Joan Ross Sorkin
Book Writer and Lyricist

Musicals: DANDELION, BLACK SWAN BLUES, MONET, IN THE THEATRE, THE REAL MCCOY, and award-winning family musicals ISABELLE AND THE PRETTY-UGLY SPELL and GO GREEN! PRINCE CHARMING’S QUEST FOR LOVE AND ECOLOGY IN NYC. Operas: STRANGE FRUIT, WHITE WITCH, and THE REEF (Finalist, Pellicciotti Opera Prize with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis). Plays: (MIS)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: THE HATTIE MCDANIEL STORY (Drama Desk nomination for Capathia Jenkins) and other plays in NYC/regionally. THIS IS SERIOUS and song “One Small Box,” nominated by TheaterMakers Studio as Best Play of the Year and Best Song of the Year (2020-21), respectively. Member: Dramatists Guild, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, ASCAP, and Opera America. Board Pres., York Theatre Company. www.joanrosssorkin.com