"Currently writing musicals about artificial intelligence, neurodiversity, motherhood, women, and the latinidad"

BIO

Janine Robledo is a New York City based creative. Originally from Miami, Florida, she is a  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 for the 2024 Barn on Fire Residency with FIPAP and NY Theater Barn.  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 a 2023 O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference semi-finalist.  Her  single "Here With You" (Vocal Feat Eddie Noel Rodriguez) was recently released on New York Theater Barn's New Musicals Mixtape. Janine has served as Vice chair on the Creative Greensboro Cultural Affairs Commission and is currently writing a new musical "Pandora's Jar" with Emmy-Nominated composer David Mallamud.  Other new projects include "Mommy Moon" and "Gerkasia".

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. 

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