Hi! We are the fabulous duo behind Simple Mischief Studio.
We're what happens when you pair a social worker + a Muppet puppeteer.
Our slate of projects often includes development for film/TV, fabricating puppet characters (Bluey puppets, Broadway and beyond), and a handful of picture book manuscripts. ✨
(shout-out to our picture book agent @inthesestones )
Grace is a writer, illustrator, sculptor, painter, and self-proclaimed pun queen.
@misterlott is a puppeteer, fabricator, writer, director, and idea-machine.
Together we get up to a lot of mischief. We run a Drama Desk Award-nominated creative studio with a soft spot for puppets.
Reach out for commissions, collaborations or to ship us baked goods: [email protected]
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🎉 Big news! 🎉 We're starting a brand-new adventure: picture books!! We can't wait for Slowly and Shirley to land on your bookshelf in Spring 2027! 🐢🐢 We're so grateful to be working with our agent Moe Ferrara @inthesestones at @triadausliteraryagency and the amazing team at @macmillanusa !
We loved designing the puppets for the @kcreptheatre and @stuartcarden for this new arrangement of The Wizard of Oz featuring our new friends at @pigpentheatreco . This cast and creative team is just phenomenal and our puppets are in great hands. Toto is expertly puppeteered by one of our favs @zacherythursday and the whole ensemble brings the crows, jitterbugs, fire spirits, and flying monkeys to life! We hope this show has a long and happy life beyond this run! Congrats to the whole team! #puppets #puppetdesigner #puppetry #kcrep #toto
Shoutout to Spencer Lott from Simple Mischief Studio, LLC and Zachery Garner for showing us how some of the puppetry in THE WIZARD OF OZ will work. See furry friends like Toto, flying monkeys, and more this spring at Spencer Theatre. Performances for the WIZARD OF OZ run May 5 - 24. Get your tickets at kcrep.org today!
#kcrep #kansascity #kcmo #theatre #thewizardofoz #oz #wizardofoz #pigpentheatreco #simplemischief #puppets #puppetry
Join us underwater this week at MoMA for their 2026 MoMA Family Festival! 🐠 Huge shoutout to our certified divers: @joshriceprojects and @emma_wiseman #puppet #puppetmaker #puppetdesigner #letsmakesomemischief
Hey NYC! We are loading our swim flippers and scientific equipment onto our submarine for the @themuseumofmodernart Family Festival! Feb 14-18. A few brand new large puppets will be swimming through the museum with the help of a deep sea dive team! 🌊 🐠⛴️ 🤿
We love making ornaments this time of year.. here’s the latest one: “Santa on December 26th!” Made from clay, resin, paint, beads, a teeny bit of wire (the reindeer’s straw!), and an Altoids tin.
The studio is quiet for a few days… hope you have a relaxing little holiday!!! ✨
#miniatures #handmadeornaments #letsmakesomemischief
I’m ALWAYS late to the party, even when it’s my own… I was recently fortunate enough to play Duckling on the latest round of music videos from the brilliant minds at Hidden Pigeon, and I had a blast working alongside the ridiculously talented @bradleyfreemanjr and @aneesafolds . And @simplemischiefstudio made Duckling sooooo cute! The videos have come out really well! Check ‘em out at the Hidden Pigeon Channel on YouTube! https://youtu.be/MLD8pmkdxB0?feature=shared
We’ve been getting lots of requests for more how-to videos, so we just launched a brand-new puppet-making series on YouTube! We provide the pattern and a few tips and tricks, and you get your own doggie! Find it on our Simple Mischief Studio Youtube channel. We have more puppet crafts planned for the rest of the year, so keep an eye out! ✨✨ Link in bio!
