Lisa Aimee Sturz

130 Lynn Cove Road     Asheville, North Carolina 28804

Phone: (828) 252-1692      Email: lisa@redherringpuppets.com

 

Puppeteer: SAG / AFTRA / AEA /AGMA        Height :5'5  Voice:  Mezzo

 

       STAGE: (selected)

2007 Petrouchka, Asheville Symphony….…………………………….………………….   puppetmaster

2007 The Big Dipper: Calendar, Compass & Clock, Red Herring Puppets puppetmaster

95-05 The Ring Cycle, Lyric Opera of Chicago ..................................... puppetmaster

2003+ Aesop’s Fables, Red Herring Puppets ………………………....…………creator / puppeteer

97-05  The Legend of La Befana, Red Herring Puppets ………………...…creator / puppeteer

2001 Wrinkle in Time, NC Stage... The Happy Medium, Man with Red Eyes, Aunt Beast

2001 Fiddler on the Roof, Asheville Community Theatre ………………....  Yente, puppeteer

1998 Late Night, Henson International Puppetry Festival...................... solo puppeteer

1997 Lulu Noire, a jazz opera by Lee Breuer & Jon Faddis, Spoleto...........puppetmaster

1995 The Puppetmaster of Lodz, The Actor's Alley................................ puppetmaster

1993 The Hand Behind The Face, The Odyssey Theater .........................puppetmaster

1993 In Xanadu, Larry Reed / Theater Artaud ............................... shadow puppeteer

1993 Romeo and Juliet , L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company ...............puppetmaster

1992 PH*reaks, Terra Firma, Mark Taper Forum ...................................puppetmaster

1987 Little Shop of Horrors, La Mirada Civic Light Opera …....puppetmaster / Audrey II

1986 Eros and Psyche, UCLA / National Puppetry Festival ........ director /puppetmaster

1984     The Life of the Buddha, L.A. County Museum of Art .........director /puppetmaster

1984 Bruce D. Schwartz: Personal Effects.....................................assistant puppeteer

1981 Uncle Zarur, Jordanian National Puppet Theater ..….guest director / puppetmaster

1979 The Magic Flute, Lincoln Center /Pickwick Puppets................. principle puppeteer

 

FEATURE FILMS (selected) :

 98-99   Muppets from Space, Jim Henson Productions/Sony Pictures............puppeteer

 1998    Elmo in Grouchland, Jim Henson Productions/Sony Pictures..............puppeteer

 1996    Shrek Test, Dreamworks.................... puppeteer for motion capture film tests

 1994    The Flintstones, Amblin Productions/ Henson ...............brontosaurus, dictabird

 1992    Fire in the Sky, Paramount / Industrial Light and Magic......................... aliens

 1992    Ninja Turtles III, Golden Harvest / All Effects ....................................Splinter

 1991    Batman Returns, Warner Brothers / Stan Winston ............................penguins

 1990    Muppetvision 3D, Disney / Henson .................................................puppeteer

 1989    Robocop 11, Orion Pictures / Phil Tippit ......................................Cain monster

 1989    The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney / Amblin ..... flubber effects, flying objects

 1987    Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Disney / Amblin ...................... object manipulation

 1986    Howard the Duck, Universal / Industrial Light and Magic ......................Howard

 1985    Captain Eo and the Space Knights, Disney / Rick Baker ...............Hooter / Geik

 

TELEVISION AND VIDEO: (selected)

 2007   Let’s Go Shopping  READ-A-ROO/ UNC-TV ………….puppet builder/lead puppeteer

 2002   Ozone, NC Department of Air Quality ………..…………………………………….puppetmaster

 2001    Archy!!, New West Pictures ..................................................... puppetmaster

 1995    U to U: On The Road, Nickelodeon.....................Design/Construction/puppeteer

 1994    Puzzle Place, Lancet Media / KCET ....................................assistant puppeteer

 1994    Pigasso¹s Place, Kuschner-Locke ......... Lead Puppeteer / Snail/ Gabby / Tommy

 1994    Geo Kids, National Geographics/ Lost Kitty Productions ................Sunny hands

 1994    Tales and Tunes, Backyard Productions ...........................Lead puppeteer / K.J.

 1993    Murphy Brown, Warner Brothers / CBS ............................. Murphy Brown Bear

 1992    The Land of I, TLC / Images in Motion ................................................ Gabriel

 1989    Animal Crack-Ups, ABC ......................................................Reggie the Heggie

 1987    59th Annual Academy Awards, ABC ..............Audrey II (nominee for best song)

 

COMMERCIALS:

Honda /McDonalds /Energizer /Chevrolet /Folgers /Cheerios /Snapple

 

FABRICATION: Disney Imagineering / Henson Creature Shop / Industrial Light and Magic

 / Ice Capades / NBC / ABC / Lyric Opera of Chicago / The Biltmore Estate / John G. Shedd

 Aquarium /  Tennessee Aquarium / Flat Rock Playhouse/ Universal / Highland Rep / MCA /

Ala Moana / Field Museum / Ft. Fisher Aquarium

 

EDUCATION AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

99-06    Super Satuday, Special Academic Services, UNCA …….…......………………... Instructor

97-07    Numerous classroom residencies and teacher training………….……..… Teaching Artist

96 -05   Numerous Puppetry Festivals ………………………………………………………… Workshop Leader

02-05    Arts and Education Teacher Training Institute ........................... Teaching Artist

1996    Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa ................................................. Guest Professor

1989    CalPoly, San Luis Obispo .................................Guest Designer / Theater Lecturer

1985    UCLA, Los Angeles, California ………... MFA in puppetry/Teaching Assistant in Props

1978    The University of Connecticut, Storrs........................ MA in Experimental Theater

1976    Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa................... BA in Theater/BA in Religious Studies

1975    The National Theater Institute .....................................acting/directing /puppetry

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

07/ 00/93/84 The Puppeteers of America Endowment Fund

2002  NC Arts Council: New Works: The Mystery of the Salt Crystal

2001/99  North Carolina Regional Artist: Theatre Fellowship

00/94/90       The Henson Foundation

1993       California Emmy

1992       The National Endowment for the Arts: Solo Theater Artist Fellowship

1984        UCLA Disney Award: studies in puppetry