Noel MacNeal

Appearing Friday/Saturday/Sunday

Noel MacNeal launched his career performing on Sesame Street, where he honed his craft with puppetry legends Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Noel has also performed with Disney’s The Muppets as Sweetums. For over a decade, Noel was the spirit and voice of Bear, the gentle and lovable star of Disney’s Bear in the Big Blue House and the Disney Channel morning series, Breakfast With Bear.

His repertoire of characters also includes Kako on the Nick Jr. series Oobi and Blue on Nick Jr.’s Blue’s Room. He’s also played Magellan on Eureeka’s Castle on Nick Jr. He played Madame Chairbird in the film Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Rabbit for Disney Channel’s The Book of Pooh, Leon on PBS’s The Puzzle Place, and Knock-Knock on The Great Space Coaster. Noel is now the resident puppeteer for the HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.