Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. Robinson is a puppeteer, artist, and puppet designer, known for building many puppets that are simultaneously dark and funny. He was the designer and performer of the Audrey puppets in Little Shop of Horrors. On Oobi, he designed and made all of the glass eye props used for the hand puppets. He and Tim Lagasse (who played Oobi) have a company together called "Hairy Edge Productions." When they build puppets with each other for a project, Hairy Edge gets the credit. Martin mainly worked on Oobi during its early development, but Hairy Edge is still credited for every episode. Bio Martin has been a main puppeteer on Sesame Street since 1980, playing Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, and Snuffleupagus. He also designs and builds various puppets for the international adaptations of Sesame Street. He is married to Annie Evans, a playwright and former Sesame crew member. He wrote, designed, and directed All Hallows Eve, a gothic "rock opera" with puppetry. He also designed, built, and performed the carnivorous plant Audrey II in the original 1982 stage version of Little Shop of Horrors, which was the basis for the well-known 1986 film. He returned to build and perform the puppets for its 2003 Broadway production. Martin met Josh Selig, the creator of Oobi, while Josh was a staff writer on Sesame. He helped Josh develop Oobi into a full-fledged TV show and was involved in the first season from 2000. On his website, Martin described his experience helping to develop Oobi: "I always use ping-pong eyeballs to train budding puppeteers on the monitor for performing. Producer Josh Selig had the great idea to make them into actual characters for a TV show. It's a hand… poof… it’s a person. We relied on four of the best naked hands in the business: recognize them?" (source) Credits Sesame Street - Puppet builder and performer (roles: Telly, Slimey, Snuffleupagus) Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway and Broadway shows) - Builder, designer, and performer of Audrey II Allegra's Window - Performer of Riff and Clef Oobi - Designer and prop builder All Hallows Eve - Writer, designer, and director External links Official site Page on Playbill.com Navigation v • e Crew Cast members Pam Arciero • Heather Asch • Jennifer Barnhart • Cheryl Blaylock • Lisa Buckley • Tyler Bunch • Kevin Clash • Frankie Cordero • Stephanie D'Abruzzo • James Godwin • Tim Lagasse • Noel MacNeal • Matt Vogel Composers Jared Faber • Christopher North • Marianna Rosett Other crew John Montagna • Jennifer Oxley • Martin P. Robinson • Josh Selig Companies Little Airplane Productions • Nickelodeon • Noggin