adam KREUTINGER

Adam is a puppet builder born and raised in Buffalo, NY.  He has created hundreds of puppets for both stage and screen, with characters being featured on TVNZ, Smosh Games, and Comedy Central.  The recipient of a 2018 Artie Award for special achievement in puppetry, Adam's work is also a fixture of Buffalo's theatre community.  By day, he works as an elementary school art teacher.

cameron GARRITY

Cam is a puppeteer and graphic designer who graduated from Daemen College in 2013. While in school, he created The Geppetto Festival, an event which shares enriching presentations and performances that bring new life to puppetry. Cam has performed at puppetry slams throughout the country, taught classes on graphic design for puppeteers, and even gave a TEDx talk where he discussed The Power of Puppetry.

chaz VANCE, guest host

Chaz is the owner and operator of Technically Magic Effects in West Falls, NY.  Once a contestant on Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, Chaz is an expert fabricator who specializes in animatronics and creating hyper-realistic designs for film and television.

zach HAUMESSER, guest host

A life-long fan of all things puppetry, Zach brings an extensive knowledge of the field to his conversations on Puppet Tears.  Zach is a co-founder of The Nimalz puppetry troupe and participated in Sesame Street's 2014 Puppeteer Workshop.