Rick Lyon


 
 

Rick Lyon is a puppeteer and actor from Rochester, New York, who has worked for Jim Henson Studios as one of the operators of Big Bird. He appeared on Broadway originating the roles of several characters in Avenue Q, a play for which he designed and created the puppets. In summer of 2005 he will reprise his roles as Nicky and Trekkie Monster in the production of the show in Las Vegas. He is the chief puppeteer for Comedy Central's television program Crank Yankers.

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He studied theater at Penn State University and puppetry at the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts in Connecticut and the Institut Internationale de la Marionnette in France.

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Puppeteer: A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object to create the illusion of life. A puppeteer can operate a puppet either by the use of strings, rods, wires or simply their own hands. Some puppet styles require puppeteers to work in teams to create a single character....

Actor: An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in an artistic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors may also sing or dance or work only on radio ...

Rochester, New York: :This is article is about the major United States city. For other communities with the same name see Rochester....


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