About Woody Keppel

Woody Keppel is an actor, comedian, composer, bandleader, and event producer who lives in Charlotte, Vermont. Woody has performed his whimsical character, “Woodhead,” in theaters, festivals, and television on six continents. Selected appearances include: Lincoln Center, Caesar’s Palace, Le Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde (Paris),Wintergarten (Berlin), Tanglewood, and the Summer Olympics in Beijing and Barcelona.

Woody began his film career in 1993, co-starring in the madcap family feature Ava's Magical Adventure with Timothy Bottoms and Patrick Dempsey. Other film appearances include David Giancola’s Icebreaker, with Stacy Keach and Sean Astin; Moving Targets, with Miles O'Keefe; Illegal Aliens with Anna Nicole Smith; Pressure Point with Steve Railsback; Axcellerator, with Sam J. Jones and Sean Young; and Radical Jack, with Billy Ray Cyrus.

Woody has written and starred in four family videos, including the award-winning Woodhead Saves the Farm, which was picked by Sesame Street and Parents Magazine as "Year’s Best" for kids. Woody recently released a critically acclaimed CD of music for kids and their parents called, Mr. Woodhead's Party in the Animal Barn.

In 2007, Woody co-founded the Festival of Fools, a three-day celebration of street theater, music in Burlington, Vermont, and created the Feast of Fools, a performing arts and food festival in Montpelier, Vermont in September, 2021. In 1986, Keppel co-founded Hawaii's Volcano Circus and the Hawaiian Vaudeville Festival on the Big Island of Hawaii.