Rob Rokicki

Rob Rokicki is an American composer, lyricist, and musician. He is best known for writing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical The Lightning Thief. Career Rokicki graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in English and a BFA in musical theater. Rokicki wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (book by Joe Tracz), which debuted at the Lucille Lortel Theatre by Theatreworks USA in 2014 and opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in 2019. Rokicki performed the orchestrations and co-arrangements for the jukebox musical Punk Rock Girl (book and co-arrangements by Joe Iconis). The show features songs from female-fronted bands, including Blondie, Avril Lavigne, Pat Benetar, No Doubt, and Pink. Rokicki created some song mashups for the musical that debuted in 2022 at The Argyle Theatre in Babylon Village, NY. A recording of Rokicki’s graphic novel musical Monstersongs was released by Broadway Records in 2017. Rokicki cowrote the song “Footprints” with friend and collaborator Joe Iconis and the album features a number of performers, including Megan Hilty, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, and Jelani Alladin. Reviewers ca