Cheryl Wagner

Gemini- and Emmy-award winning children’s television producer Cheryl  Wagner has entertained generations of children around the world. She is  best known as the creator of The Big Comfy Couch, which airs in  Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Australia, Britain,  Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, the Middle East, Israel, Africa, and  Indonesia. Earlier in her career, Wagner contributed as a performer and  puppeteer on the much-loved series Fraggle Rock alongside Jim Henson, Mr. Dressup alongside Ernie Coombs, Today’s Special, and Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird.  She is the President of Periscope Pictures, Inc., a Charlottetown-based  production company that creates original, screen-based entertainment,  including the web series Bunny Bop! A member of the Writers’  Guild of Canada, she sits on the board of the Women in Film and  Television (WIFT) – Atlantic, and is a recipient of the WIFT Wave Award  for her contributions to Canadian film and television.