Teaching Writing

The Write Time with Songwriter/Storyteller Rob Rokicki and Educator Kevin Hodgson

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 Songwriter/storyteller Rob Rokicki is interviewed by Western Mass Writing Project teacher-consultant, Kevin Hodgson in this episode of The Write Time.

Headshot of Rob and photo of Kevin with saxophone on dark gray background with show title.

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Rob Rokicki is an NYC-based artist and educator. He wrote the music, lyrics, and co-orchestrated the Broadway show, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (book by Joe Tracz); nominated for a Lortel, Off-Broadway Alliance, and three Drama Desk Awards. His graphic novel/musical, Monstersongs (National Alliance for Musical Theatre official selection), is played internationally and is being developed as a VR game. He’s a two-time Larson Award finalist, an alum of the BMI Workshop, and a graduate of the University of Michigan. As an actor, Rob has performed in Broadway national tours and at Carnegie Hall.

Rob is interviewed by Kevin Hodgson, a sixth-grade teacher and musician in Southampton, Massachusetts, and a teacher-consultant with the Western Massachusetts Writing Project.

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