Janine Robledo
Lyricist
Music Maker
Librettist
"Currently writing musicals about artificial intelligence, neurodiversity, motherhood and the latinidad"
BIO
Janine Robledo is a New York City based creative. Originally from Miami, Florida, she is a Cuban-American librettist /composer/lyricist, and classically trained pianist. She holds an M.F.A. from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a B.A. from Florida Atlantic University where she studied piano performance. A recipient of the Paulette Goddard Award, Janine is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and Maestra Music. Her musical “Ghost in the Machine.” with Orchestrations by Emiliano Messiez (Latin Grammy- nominee) was selected as a 2023 O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference semi-finalist. It was also chosen for the Latine Musical Theater Lab Table Reading Series at Teatro Amas, the Julia De Burgos Cohort (moderated by Jacinta Clusellas /Storm Thomas) as well as the 2023 Illuminating New Voices Festival at the Vanguard Theater. Janine was a Dramatist Guild Virtual Fellows finalist and will be releasing a single "Here With You" on New York Theater Barn's New Musicals Mixtape.
Her musical comedy "The Curious Contents of Christie's Wastebasket" (composer Aden Kent Ramsey) has had a reading at NYU, and with Two River Theater in Red Bank. It also received a workshop with the Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative in Boston and was presented as part of the 2019 Emerging Artist’s Theater New Works Series at Tada Theater. Janine was previously a writer in residence for 2 years with Three Act Theater Company which culminated in two workshop performances of her musical "Chaundria and the Giant" (composer Micha Joel) at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. Her work has been performed at venues including: The Duplex, 54 Below, Goodspeed Opera House, and the Royal Family Arts Theater in NYC. Janine has served as Vice chair on the Creative Greensboro Cultural Affairs Commission and is currently writing a new musical ("Pandora's Box") with Emmy-Nominated composer David Mallamud. Other new projects include "Mommy Moon" and "Gerkasia".
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Musicals
NEW SELECTIONS
***2023-24 DRAMATISTS GUILD FOUNDATION NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FINALIST***
***2023-2024 SINGLE RELEASED ON NY THEATER BARN'S NEW MUSICALS MIXTAPE
***2023 O'NEILL NMTC SEMI-FINALIST***
***2023 LATINE MUSICAL THEATER LAB - JULIA DE BURGOS COHORT***
***2023 LATINE MUSICAL THEATER LAB - TABLE READING SERIES **
***2023 VANGUARD THEATER - ILLUMINATING NEW VOICES FESTIVAL***
GHOST IN THE MACHINE - A Musical
Words and Music by Janine Robledo
with Orchestrations by EMILIANO MESSIEZ
Show Blurb.....
In a secluded lab nestled in the Argentinian mountains, an inventor named Victor creates Cynthia, an android, to save his son's life. When Cynthia meets Victor's son, Carlos, a powerful bond is formed that feels part rom-com, part sci-fi thriller in the vein of Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands. What will become of Victor's son, Carlos, and will Cynthia be able to free herself from the psychological imprisonment of her creator?
"COLDER"
PANDORA'S JAR a new musical
MUSIC BY : DAVID MALLAMUD
BOOK and LYRICS BY : JANINE ROBLEDO
"MOMMY MOON" a musical
Words and Music by Janine Robledo
with Orchestrations By Emiliano Messiez
"A multi-generational dramedy centered around a close knit Hispanic/Italian-American family"
"Break Free" Mommy Moon
"Let's Make a Plan" Mommy Moon
"The Curious Contents of Christie's Wastebasket" a musical comedy
What's this about?
It has just been suggested to Christie, (a 30 year old, out of work English teacher and aspiring writer) that she might have undiagnosed ADHD. But she has bigger problems when five disgruntled characters from her unfinished stories manifest themselves into her apartment to confront her. When faced with the many mirrors her characters reflect to her, she’s faced with a choice – to finish what she started, risking failure to reach success, or to give up and never know who or what she might become.
"Black and White City"
Cabaret Performance of "Yellow Pill"
"I Just Thought That's Who I Was"
Other Features
"The Snowman-a musical short" at the DUPLEX THEATER in NYC
"Something Dark" featured in Three Act Theater Company's Emerging Writer's Cabaret
Songs featured on the BROOKLYN CAFE TV SHOW
Collaborations
Listen to Full Demo's on SoundCloud here....