Joseph Robinette is a Tony Award
nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee for the libretto of the acclaimed A Christmas Story, The Musical. He is the author or co-author of 55 published
plays and musicals. His works have been produced at many iconic
American theatres including the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, The Theater at Madison Square
Garden and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the 5th
Avenue Theatre in Seattle and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In total
his works have reached all 50 states in the U.S. and 21 foreign countries. Some
locations where his works have been performed are Brookvale, Australia;
Johannesburg, South Africa; Nova Scotia (Unicorn Theatre) and Alberta, Canada;
and London, England (BBC Radio Theatre). Twelve of his works have been
translated into foreign languages, and another five have been anthologized. Robinette
collaborated with E.B. White on the authorized stage version of Charlotte's Web, and he wrote the musical version with Charles
Strouse (Annie and Bye, Bye, Birdie). Other dramatizations include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anne of Green Gables and Debbie Macomber's A Gift to Remember and The Inn at Rose Harbor. He is the recipient of the AATE Distinguished
Play Award for Sarah, Plain and Tall and the Children's Theatre Foundation of
America medallion for his "body of dramatic works for family audiences in
the United States and beyond."
