‘Bird Call’ was created by Calvin Lester in 2002, and has been growing into a well-loved, full-fledged, family friendly puppet production company. In 2007, it was pitched to NBC as a weekly television series. Calvin bought the rights back from NBC when he saw a looming writer’s strike approaching. To avoid the series being shelved he took it into his own hands to push 'Bird Call' to thrive on its own.

    Since 2008, the show and its lovable characters have performed in the Ibex Orlando Puppet Festival, multiple live charity shows for the Orange County Pet Shelters (2012, 2013, 2015) Hurricane relief concerts (2010, 2012), original Halloween shows at St. Luke’s United Methodist (2016) and the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL (2017), a hearing-impaired-friendly show for a local youth camp (Camp Buckaroo, 2016), and created an educational touring show encouraging literacy for ages 5-10 (‘Adventures in Reading', performed in Florida and Illinois). Along with these original live performances, ‘Bird Call’ has taken its characters to the Florida Hospital’s Walt Disney Pavilion on several occasions since 2012 to visit so many very special children.


    ‘Bird Call’’s biggest endeavor so far has been an original, 2 act musical (2014 at the Garden Theater in Winter Garden, FL; 2016 at the Orlando Repertory Theater in Orlando, FL; 2018 at the ME Theater in Orlando, FL). ‘Bird Call’ can be seen and heard online on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and their website www.birdcallradio.com. They recently have started the Bird Call Podcast Series and the Original Cast Album Recording of ‘Bird Call the Musical’ (available on iTunes and Amazon).

    Calvin and ‘Bird Call’ are currently based in Florida, but the goal is to continue making online videos and other content to bring the colorful flock to the world with a possibility of an episodic television series in the future.

CREDITS

Company Profile written by Kelsey Brady

Series Created & Written by Calvin Lester

Cast
Calvin Lester, Scott Huhn, Kelsey Brady, Chris Faulkenberry, Tyler Campbell, Luke Gerdes, Danny Lara, Shane McNeal, Peter Heid, Julie Dansby, Cody Hoien

Producers
Calvin Lester, Kelsey Brady, Tyler Campbell, Nate Begle, Susan Williams

Composers/Musicians
Glenn Longacre, John R. Mason III, Mike Thomas, Brian Ames, Jordan Gatenby, David Hubbell, Calvin Lester

Puppet Workshop
Scott Huhn, Matt Turner, Chris Faulkenberry, Billy Horne, Scotty Shoemaker, Ty Menard, Jason Stanley, Tony Ley, Kelsey Brady

Puppet Costuming
Liz Sorenson, Lynn Nelson, Kelsey Brady

Technial Crew
Ryan Kirsch, Frank Filipo, Claire Mondragon, Brian Ramondetta, Brayshawna Bates, Luke Gerdes, Danielle Stoddard, Joey Reynolds, Carolyn Pastor, Zach Middaugh, Adam Bintz, Jeremy Stamps, Emily Phipps

Photography
Dean Ray, Jonathan Rodriguez, Rob Campbell, Emily Phipps

Videography
James Neihouse, Claire Mondragon, James Donmoyer, Nate Begle, Nick Peugh

Set Design
Calvin Lester, Kelsey Brady

Set Construction
Vincent Siracusano, Tyler Campbell, Michael Feldmann

Contributing Artists
Ernie Hernandez, Allison Cain, Christopher Faulkenberry, Christopher Heady, Taylor Brady, Vincent Siracusano, Scotty Shoemaker, Ashley Taylor, Aleigh Watford, Clayton Roederer

Bird Call LOGO
Artist: Shane McNeal

Bird Call the Musical LOGO
Artist: Vincent Siracusano
Logo Developed by Calvin Lester & Luke Gerdes