Rebecca Kalin
Librettist
ABOUT ME
ABOUT MY WORK
The story of Josephine and Harry is a true story.
My mother discovered it in a junk store at the bottom of a box of used books. "It"– a privately published memoir and a package of letters – was given to me as a Christmas present, wrapped in brown paper and tied with kite string. Across the front she had written,"Truth is stranger than fiction."
And it was. Still is.
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You can learn more about it here.
Professionally, I have worked as an artist, script- and screenwriter, teacher, instructional designer, textbook writer and editor, website builder, glassblower and card-carrying member of the Animators Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839. I have made clothes for animals for Saturday Night Live, taught radio script-writing to Africans, founded and run a successful, award-winning non-profit, written four original screenplays and an opera libretto. Non-professionally, I have hitchhiked across South America dressed as a boy, built a house, coached a Swazi swim team, and helped deliver a baby. I am currently novelizing the Fire Princess story, writing and illustrating a collection of short stories and a Young Reader chapter book about Louis Armstrong. I received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College (Writing and Fine Art), and M.A. from NYU (Writing), and a M.P.H. from Hunter College, SUNY.
You can see my Resume here.
