BIO:

Steven Wendt

photo credit Maria Baranova

STEVEN WENDT – Performer/Creator/Musician, Puppeteer & Goldsmith

Creator/Performer of THIS AND THAT at The Chocolate Factory Theater (NYC), HERE Art Center (NYC), Barbican PIT Theater(London 2024), Blue Man Group “Blue Man” at Astor Place Theater in New York City (2012-2025). Wendt assisted to develop and perform the 2022 Blue Man Group North American Tour, Under Influence film by Sidney Leoni (Belgium 2015), Wendt has been puppeteer on various commercials and web shows for Cartoon Network and Kids W.B.(2011), Other projects include shadow design and life foley for Open Throat at Little Island NYC (2024), contributions to The Soltanoff/Findlay Project (2010) at The Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, Ground to Cloud (2010) by Christine Marie at REDCAT (Disney Hall Los Angeles), and Growing Up Linda (2008) by Marsian De Lellis at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Steven Wendt is a recipient of a NYSCA 2026 Support for Artists Grant, Puppeteers of America Jim Henson Innovation Award 2023 and was nominated for a Henry Hewes Notable Effects Award 2023. Steven is a graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and The California Institute of the Arts ’09 and is a gold and silversmith  www.stevenwendt.com   & studiowendt.com