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Theatre Bio

Musicals include Cliffhanger! A Very Serious Parody Musical (hang on, it’s in development); A Hanukkah Jamboree (Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, 54 Below); Catch (Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Dramatists Guild Fellowship), Le Fou with Julia Meinwald & Bekah Brunstetter, and A Broken Umbrella’s Seen Change! with Jason Wells & Will Aronson. Rob’s concert adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! premiered at Missouri's Springfield Symphony Orchestra in 2019. He is an ensemble member of A Broken Umbrella Theatre and an alum of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

Copywriter Bio

Rob Shapiro is a Director of Copy and Content at RPM, a full-service Broadway and live entertainment marketing agency. Recent clients include: Billy Crystal’s 860, The Lost Boys, Death Becomes Her, Hamilton, Oh, Mary!, Shucked, Sweeney Todd, The Music Man, Hangmen, A Strange Loop, Take Me Out, and The Phantom of the Opera. He previously worked at Situation Interactive and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Most importantly, his voice can be heard as the “bark bark” for Madeline Ashton’s “Dogstonaut” audition video, which he also wrote.