Lisa Aimee Sturz
73 Dye Leaf Road Fairview, North Carolina 28730
Phone: (828) 628-9576 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
