BJ GUYER – designer/fabricator/producer/puppeteer BJ has served as a puppet builder for The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz and puppeteered on Muppets from Space. He was also a coordinating producer and puppeteer on “Crank Yankers,” and has performed in a variety of other projects including Team America: World Police, “Between The Lions” and “The Book of Pooh.” Most recently, he is a co-creator and lead puppeteer on MTV Flux series “Videogame Theater” and puppeteer and puppet builder for several commercials including Nike’s MVPuppet campaign, Boost Mobile, Grocery Outlet and Trace Adkin’s music video “Brown Chicken, Brown Cow.”
STEVE TROOP – designer/fabricator/puppeteer
Steve has worked as an animator, cartoonist and graphic designer for over twenty years. His love of puppetry and the ability to draw led to an interesting side career of designing puppets for the Nike MVPuppets and Boost Mobile television commercials and Trace Adkin’s music video “Brown Chicken Brown Cow.” Steve also co-wrote the book, designed and built all the creatures for Alien vs. Musical, the winner of four 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival awards, including “Best World Premier.”