GRANT ROBBIN
Grant Robbin has been frequently referred to by the media as a "Renaissance Man," whose accomplishments span the arts, academia and business. He wrote the book, music and lyrics for GAUGUIN, THE LEGACY and THE PALETTE OF MY LIFE. GAUGUIN, originally optioned by Hallmark Hall of Fame, was produced for the stage at McCormick Place and the Chopin Theatre in Chicago with a Broadway director and lead, and was also the subject of a special for NBC. THE LEGACY, and his play FALL FROM GRACE, were presented at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago and the Dramatists Guild in New York. His one-man show, THE PALETTE OF MY LIFE, appeared at Davenports in Chicago.
He is a former Second City actor; singer-composer, two specials on PBS - GRANT ROBBIN IN CONCERT (PART I and PART II), concerts, nightclubs; performer on National Canadian Television; director of children's plays that toured the Chicago Public Schools; artist-in-residence at colleges around the country; producer of theatre, television and numerous seminars at Northwestern University on writing for film and television featuring Oscar and Emmy Award winners; adjunct professor of Advanced Screenwriting and Art/Design at Columbia College; lecturer at ISA (International Screenwriters’ Association) and CSN (Chicago Screenwriters Network); poet-artist of the five star-rated book IRONIX on Amazon; business consultant on advertising and marketing; recipient of scholarships to the Art Institute of Chicago at ages eight and twelve; member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Current projects include: screenplays STRANGERS IN PARIS, HEMINGWAY AND HIS WIVES, OTHERWORLD, THE NOWHERE MAN and his play GELLHORN: IN LOVE AND WAR.
