Annie Evans

Annie Evans is a writer and the wife of Muppet performer Martin P. Robinson who was best known for being on the Sesame Street writing staff from 1995-2016. On the show, she wrote episodes, song lyrics, videos, and segments (and co-developed the Elmo's World and Elmo the Musical segments). Annie also wrote on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1 episode with Will Ryan), Big Bag, and Panwapa, and she was also story editor for several International Sesame Street co-productions. Evans isn't a puppeteer, though she did assist her husband in performing Telly Monster in a web video, as well as voice Telly's mother. I wonder if she assisted Telly during 2020 when everything was shot from her home. Outside of Sesame Street, she scripted episodes of Gullah Gullah Island, Oswald, Out of the Box, and Jojo's Circus which were all considered great shows. Annie Evans not only scripted for television, but she also wrote for theatre too like Ghost Stories and several monologues. She even wrote the play Pigeon-Holed which featured many Sesame Street puppeteers like her husband, as well as Heather Asch, Patrick Holmes, and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph. In 2019, she was credited as both a producer and dramaturg for her husband's Halloween play All Hallow's Eve which is one of the shows they collaborated on. Although Annie isn't a part of the main Sesame Street writing staff after 2016, she continues to write for their live theme park shows, according to a podcast interview. Too bad Evans isn't a puppeteer like her husband, they could have worked together on the show rather than have separate schedules. Well, she did give puppetry a try for that one web video, so that would count as a first attempt. That goes to same for other people who did more crew work than puppetry, it doesn't hurt for them to give it a chance. Annie Evans, you were wonderful writing for Sesame Street and all those other productions. You also weren't bad at your first puppetry attempt for a web video. Keep being happy with Robinson as well as collaborating with him for the theatre. Until then, don't stop scripting television and theatre Annie. Be very crafty Evans!

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