For 40 years Emmy-award winner, Brian Hull, has successfully created puppet and live entertainment shows for Opryland USA, Dollywood Theme Park and on his own. He dedicated 25 years to the creation of the award-winning and world famous Wishing Chair Productions at the Nashville Public Library, a puppet program that garnered praise for consistently bringing up to 100,000 patrons a year into the library. His inspired idea of hosting International Puppet Festivals at the library is legend in the puppetry world. Brian is sought after as a puppet builder, illustrator, animator, writer and director, actor, voice over artist and opera singer.

Mary began working with Brian at Wishing Chair Productions in 2004. She is an accomplished puppet builder, writer, performer, and sculptor. All these skills are applied to the creation of Brianimations Puppetry Storytelling original works. Before entering the puppetry world Mary spent her formative acting years in New York and Los Angeles appearing as a regular in several national series as well as many guest appearances and lead roles in a few independent films. She received the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in acting in 2005 and was a regular performer in Nashville in the 1990s and early 2000s.