RYAN DILLON
Puppeteer, Puppet Builder
dillypuppets@gmail.com
www.dillypuppets.com

SELECTED PUPPETRY EXPERIENCE

TELEVISION:

Ask Sylvia (webseries)               Principal Puppeteer    
Nickelodeon                                 Puppet Captain
                                                
The Fuzz (pilot)                             Principal Puppeteer
Waverly Films                               Various Characters                                 `            
     
Ohio State Lottery                         Principal Puppeteer,           
Christmas Commercial              Reindeer

"Elmo's Christmas                       Ensemble Muppeteer        
Countdown"   
 ABC

"Learning is Everywhere"            Ensemble Muppeteer
 DVD

"Healthy Habits For Life"              Ensemble Muppeteer
 DVD

"Macy's Thanksgiving Day            Sesame Street float Muppeteer,
Parade" 2006, 2007                      Ernie and Hoots the Owl
 NBC, CBS

"Elmo's Country Music"                 Ensemble Muppeteer
 DVD

"Elmo's Here For You"                   Ensemble Muppeteer
 DVD

"Sesame Beginnings"                   Ensemble Muppeteer
 DVD

"Sesame Street"                             Ensemble Muppeteer
Seasons 37 and 38, PBS             Speaking roles include
                                                           "Henrietta Chicken"
                                                           "Sensitive Nose Dwarf"
                                                           Various Monsters and Anything Muppets

THEATER/LIVE PERFORMANCE:


John Tartaglia's Imaginocean     Principle Puppeteer
Off-B'Way                                          Dorsel


The Mall At Steamtown                  Principle Puppeteer
"Storytime with Seymour"              Seymour Frog
                                                           Built and performed for
                                                           live mall shows

"The Molted Mysteries"                  Principle Puppeteer                 
                                                           Phoebe the Owl, various others
                                                           Built, performed, co-wrote and directed
                                                           for live library performance
 
"Paul Mesner's                               Principle Puppeteer
Urban Myths                                   Grandma
and Legends"                           
One act play                               
O'Neil Puppetry Conference
2008                                         

"Take The A Train"                         Principle Puppeteer
Short piece                                     wrote script, director, built puppets
O'Neill Puppetry Conference
2008

"Ron Binion's
 Crossing Boundaries 2"             Various table-top puppets
One act play
O'Neill Puppetry Conference
2007


EDUCATION:


Sesame Workshop                       Week long workshop,
Puppeteer Workshop                    taught by Kevin Clash (Elmo),
                                                          Marty Robinson (Telly)
                   
John Tartaglia                                 Month long class, Led by Avenue Q's John Tartaglia,
Master Class in Puppetry             Television and theater puppetry