BRENDAN SCHWEDA is a producer, performer & author, who has a big love of variety arts & a penchant for puppetry. He started producing Puppets Come Home! at Coney Island USA in 2018, in order to celebrate the history of puppetry in Coney Island & welcome in the contemporary puppet community. On stage, he has been seen most recently hosting events as the Coney Island Funny Face, and was a cast member of last summer’s Coney Island Circus Sideshow. His books, The Order of the Days & LYCAON: The Story of the First Werewolf, epitomize his love for mythology and storytelling.