Prairie Dawn

 

Methodical, driven Prairie Dawn is a precocious seven-year-old girl who can hold her own in a raucous crowd. A natural leader, Prairie is famous for writing and directing school pageants where she accompanies her friends on the piano. Prairie is a perfectionist, and expects these events to come off without a hitch. But since her cast includes the likes of Herry Monster and Grover, something always goes wrong.

Prairie hosts the Fairy Tales Now segments, and she was a special correspondent for the Monster News Network in Sesame Street Stays Up Late! Prairie directed the 1998 broadcast of the television special Elmopalooza, which ended with her getting locked inside a dressing room with host Jon Stewart and the rest of the cast.