{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"113 - Stacey Weingarten (The Muppet Show Special, Sesame Street, Rescue Rue)","description":"&amp;nbsp; http:\/\/www.UnderThePuppet.com&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp; Stacey Weingarten is a puppeteer, puppet wrangler, director, writer, and producer who got her puppet start studying with John Tartaglia and later went on to work on the show Johnny and the Sprites. Since then, she\u2019s worked with The Muppets and Sesame Street, where she won an Emmy Award for her work on the show\u2019s 50th season. &amp;nbsp;She also has her own theatrical puppetry projects \u2014 Rescue Rue and Runaway Rue \u2014 that have played Off-Broadwayand at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. &amp;nbsp;I talk to Stacey Weingarten about all these projects and more, including her work on the upcoming&amp;nbsp;The Muppet Show special for Disney+, on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Stacey Weingarten&amp;nbsp;by becoming a Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron. &amp;nbsp;Visit&amp;nbsp;www.patreon.com\/saturdaymorningmedia for info and to help create more episodes like this. Connect with Stacey Weingarten: Website - https:\/\/www.saweingarten.com  Instagram - https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sayetc\/  Facebook - https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stacey.weingarten.9  IMDB - https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3899160\/ Discussed on the show: John Tartaglia - https:\/\/saturdaymorningmedia.com\/2019\/02\/utp-25\/  Johnny and the Sprites \u2013 https:\/\/disney.fandom.com\/wiki\/Johnny_and_the_Sprites  Sesame Street \u2013 https:\/\/www.sesameworkshop.org  The Muppets \u2013 https:\/\/muppets.disney.com Rescue Rue &amp;amp; Runaway Rue \u2013 https:\/\/www.rescuerue.com Fordham University Theatre Program \u2013 https:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/theatre  CTY (Center for Talented Youth) \u2013 https:\/\/cty.jhu.edu The O\u2019Neill Puppetry Conference \u2013 https:\/\/www.theoneill.org\/pup  Tim Lagasse \u2013 https:\/\/www.timlagasse.com Jim Henson Company \u2013 https:\/\/www.henson.com Puppet Kitchen NYC \u2013 https:\/\/www.puppetkitchen.com  John Tartaglia\u2019s ImaginOcean \u2013 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Tartaglia%27s_ImaginOcean Connect with the Show: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/underthepuppet  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/underthepuppet  http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/underthepuppet  Connect with Grant: http:\/\/www.MrGrant.comhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/toasterboy  https:\/\/instagram.com\/throwingtoasters\/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver \u00a92025 Saturday Morning Media - http:\/\/www.saturdaymorningmedia.com &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Under The Puppet","author_url":"http:\/\/www.underthepuppet.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38762230\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194772560"}