Jake Bazel Resume 2021
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SAG-AFTRA | [email protected] | 732.861.5533 FILM / TELEVISION SESAME STREET Assist Muppet Performer HBO & PBS/ Sesame Workshop Ep. 4605 “Funny Farm” dir. Joey Mazzarino Ep. 4611 “Abby’s Fairy Garden” dir. Ken Diego Ep. 4810 “The Last Straw” dir. Benjamin Lehmann 90th MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE Muppet Performer NBC/ Muppets Studio (Disney) Muppets Opening Number dir. Alex Vietmeier, Bill Barretta SESAME STREET IN COMMUNITIES (Seasons 48, 49, 50) Assist Muppet Performer HBO & PBS/ Sesame Workshop Trauma Initiative (10 episodes) dir. Ken Diego Grow Up Great Initiative (5 episodes) dir. Matt Vogel Foster Care Initiative (5 episodes) dir. Ken Diego Military Caregiving Initiative (5 episodes) dir. Ken Diego HELPSTERS Ensemble Puppeteer Apple TV/ Sesame Workshop Ep. 126 “Trophy Todd” dir. Shannon Flynn ZivaKIDS MEDITATION COURSE (10 episodes) Z Bunny (Lead) dir. Susan Blackwell, Mark Dearborn 93rd MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE Assist Muppet Performer NBC/ Sesame Workshop Sesame Street Opening Number dir. Alex Vietmeier, Matt Vogel CALIFORNIA LIVE Z Bunny (Appearance) NBC Los Angeles PUPPET REGIME! Lead Puppeteer PBS/ dir. Alex Klement CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES “WELCOME ABOARD” AD Lead Puppeteer Gables Grove/ dir. John Tartaglia SESAME STREET DIGITAL CONTENT (Season 51) Assist Muppet Performer Sesame Workshop/ dir. Todd E. James TONY THE TIGER 2019 CAMPAIGN (proof of concept) Digital LEAP Puppeteer (Lead) The Mill/ dir. Adam Carroll HPE IT MONSTER CAMPAIGN - HPE DISCOVER 2018 Digital LEAP Puppeteer (Lead) The Mill/ dir. Jeffrey Dates SANDRA BOYNTON’S FROG TROUBLE Bunny Puppeteer (Lead) Crazy Lake Pictures “End of a Summer Storm” (Alison Krauss) dir. Keith Boynton SOMEONE WROTE THAT SONG Utility Puppeteer Dramatists Guild/ Transient Pictures (w/ Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) dir. Jeremy Levine “MADAME” DIGITAL CONTENT Madame (Lead) RRR Creative/ dir. Ryan Ratelle MONICA’S MIXING BOWL (pilot) Ensemble Puppeteer Stacey Weingarten/ dir. Jesse Averna KIDZONE TV Various Characters (Lead) Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital FINGERLINGS Various Characters (Lead) Hyperactive Content/ dir. Jeremy Slutskin OFF-BROADWAY / REGIONAL THEATRE PADDINGTON GETS IN A JAM (original cast) Paddington Bear Rockefeller Productions/ DR2 Theatre Puppet Captain dir. Jonathan Rockefeller THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW (original cast) Lead Puppeteer / Host Theatre Row, DR2/ dir. Michael Drama Desk-Nominated Production Schupbach & Eric Wright THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW Lead Puppeteer / Host Seattle Children’s Theatre Assoc. Director & Puppet Captain dir. Jonathan Rockefeller ALL HALLOW’S EVE (workshop) Company Puppeteer O’Neill Theatre Center dir. Martin P. Robinson EVERGREEN (original cast) Stag / Ensemble Prospect Theatre Co/ dir. Cara Reichel NATIONAL TOUR / THEME PARK JIM HENSON’S DINOSAUR TRAIN LIVE! (original cast) Swing Puppeteer (5 Tracks) Gables Grove/ dir. John Tartaglia REUSABLE THE MUSICAL (original cast) Howard & u/s Ronnie Gables Grove/ dir. John Tartaglia, Puppet Captain Shannon Lewis DIRECTING THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW Off-Broadway — Theatre Row (2021) Director 2nd North American Tour (2019) Director Chicago Children’s Theatre (2019) Puppetry Director 1st Japanese Tour (2019) Associate Director 1st North American Tour (2018) Associate Director Seattle Children’s Theatre (2018) Associate Director / Resident Director SELECT TRAINING ACTING - Stephen Kazakoff (Meisner, 4 years), Trudy Steibl (HB Studio, Hagen); VOICE ACTING - Bob Bergen, Kim Hurdon, Debi Derryberry, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph; VOICE - Stephen Katz (current), Bob Marks; THE EUGENE O’NEILL THEATRE CENTER - NATIONAL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE - 2013, ’14, ’15, ‘16 (Mentors - Martin P. Robinson, Ronnie Burkett, Pam Arciero, Jean Marie Keevins, Tyler Bunch); SESAME WORKSHOP PUPPETEER WORKSHOP - Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Martin P. Robinson - 2014, 2016; BASIC HENSON DIGITAL PUPPETRY SYSTEM (HDPS) - Hershey’s Chocolate World, PA; IMPROV - People’s Improv Theatre 101 - 104, UCB 101 & 102.