The Grio

Passion leads to history as first Black woman becomes puppeteer on ‘Sesame Street’

Megan Piphus Peace’s love of puppets has helped her secure her position in “Sesame Street” history. The first Black woman puppeteer on “Sesame Street” and self-taught ventriloquist watched her ...
Philadelphia Tribune

She grew up watching 'Sesame Street.' Then she made history as the show's first Black ...

Megan Piphus Peace has always found magic in puppets. The self-trained ventriloquist and puppeteer grew up watching the sock puppets on “Lamb Chop’s Play-Along,” the hand puppets of “Mister Rogers’ ...
NPR

Sesame Street's first Black female puppeteer wants to keep inspiration flowing

It wasn't until September 2021 that Sesame Street — which started in November 1969 — got its first full-time Black female puppeteer. That's when Megan Piphus Peace joined the cast full time and landed ...
OPB

Sesame Street’s first Black female puppeteer wants to keep inspiration flowing

It wasn’t until September 2021 that Sesame Street — which started in November 1969 — got its first full-time Black female puppeteer. That’s when Megan Piphus Peace joined the cast full time and landed ...
PBS

Murray Had a Little Lamb: Friends

Sesame Street is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...
The New York Times

How Do You Rewrite the ABCs? The Secrets of Songwriting on ‘Sesame Street’

new video loaded: How Do You Rewrite the ABCs? The Secrets of Songwriting on ‘Sesame Street’ transcript “Sesame Street” has been teaching the ABCs for 50 years with music. Elmo, Usher and the writing ...