mentions]]