Yvonne Ingrid Freese (born May 19, 1991) is an American actor, singer, writer, and puppeteer from Minnesota. Her name is pronounced "ya-VONN". She is a graduate of Northern State University in South Dakota.
Yvonne Freese played Mega-Synthia Forrester and GPC in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Live Tour, the Live Riff-Along event, and promos for Pluto TV. She played GPC in the bumper segments of the 2nd Annual Puppet Camp Livestream (in which she also appeared as herself). She was also credited with co-writing the two new shorts that debuted during the Puppet Camp 2 livestream.
In April of 2021, it was announced that Yvonne would be performing as GPC in some of the new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 funded by the second Kickstarter campaign along with most of the cast from the live tours. She also appears as Mega-Synthia. In addition to the episodes, Yvonne Freese performed in some of the Tribute events in the Gizmoplex and Season 13 shorts.
Yvonne performed as GPC and Mega-Synthia during the live Time Bubble Tour.
Health Concerns[]
In July of 2022, Yvonne Freese posted on social media that she had been hospitalized with an undisclosed ailment. The following month, a GoFundMe campaign was started to raise money for Yvonne's medical expenses (see External Links below), which raised almost $25,000. This GoFundMe page indicated that Yvonne had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It is unclear what this diagnosis will mean for Ms. Freese's long-term health or her involvement with future MST3K projects.
