The following is a compilation of known Sesame Street Live performers, between 1980 and present. Little biographical information is known about most, although some who went on to greater fame have their own articles.
Apparently, performers must watch hundreds of episodes of the show before performing.[1]
A San Jose, California resident, Anstine is a former dance teacher who hopes to eventually instruct in the inner-city.[2] One of her first major stage roles was the March Hare in a production of Alice in Wonderland.[1]
Graduated from Temple University in 1999 with BBA in Marketing and from La Salle University in 2009 with a BSN in Nursing. Currently working as a Surgical and Trauma ICU Nurse.
Jamie Lyn Critelli has a bachelor's degree in dance from the University of Buffalo, studied at La Sorbonne in Paris and The Dancing Pointe in New York. The 2008-2009 tour is her third year with VEE, she performed in When Elmo Grows Up and My Little Pony Live: "The World’s Biggest Tea Party. She's performed in over 75 cities in 40 states.
She was recording secretary for the Teamsters Local 385, the union representing characters at Walt Disney World, from at least December 1998 to at least August 2009. She is now Donna-Lynne Dalton Lavely.
She graduated from University of New Hampshire in 2008. As of 2011, she was a human in Barney Live in Concert — Birthday Bash!, and understudy to BJ.[2]
From Northampton, Mass., she is a part-time student at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and previous performed in shows at Six Flags New England.
Profiles suggest Hinde was three inches too tall for a career as a ballet dancer, for which she had trained.
2012: Cookie Monster[20] and Oscar the Grouch[21] in Elmo's Super Heroes
Stephen Hohendorf
2012: Telly in Elmo's Super Heroes
Chelsey Anne Hughes
From Wexford, Pennsylvania, and studied business at the University of North Carolina. Her height, 4' 10", often excluded her from roles.[22] She was Young Kim in the touring production of Show Boat, alongside Happy Days star Tom Bosley.[23]
A native of Elyria, Ohio, Kyle has successfully made a living as a family theatre performer and puppeteer. Having worked across the country in multiple mediums, he is now based out of New York City. In addition to being a performer he also designs and builds puppets for Fisticuff Puppets and is the Co-Founder of Imaginary Trends (an internet-based performance group).
While on the road, Kyle has created a travelogue of his adventures using a puppet character he created named Yancy. Some of his experiences can be found on a blog he maintains with long-time friend (and current star of the tour of Avenue Q ) David Corris.
Matt Jones, of Boston, Massachusetts, has a BFA in theatre from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He has also toured with My Little Pony in 2007.[26] A native of Southboro, Jones was a regular with Foothills Theatre and Foothills Children's Theatre, and has also appeared at the Ogunquit Playhouse and the Worcester County Light Opera Company.[27]
From Kenmore, New York,[29] graduate of Point Park University in Pittsburgh, majoring in dance. Attended her first SSL show at age 4. Her height is 5' 1".[30]
LaTulip spent nearly eight year with the tour, before becoming a real estate agent. She returned to the tour after eight years, during a business slow down.[31]
2009-2010: Orange Honker in Elmo's Green Thumb, understudy for Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Count von Count Telly
2010-2011: Purple Honker in Elmo's Healthy Heroes
2011-2012: Purple Honker in Elmo's Super Heroes
Kristin Ann Mazzulli
Kristin is currently dancing in Czarniak Tap Company (2013). A native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Mazzulli holds a B.S. in Education from Slippery Rock University (SRU). She double majored in Elementary Education and Dance. She has performed in various shows produced by Latshaw Productions. She continues to perform, teach and choreograph throughout the Pittsburgh area.
According to China Daily: "As a professional dancer, Michale has been performing with Sesame Street for almost nine years. He played the role of Super Grover for four and a half years and Bert for three years before taking on his current part of Oscar."
2010-2011: Sam the Mail Carrier in 1-2-3 Imagine![38]
Spencer Rose Oberman
2008-2009: Jenny and Rosita in Elmo Makes Music (July-December only)
Elizabeth Osborn
Osborn previously was Bedtime Bear in Care Bears Live: Caring and Sharing Friends and Spike the Dragon in My Little Pony Live!: The World's Biggest Tea Party. She was profiled in the babble article "5-Minute Time Out: The Girl in the Elmo Suit".
2008 (summer): Cast Swing for the Sesame Street Live USO Tour
2008-2009: Roxie Marie in When Elmo Grows Up, east coast tour, spring only
Kelly Peters
Kelly Peters has danced since age 2, and was in the Zenon Dance Company in Minneapolis when cast for the show. She remembers being waved at by Prairie Dawn, when she attended a show as a child. Her mother is a dance director and teacher.[40]
2008-2009: Grover and Baby Bear in Elmo Makes Music (August-May only)
Christofer T. Roseberry
Native to Middletown, Ohio, Christofer T. Roseberry performed for a year at La Comedia Dinner Theater located in Springboro, Ohio, before joining the cast of Sesame Street Live. His other credits include productions of West Side Story, Grease, and Wizard of Oz. Roseberry began performing while in Miami University, leaving his communications major at age 20 to pursue an acting career.
2008-2009 (March on): Honker and tall understudy (Big Bird, Bert, Cookie Monster, Count Von Count, Telly Monster, Grover, and Baby Bear) in Elmo Makes Music theatre tour
From Windsor, Ontario, Rowberry has been part of the city's dance and theatre communities since age 12, choreographing a number of musicals for Theatre Live.[43]
Taylor joined the cast of When Elmo Grows Up in July 2007, and claims that she can't see herself playing anyone other than Elmo, because of a "special bond" she has with him. [49]
2008-2009: Orange Honker/Tall Understudy (Big Bird, Telly Monster, Mr. Noodle, Cookie Monster, The Count, Bert, Baby Bear, Oscar & Grover ) (July to March) on Elmo Makes Music, Theater Tour
2011-2012: Purple Honker/Tall Understudy (Big Bird, Telly Monster, Mr. Noodle, Cookie Monster, The Count, Bert, Oscar, and Grover) on Elmo Makes Music, West Coast Tour
↑ The performer's resume in the programme for an appearance he made as the supporting Act', for "James Church Presents: Cabaret Night With Louise Gold, supported by Ryan Stevens and Andrea Tushingham, Spring 2008 No.3", in Maidenhead on 29 March 2008
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