Annie Evans is a writer who was on the Sesame Street writing staff from 1995 through 2016. She was part of the writing teams that developed the recurring segments Elmo's World and Elmo the Musical. She married Muppet performer Martin P. Robinson in 2008.
Evans also scripted the Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode "Who Are You, Sue Snue?", Big Bag, and Panwapa. She was a Story Editor for a number of the International Sesame Street co-productions, including Sisimpur, Galli Galli Sim Sim, and Jalan Sesama.[1] Though no longer part of the main Sesame Street writing staff since 2016, Evans has continued to contribute scripts for live theme park shows.[2] She provided the voice of Telly's mom in the web video "Telly's Blanket Fort."[3] She also was an assistant puppeteer for that video.[4]
An established playwright, Evans' plays, for puppets and for people, include Ghost Stories and several monologues. Her one-act play Pigeon-Holed is a partial parody of Sesame Street which has been staged at the O'Neill Puppetry Conference where she is an Artistic Associate. Together with Marty Robinson, she ran the official Sesame Workshop parenting blog Sesame Family Robinson. She was credited producer and dramaturg for Robinson's Halloween play All Hallow's Eve in 2019.
Outside of Sesame Street, Evans' writing credits include Gullah Gullah Island, Oswald, and Jojo's Circus.
Writing Credits[]
- Big Bag
- A is for Asthma (with Luis Santeiro)
- Elmo Says BOO! (with Emily Perl Kingsley)
- The Great Numbers Game
- Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor
- Bert & Ernie's Word Play (with Billy Aronson)
- Music Works Wonders (with Luis Santeiro)
- Zoe's Dance Moves
- Guess That Shape and Color
- The Get Healthy Now Show
- One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Episodes[]
Sesame Street episodes written by Evans include:[5]
Segments[]
- Elmo's World
- Shoes (co-writer)
- Hats
- Dogs
- Bugs
- Birthdays
- Wild Animals
- Building Things
- Helping
- Abby's Flying Fairy School
- "Colonial Trolliamsberg"
- "Fairies and the Beanstalk"
- "Magical Animal Petting Zoo"
- Elmo the Musical
- Ruthie presents the letter E with an elephant (First: Episode 3850)
- Cookie Monster and Prairie Dawn draw a computer cookie (First: Episode 3889)
- New material for Diana Krall singing "Everybody's Song" (First: Episode 3961)
- Grover conducts an emotional piece of music (First: Episode 3975)
- Number of the Day: #9 (First: Episode 3999)
- Telly and Elmo cooperate playing "The Blue Danube" (First: Episode 4007)
- Spanish Word of the Day: Música (First: Episode 4079)
- Telly and Oscar demonstrate words that begin with B (First: Episode 4248)[6]
Composer Credits[]
Sources[]
- ↑ Annie Evans Resumé
- ↑ Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show: Annie Evans (Writer) || Ep. 103 (00:28:11)
- ↑ Personal communication with Annie Evans by Anthony T.
- ↑ Nostalgia Talk episode 95 (55:15)
- ↑ episode scripts
- ↑ Sesame Family Robinson: "Telly and Oscar Together Again." September 24, 2009 (archived)