Season 55 (2025)

Season 55 of Sesame Street premiered on Max on January 16, 2025.
The season's main curricular goals are mindfulness and expressing one's feelings. The season also introduces a new series of Mecha Builders shorts, and new songs introducing the letter and number of the day.
Celebrity guests include Reneé Rapp, Noah Kahan, Michael B. Jordan, SZA, Samara Joy, Chris Stapleton, Jonathan Van Ness, and Billie Jean King.
==Production==
Filming for the season took place between January 24@alanathoopers on Instagram January 24, 2024 and March 21, 2024. @alanathoopers on Instagram March 21, 2024
The season is the last season to be produced under the deal between HBO and Sesame Workshop.The Hollywood Reporter ‘Sesame Street’ Hits the Market: HBO and Max Opt Not to Renew Deal for New Episodes (Exclusive) December 13, 2024 It is also the last season to utilize a "magazine" format, with the intention of Season 56 to be formatted with two, 11-minute stories with a "Tales from 123" animated segment sandwiched between.The Hollywood Reporter Sesame Street Getting “Reimagined” for Season 56 (Exclusive) October 30, 2023
==Episodes==
Episodes 5501 - 5535 (35 episodes)
*Episode 5501 -- Beachball Bop
*Episode 5502 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sesame Street (repeat)
*Episode 5503 -- Tamir's Art Show
*Episode 5504 -- Jam Session Jam Up
*Episode 5505 -- Mitzvah Day Mix-Up
*Episode 5506 -- 
*Episode 5507 -- 
*Episode 5508 -- Nursery Rhyme Day on Sesame Street
*Episode 5509 -- A Trip to the Moon
*Episode 5510 -- 
*Episode 5511 -- 
*Episode 5512 -- 
*Episode 5513 -- Abby Taps Into Kindness
*Episode 5514 -- I Wonder How We Can Use This?
*Episode 5515 -- 
*Episode 5516 -- 
*Episode 5517 -- A Snuffy Sized Sandwich
*Episode 5518 -- 
*Episode 5519 -- 
*Episode 5520 -- Camp Sesame Street
*Episode 5521 -- 
*Episode 5522 -- 
*Episode 5523 -- 
*Episode 5524 -- 
*Episode 5525 -- 
*Episode 5526 -- 
*Episode 5527 -- 
*Episode 5528 -- Happy Bert Day
*Episode 5529 -- Putt Putt Cookie
*Episode 5530 -- 
*Episode 5531 -- 
*Episode 5532 -- No Wrong Way To Be You
*Episode 5533 -- Rudy Plays Ball
*Episode 5534 -- New School Scaries
*Episode 5535 --
==Cast==
* Chris: Chris Knowings
* Nina: Suki Lopez
* Alan: Alan Muraoka
* Charlie: Violet Tinnirello
* Dave: Chris Costa
* Gordon: Roscoe Orman
* Mia: Olivia Perez
* Frank: Alex Weisman
;Sesame Street Puppet Performers
:Latoryah Alexander, Pam Arciero, Jennifer Barnhart, Lindsey "Z" Briggs, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Tyler Bunch, Andrew A. Cano, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Jimmica Collins, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Ryan Dillon, Bradley Freeman Jr., Aymee Garcia, Leila Ghaznavi, Stacey Gordon, Chris Thomas Hayes, Eric Jacobson, Haley Jenkins, Kathleen Kim, Peter Linz, Spencer Lott, Lara MacLean, Carmen Osbahr, Megan Piphus, Sebastiano Ricci, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Yinan Shentu, Brandon Smith, Matt Vogel, Bryant Young
*Puppet Captain: Matt Vogel
*Assistant Puppet Captain: Martin P. Robinson
==Credits==
*Executive Producers: Sal Perez, Kay Wilson Stallings
*Co-Executive Producer: Ken Scarborough
*Senior Producers: Mindy Fila, Karyn Leibovich, Stephanie Longardo, Autumn Zitani Stefano, M.A.
*Coordinating Producer: Andrew Moriarty
*Producers: Bryce-Loren Walker, Ashmou Younge
*Senior Post Producer: William D'Amico
*Producer, Post Production: Elena Sassano
*Senior Line Producer: Aimee Blackton
*Co-Producer: Matt Vogel
*Directors: Ken Diego, Shannon Flynn, Todd E. James, Jack Jameson, Benjamin Lehmann, Noel MacNeal, Linda Mendoza, Alan Muraoka, Liliana Olszewski, Scott Preston, Brittany Scott Smith, Matt Vogel
*Head Writer: Ken Scarborough
*Writers: Belinda Arredondo, Molly Boylan, Jennifer Capra, Jessica Carleton, Geri Cole, Joe Fallon, Christine Ferraro, Monique D. Hall, Liz Hara, Ron Holsey, Raye Lankford, Andrew Moriarty, Ken Scarborough, Autumn Zitani Stefano, M.A., Moujan Zolfaghari
*Film Producer: Christina Bacigalupo
*Associate Producer: Kelly Ferrara
*Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
*Sesame Street Curriculum and Content Team: Jessica DiSalvo, Susan Scheiner, M.A., Hei Min You, Autumn Zitani Stefano, M.A.
*Script Supervisor: Jennifer Capra
*Script Coordinator: Lynda Holder-Settles
*Sesame Street Research Team: Daniel J. Alonoso, Kim Foulds, Ph.D., Kylett Jones, Becca K. Seibert Nast, Remi Torres, Ph.D.
*Puppets, Costumes, Props: The Jim Henson Company NY Creature Shop - Jordan Bernstein, Erin Black, Mary Brehmer, Tifa Chii, John Cody, Nicolina Dante, Ben Durocher, Richard Dyer, Jason Goodwin, Allison Green, Tyler Hall, Aaron Hartnett, Michelle Hickey, Joshua Holden, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Rollie Krewson, Jim Kroupa, Rose Labarre, Lara MacLean, Laura Manns, Tom Newby, Anney Ozar, Kenneth Rainey, Sierra Schoening, MJ Stone
*Production (Henson Workshop): Jason Weber, Melissa Creighton, Joseph Roddy, Fiona Quinn
*Music Director: Bill Sherman
*Music Director (Arrangements and Orchestrations): Joe Fiedler
*Music Director (Vocals): Paul Rudolph
*Music Coordinator: Tyler Hartman
*Composers: Eli Bolin, Mel Campbell, Phonte Coleman, David Cook, Lorenzo Furguson, Joe Fiedler, Sam Hollander, Toby Lightman, Kathryn Raio-Rende, JP Rende, Doug Rockwell, Paul Rudolph, Bill Sherman, Chris Stapleton, Harold "Fyütch" Simmons II
*Lyricists: Belinda Arredondo, Molly Boylan, Jennifer Capra, Jessica Carleton, Joe Fallon, Christine Ferraro, Monique D. Hall, Raye Lankford, Andrew Moriarty, Ken Scarborough, Bill Sherman, Chris Stapleton
*Music Copyist: Joe Fiedler
*Music Editor/ADR Mixer: Paul Rudolph
*Supervising Music Editor: Michael Croiter, Tyler Hartman
*Sesame Street Band: Randy Cohen, Michael Croiter, John Deley, Doug Derryberry, Joe Fiedler, Rob Jost, Gary Meyer, Kenny Rampton
*Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
*Production Designer: Katie Akana
*Art Director: Naomi Munro
*Prop Coordinators: Melissa Farrar, Keith Olsen 
*Celebrity Talent Booker: Bella Harkins
*Child Talent: Carolyn Volpe, Ph.D.
*Child Casting Assistant: Amy Ann Goelz
*Supervising Editor: Joseph DiGiacomo
*Post Production Graphics: Jeffery Burns, Kat Llewellyn, Ed Mundy, Tomoko Nakamura
*Associate Directors: Frank Campagna, Emily Cohen, Julie Lorusso
*Key Control Room Production Assistant: Kelly Ferrara
*Control Room Production Assistants: Alyssa Cichy, Gabriella DeGennaro, Jane June, Lindsey Mutz
*Mecha Builders
**Developed by Joe Fallon
**Head Writer: Maxwell Nicoll
**Writers: Samantha Bissonnette, Scott Gray, Billy Lopez, Annette Nishida
**Director: Andrew Strimaitis
*Sound Effects Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
*Supervising Sound Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Steve "Major" Giammaria
*Sound Editor / ADR Mixer: Chris Sassano, C.A.S.
*Technical Director: Tom Guadarrama
*Cameras: Mark Britt, Jerry Cancel, Shaun Harkins, Mark Renaudin
*Senior Video: Lewis Rothenberg
*Recordist: Ernie Albritton
*Stagehands: Jason Caccavo, Karen Sunderlin, William Thornhill
*Special Thanks: Armada Content, Guru Studio, Rampant, Richard Termine, Sound Lounge, Studio G Brooklyn, 422 Films, Zach Hyman
*Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York
==Sources==
==External links==
*Season 55 Press Kit
*Season 55 Trailer
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