What do puppets have to do with teaching? Turns out, everything. Ed May began his love of puppetry at 5 years old performing for family with his Ernie puppet. Resisting the admonishment to “get a real job,” he has been a professional puppeteer for over 30 years. One of his joys in life is writing “puppeteer” in the Occupation blank on his IRS forms.
During his career, Ed has performed on projects for The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop and NBC, among others. In addition to performing in feature films, television series, commercials and videos, Ed toured nationally with a live puppet theatre company as lead puppeteer, director, and road manager.
Ed has also toured with Walking with Dinosaurs, the Arena Spectacular throughout North America, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia. In 2011, he and his wife Robin created Runaway Puppet Theater, a puppet theater company touring regionally. Believing the old adage, “If you can read, you can do anything,” they present timeless tales with a twist to educate as well as entertain. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx