Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sesame Street
But Didn't Know Who To Ask:
Brunch with Fran Brill, Sesame Street principal puppeteer
Sunday, November 9, 10 a.m.-noon
Orange County Regional History (65 E. Central Blvd.)
Tickets: $20 members, $25 non-members
Presented by the History Center and IBEX Puppetry
Fran Brill is an acclaimed actress and puppeteer and was the first female Muppet performer to be hired by Jim Henson on “Sesame Street.” Brill answers the “how’d they do that” questions you’ve always wanted to ask, gives a peek behind the scenes of “Sesame Street,” and tells what it was like to work with Jim Henson.
Using video clips, Brill tells how she broke into the “boys club,” and how she develops characters like Prairie Dawn and Zoe. Zoe will make a special appearance and a question and answer session and photograph signing will follow the presentation.
Brill created many loveable Muppets and has many film and television credits including “Saturday Night Live,” “The Jim Henson Hour,” “The Muppet Show,” The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Men in Black, and many CDs and DVDs including Zoe's Dance Moves with Paula Abdul. As an actress, Brill has appeared in the films What About Bob?, Midnight Run, and Being There. Television credits include “All My Children,” “How to Survive a Marriage” (Afternoon TV Best Actress Award), “Spenser: For Hire,” “Third Watch,” “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,” “Law and Order,” and others. Brill also has numerous stage, commercial, and cartoon voice credits. She currently serves as secretary on the board of the Jim Henson Legacy.
The Orange County Regional History Center has partnered with IBEX Puppetry to present this special event in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Orlando Puppet Festival, November 7 through 9, 2008, and the acclaimed Smithsonian exhibition Jim Henson’s Fantastic World, coming to the History Center February 6 through May 3, 2009.