Annie Evans

Evans, Martin and their daughters with Abby and Zoe, taping Episode 4231.

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 also served as a consultant on Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian co-production of Sesame Street.

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

• A is for Asthma (with Luis Santeiro)
• Bert & Ernie's Word Play (with Billy Aronson)
• Computer Caper (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow and Christine Ferraro)
• Elmo Says BOO! (with Emily Perl Kingsley)
• Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor
• Music Works Wonders (with Luis Santeiro)
• Zoe's Dance Moves
• Ready for School! (with Christine Ferraro and Joey Mazzarino)
• The Get Healthy Now Show
• One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure

Episodes

Sesame Street episodes written by Evans include:

Episode 3446 Episode 3533 Episode 3537 Episode 3669 Episode 3682 Episode 3701 Episode 3802 Episode 3810 Episode 3869 Episode 3870

Episode 3909 Episode 3946 Episode 3976 Episode 3982 Episode 4005 Episode 4019 Episode 4026 Episode 4031 Episode 4050

Episode 4052 Episode 4058 Episode 4065 Episode 4072 Episode 4099 Episode 4226 Episode 4231 Episode 4259 Episode 4308

Segments

• Elmo's World
  • Hats (First: Episode 3796)
  • Dogs (First: Episode 3852)
  • Bugs (First: Episode 3917)
  • Birthdays (First: Episode 3940)
• Elmo the Musical
  • Sea Captain the Musical (First: Episode 4303)
  • Cowboy the Musical (First: Episode 4313)
  • Repair Monster the Musical (First: Episode 4410)
• 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)

Composer Credits

"The Addition Expedition"

"The All Our Senses Club"

"Barnacle Subtraction"

"Be the Count"

"The Best Pet"

"Boo Boo Busters"

"The Breakfast Club (Cerf/Evans)

"Broccoli is Good"

"Can't Say the Alphabet Enough"

"Change the Plan"

"The Count By Two Kid"

"Dinosaurs Were Big and Small"

"Double Double Dude Dude Ranch Ranch"

"Eight is Great"

"Eight is Great (Elmo the Musical)"

"Forward Backward Dance"

"Giddy Up"

"Go Go Go G"

"The Great Halfini (song)"

"The Gross Grouch Song"

"Guess the Seasons Song"

"The Half Song"

"Heave Ho"

"I Can, You Can"

"I Love Fruit"

"Jambo Song"

"Listen Baby Lullaby"

"Look 'n Flap"

"Magic to Find"

"Number One"

"Peaches and Pears"

"Romping, Stomping, Roaring, Soaring, Awesome Dinosaurs"

"Sir Count-A-Lot"

"The Spanish G Word Song"

"Stand Shake Push"

"Stop and Think"

"Stretch, Wiggle, Yay!"

"Super Grover with a G"

"Superheroes of Dance"

"Telly's Aquarium"

"Walking With a Dinosaur"

"The Whole Again Song"

External links

• Funny Girls Coping with Boys bio
• Sesame Family Robinson blog (archived)